The Charrette Handbook
National Charrette Institute — Bill Lennertz and Aarin Lutzenhiser
Foreword by Andres Duany
188 pages, American Planning Association Publishing,
2006
“No planning library should be without this
book. It provides an outline of all the tools necessary to hold a successful
charrette.”
Rick Bernhardt, FAICP
Executive Director
Metropolitan Nashville-Davidson
County Planning Department
A complete
desktop reference for professional planners and community members alike
To have a
great plan, you need a great process.
The Charrette Handbook is the first
comprehensive step-by-step guide for how to plan and hold a successful
charrette. Based on the NCI Charrette Certificate Program curriculum
developed by the National Charrette Institute, the book offers
practical tips on everything from pre-charrette preparations
to project implementation. With handy charts and easy-to-follow
examples, the handbook is an invaluable how-to manual for anyone
organizing a charrette.
The Charrette Handbook will show you how to:
- Cut months out of your planning
process
- Reduce costly project rework by involving
key people in short feedback loops
- Involve a broad range of stakeholders without
any one interest or person taking over
- Produce innovative and feasible designs using
a complete team approach
- Gain broad stakeholder support for your project
- Avoid post-charrette meltdowns
Other highlights include the first history of charrettes
and tips and stories from the field by 25 leading charrette practitioners including:
- Gianni
Longo on how to assure a proportional demographic representation
- Peter
Katz on charrettes, urban design and form-based codes
- Elizabeth
Plater-Zyberk on strategic actions and implementation
- Victor
Dover on using pictures instead of words
- Harrison
B. Rue on “facilitator training”
- Dan
Burden on “walking audits”
- Douglas
Kelbaugh on student/academic charrettes
- Peter
Musty on twelve typical charrette website elements
- Steve
Coyle on the OSM process
- Bruce
Race on a youthful perspective
Praise for The Charrette Handbook
“Civic leaders are increasingly turning to the charrette
as a democratic and holistic approach to planning for rebuilding and new development.
This authoritative handbook shows them how to do it right.”
Don Chen, Executive Director
Smart Growth America
“This is arguably the best book on charrettes, the
Gray’s Anatomy of these community design workshops.”
Douglas S. Kelbaugh, Dean and Professor of Architecture
and Urban Planning
University of Michigan
“This is a wonderfully clear manual on how to conduct
public design processes. Forty years ago, such processes were the exception.
This book will help to ensure that they become the norm.”
Raymond L. Gindroz, Chairman
Urban Design Associates
"I received the Charrette Handbook a few days ago and
have not been able to put it down. There is a wealth of useful information,
it is well-written, graphically precise and extremely informative. GREAT JOB!
It is a definitive piece for our industry."
Dan Alexander, AIA
Parsons-3D/i
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