| | 2 The Design Event |
 Design is the creative assembly of ideas and information into a buildable vision. It's the fun part.
Jeff Schommer, CharretteCenter
Minneapolis, MN
February, 2003 | Click Here
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The design stage is the part of the process where all of the information, from the history to the current context through the market study to the desires of the people involved, is transformed into a product that will be constructed into the urban environment.
The charrette is the most efficient way to bridge the stages of Info Gathering and Implementation; both in terms of time and economics.
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INFO GATHERING
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DESIGN & REVIEW | 
PRESENTATION | | | Length of Charrette | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | | 1 Day Workshop | | | | | | | | | 2 Day Workshop | | | | | | | | | 3 Day Workshop | | | | | | | | | 4 Day Charrette | | | | | | | | | 5 Day Charrette | | | | | | | | | 6 Day Charrette | | | | | | | | | 7 Day Charrette | | | | | | | | |
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Charrettes Defined
| A charrette is an intensive, multi-disciplinary week-long design workshop designed to facilitate an open discussion between stakeholders of a development project. |
Date: February 2003
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Charrette Team
| Good Charrette Teams focus on Timing, Transparency, and Typology. |
Date: February 2003
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Charrette Prep
| Some ideas that can help make a charrette run smoothly and efficiently. |
Date: September 2001
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Charrette Philosophy
| “A four part series about how bringing together public and private sector stakeholders through instructive and constructive community events can indeed bring about good urbanism and environmental preservation.” |
Date: April 2002
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Visualization Tools
| There are a variety of tools that can help in the visualization of a community's future. |
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