NCI
Charrette System: Stories of Community Transformation DVD
A documentary showing charrettes in action
View the trailer here
The 13-minute overview is now also available to view online. Purchase copies of this DVD for the full 35-minute documentary (in addition to the overview) and share it with colleagues and clients who need to understand the power of charrettes.
“I must take a moment to complement NCI on the completeness and clarity of the NCI Charrette System DVD. The spirit of what is possible for Dennis Port is very clearly captured by the detail of dereliction faced in Florida and the spirit and tone you set. I am very proud to be able to provide my community with such a well thought out pre-charrette “warm –up” tool.”
Tom Huettner
Dennis Port, Massachusetts
People say that you can't really understand what a charrette does unless
you have seen one in action. The NCI Charrette System DVD is the next best
thing to being there. This DVD places you into key moments within the seven-day
East Fort Myers, FL charrette. Hear what participants are saying before and
after the charrette. Witness how the charrette team takes a project from
a blank canvas to a developed plan. The DVD also tells the stories from Providence,
RI and Ocean Springs, MS after Hurricane Katrina.
Featured in the DVD are elected officials and community members from the
three cities as well as Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Victor Dover, Charles Bohl,
James Moore, Bill Lennertz, and David Brain.
The DVD is designed as an educational tool containing a 13-minute
overview and a full 35-minute documentary. The essential companion to this
DVD is the NCI
Charrettes CD-ROM, which contains a lecture with PowerPoint
describing the NCI Charrette System.
Made possible in part by the:
National Endowment for the Arts
National Association of REALTORS®
HDR, Inc.
University of Miami School of Architecture
Cascade Chapter of IAP2
