Charrette Schedule
Our upcoming charrettes include October 2nd-4th in Effingham County
and November 6th-8th in Wilkes County. Please stay tuned for more information.
Charrettes
Charrette is a French word that translates "little cart." At the leading architecture school of the 19th century, the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, students would be assigned a tough design problem to work out under pressure of time. They would continue sketching as fast as they could, even as little carts (charrettes) carried their drawing boards away to be judged and graded.
Today, "charrette" has come to describe the rapid, intensive, and creative work session, usually lasting a week or more, in which a design team focuses on a particular design problem and arrives at a collaborative solution. Charrettes are product-oriented. The public charrette is fast becoming a preferred way to face the planning challenges confronting American cities.
Click "more information" to view pdfs of our past charrettes.
Charrette participation
Any student enrolled in the College of Environment and Design can participate in a charrette. Students not in the CED should contact Pratt Cassity to obtain permission to participate. CED faculty are encouraged to attend. One to three faculty members usually participate per charrette. Charrettes are filled on a first-come, first-served basis.
