Whats a charrette?
A charrette is an intensely focused workshop, guided by expert planners, to help folks representing lots of different interests set goals, test ideas, and collaborate on a specific plan. The word is French for little cart. It comes from an era in French art and architecture school in which student projects were transported to professors studios via a little cart. Like most students, the architecture students worked right up until deadline, finishing off their drawings while running alongside the cart. Modern architecture schools adopted the term for collaborative work, done on a deadline, in the presence of those who judge the results.
