The Charrette Handbook
National Charrette Institute
• Bill Lennertz and Aarin Lutzenhiser
Foreword by Andres Duany
188 pages, American Planning Association
Publishing, 2006
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“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
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• A complete desktop
reference for professional planners and community members alike
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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:
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
