College of Agriculture & Natural Resources

• The importance of embedding local staff in a charrette team

  Published on November 3, 2006
  Successful project implementation requires the understanding and support of those who must implement the charrette plan.

• Charrette scheduling rules of thumb

  Published on March 3, 2004
  Proper charrette scheduling is a very important component of the charrette planning process.

• Charrettes are taking hold in mid-Michigan

  Published on March 26, 2014
  Charrettes are already taking hold as a way of doing planning in mid-Michigan.

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  The Zen of Charrettes: The magic of three feedback loops with space to get it wrong twice

  Published on April 22, 2016
  Reflecting on my decades of managing charrettes, I realized that what I’m really managing is the flow of ideas, information and energy.

• Is there a maximum or minimum project size for which a charrette is the appropriate tool?

  Published on January 27, 2008
  Charrettes can be used for any scale of planning or design project. They have been used for projects ranging from regional planning to building design.

• The Zen of Charrettes: Transforming conflict into co-action

  Published on April 22, 2016
  It is not unusual for a charrette to agitate concerns and misunderstandings. Placing value on inclusion and listening is the first step toward recognizing when conflict actually represents an opportunity.

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  Public meeting challenge? Send in the working groups.

  Published on July 12, 2012
  There was a much informative discussion this week on the topic of advisory committees, or working groups as they are sometimes called, at the NCI Charrette System™ training at the Michigan State University Extension in Lansing.

• Tip of the Month: Pre-charrette education

  Published on August 24, 2010
  How can you reduce the learning curve for charrette participants? If you have a complex issue like affordable housing or sustainable street design you may not want to wait until the charrette to start the discussion.

• Lean Charrettes

  Published on June 18, 2014
  NCI Faculty and Board Member, David Brain, presented a well-received paper on "Lean Charrettes" at the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) in Buffalo, NY this month.

• You never know what will happen at a charrette!

  Published on June 14, 2012
  We had a real charrette moment at our public NCI Charrette System Certificate training in DC last week. At around 2 PM on the first day of the training we were asked to evacuate the building.

• Tip: How to start a charrette

  Published on September 16, 2009
  It may seem basic, but the most important thing to tell a community the first time you meet them is that you haven’t started the design yet.