Often, first-time charrette sponsors resist holding a charrette for more than three days when a minimum of five to seven days is usually required. When a sponsor has not been through a complete Dynamic Planning process it is difficult for him/her to understand the benefits of giving it enough time. The sponsors are concerned about [...]

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Chaos is a part of any intense creative process. Most people have experienced this phenomenon while writing a term paper under a deadline in college, putting the finishing touches on a portfolio, or writing a song. There are three phases that one goes through. The first phase is one of anticipation, excitement and creativity. This [...]

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One way to mitigate charrette costs is to utilize volunteer design professionals, university professors, and students as part of the charrette design team. Using volunteers can be very positive and cost-effective, but in order to be most useful the volunteers need to be carefully recruited and handled. Often, volunteers can require a considerable amount of [...]

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As you know, the charrette studio is open to the public virtually any time the design team is working. The great overall advantage is that this affords the maximum number of opportunities for people to participate according to their personal schedules and time constraints. It also allows the design team to create and foster relationships [...]

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Proper charrette scheduling is a very important component of the charrette planning process. For example, the more complicated a project, the longer the charrette needs to be. Therefore, charrettes that last less than seven days should only be used for simple, low-controversy projects. 
NCI has developed the following list of basic rules of thumb for charrette [...]

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