Date/place of birth:
7 May 1911
Kreisau, Germany
Date/place of death:
August 1987
Boston, Massachusetts
Relationship to the
college:
Apprentice teacher: November-December
1940
Profession:
Architect
Urban planner
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Willo von Moltke studied at the Technische Hochschule in Berlin where he
received his Dipl. Ing. Arch. in 1937.
In the spring and summer of 1940, von Moltke worked for Alva Aalto in New
York City, and in the fall of 1940, for Oscar Stonorov in Philadelphia. It
was at Stonorov’s home that he met Xanti Schawinsky, a former Bauhaus
student who had taught at Black Mountain. In the fall of 1940, von Moltke
applied to Black Mountain as an apprentice teacher to assist Lawrence
Kocher. He was at the college from November 13 until Christmas. As an
apprentice teacher, he attended faculty meetings but was not a member of
the corporation and did not vote
In February 1941, von Moltke enrolled in the School of Design at Harvard
University, receiving his Master of Architecture degree in 1942. He became
a naturalized citizen on June 24, 1944 at Ft. McClellan, Alabama.
From 1954-61 von Moltke worked for the Philadelphia City Planning
Commission, where he held the position of Chief Designer, and from
1961-64, he was Director of Urban Design for the Guayana Project of the
Joint Center of Urban Studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He
was Professor of Urban Design and Director of the Urban Design Program at
the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University from 1964-77. The
Willo von Moltke Award for Urban Design is awarded by the Boston Society
of Architects in association with the AIA New York Chapter Urban Design
Awards. His principal works include
Washington Economic Development Area Planning, Philadelphia, 1957;
Market E. Plaza (first plan), Philadelphia 1958;
Center City Planning, Philadelphia, PA 1960;
Urban Design Plan for Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela, 1964; and
Central Area Study for Ottawa, Canada, 1969. |