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UBC School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ! LARC 482T/582T THE DESIGN CHARRETTE TODAY 1. Introductions & course Introduction 2. Lecture: Introduction to the Design Charrette ! 3. Lecture: Moura Quayle: Strategic design/ Design thinKing 4. Two Assignments: SKype Discussion with Patrick Condon Theme Research Form groups 5. To studio IMPORTANT Saturday June 10- all day Macmillan and Landscape Annex closed Electricity shutdown COURSE INTRODUCTION Class Blog blogs.ubc.ca> ENDS 482T/LARC 582T Design Charrette ! Syllabus and Schedule COURSE WITHIN A COURSE CONTENT KNOWLEDGE DESIGN CHARRETTES Thematic knowledge Theory and practice of about whole systems the design charrette thinking, the project and the site UBC SOUTH CAMPUS DESIGN CHARRETTE THE DESIGN CHARRETTE- AN INTRODUCTION 1. Definitions ! 2. Brief history ! 3. Types of charrettes ! 4. Typical methods cdesignc.ticketleap.com_PhiladelphiaSchools THE DESIGN CHARRETTE WHAT IS A DESIGN CHARRETTE? ! “a design charre^e is a _me-limited, mul_-party design event organized to generate a collaboravely produced plan....” Patrick Condon in Condon, Design CharreDes for Sustainable CommuniEes, 2008, Page 1. ! “an accelerated, collabora_ve, design-based process that harnesses the talents and energies of all interested staKeholders to create and support a feasible plan.” NaEonal CharreDe InsEtute, charreDeinsEtute.org/about ORIGINS TERMINOLOGY Ecole des Beaux Arts origins… “At the end of the nineteenth century the Architectural Faculty of the Ecole des Beaux- Arts issued problems that were so difficult few students could successfully complete them in the _me allowed. As the deadline approached, a pushcart (or charre^e in French) was wheeled past students’ worK- spaces in order to collect their final drawings for jury cri_ques while students fran_cally put finishing touches on their worK. To miss ‘the charre^e’ meant an automa_c grade of zero.” Charette, L'Ecole des Beaux (Roggema 2014 p. 15) Artes, etching, author and date unknown. CONTEMPORARY DEFINITION (+ 165 years) Patrick Condon: “a design charre^e is a _me-limited, mul_-party design event organized to generate a collabora_vely produced plan....” Condon, Design CharreDes for Sustainable CommuniEes, 2008, Page 1. THE DESIGN CHARRETTE- Essentials ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS ! • collabora_ve • employ design/ design thinKing • forward thinKing, solu_ons oriented, synthe_c • _me-limited • engage diverse staKeholders • flat governance THE DESIGN CHARRETTE- Benefits BENEFITS ! • engages diverse voices • crea_ve & synthe_c • experien_al/tacle • peer learning • investment + buy-in • tacit Knowledge crea_on WHY? do we need design charrettes? WICKED PROBLEMS ! Design problems are “wicked”— • never enough information/ too complex for one individual • incomplete, contradictory, and changing requirements that are often difficult to understand— always trade-offs • complex interdependencies— the effort to solve one aspect of a wicked problem may reveal or create other problems • the problem continues to evolve • “inauthenticity” —the designer is often not the user ! From Paterson: Defining Design WHY? do we need design charrettes? TOO COMPLEX FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL Knowledge areas in typical urban design problems: land use building design development economics local ecosystems urban economics policy energy systems water systems transporta_on planning foreign aid systems infrastructure engineering http://oxfamblogs.org legal contexts ….and more WHY? do we need design charrettes? MANDATED PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ! Municipali_es must engage their public— by law by policy by poli_cs WHY? do we need design charrettes? VANCOUVER’s Engaged City ! Objecves: Building Knowledge Building Trust Building Capacity Building Power 2014 ORIGINS Lennertz & Lutzenhiser The Charre^e HandbooK, Pages 16, 17 20th CENTURY EARLY ADOPTERS- William Riddick Riddick’s Charrette Processes: ! “an acvity that brings residents and people of exper_se together under the pressure of limited _me for the study of specific community problems.” Riddick, Charre^e Processes, page 1 ! Target: Inner city neighbourhoods Book published 1971 20th CENTURY EARLY ADOPTERS- William Riddick 1960’s and 1970’s Riddick’s Charrette Processes: ! Four ingredients: 1. A problem to be worK on 2. Interested & willing ci_zens 3. Professional experts 4. Commitment from power structure to implement recommenda_ons ! *Design and designing not integrated 20th CENTURY EARLY ADOPTERS- AIA R/UDAT AIA R/UDAT ! 1967 to today Principles: interdisciplinary solu>ons objec>vity public par>cipa>on ! local resources + exper_se (of a mul_-disciplinary team) ! 4 day charre^e process Contemporary screen shot of AIA R/UDAT website 20th CENTURY EARLY ADOPTERS- AIA R/UDAT ! EARLY EXAMPLE: Last Place in the Downtown Plan, Portland, Oregon 1983 ! A predecessor to the Pearl District Plan ORIGINS- 20th CENTURY EARLY ADOPTERS Charre^es employed in- 1960’s Public par_cipa_on in house by architects/ & planning movement designers 1970’s William Riddick AIA R/UDAT 1967 Charre^e process in 1971 Design Assistance Teams neighbourhood planning LATE 20th CENTURY- DUANY AND PLATER-ZYBERK 1987 to present ! • adapted R/UDAT the process • concurrent with Neo-Tradi_onal Development (Neo-Tradi_onal Development evolved to New Urbanism) • DPZ Charre^e process widely adopted along with New Urbanism and Smart Growth DUANY AND PLATER-ZYBERK DPZ CHARRETTE INNOVATIONS • interdisciplinary team of designers • charre^tes conducted on site • seven days • design team leads the process • consult experts and staKeholders throughout charre^e Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk The Kentlands Charrette 1988 DUANY AND PLATER-ZYBERK DPZ CHARRETTE INNOVATIONS • designers worked “en charreQe" for mul_ple days to develop a design soluon • a formal mid-point review • design unveiled in a public event at the conclusion DPZ Partner, Galina Tachieva, delivers a closing presentation 21st CENTURY- NATIONAL CHARRETTE INSTITUTE Bill Lennertz- worKed with DPZ -late 1980’s - 1991 ! 1992- Lennertz and Coyle Associates— adapted process for west coast USA ! 2001 Na_onal Charre^e Ins_tute • lead instructor of the NCI Charre^e System ! co-authored: The CharreQe Handbook 2006 & 2014 with Aarin Lutzenhiser NATIONAL CHARRETTE INSTITUTE What makes the NCI charrette unique?! Participants work in a series of short feedback loops! public review! concepts! alternatives! refinement! plan! public review! public review! NCI Charre^e Process (from an NCI presenta_on) NATIONAL CHARRETTE INSTITUTE Charrette Work Cycles! public meeting ! public meeting open house public meeting! vision! review! review! confirmation! alternative preferred plan ! concepts! plan! development! NCI Charre^e Process (from an NCI presenta_on) LATE 20th, early 21st CENTURY- PATRICK CONDON 1990’s — PATRICK CONDON James Taylor Chair Design Centre for Sustainability ! Website: 18 Design Charre^es over 20 years ! authored: Design CharreQes for Sustainable Communi>es, 2008. PATRICK CONDON CONDON CHARRETTE INNOVATIONS • explicit link with sustainability • visioning v implementa>on charre^es • engaging professionals, stakeholders, officials, public in designing • jazz not classical http://sensitiveinfill.blogspot.ca/ PATRICK CONDON CONDON’S 9 RULES 1. Design with everyone 2. Start with a blanK sheet 3. Build from a policy base 4. Provide just enough informa_on 5. TalK> doodle> draw 6. Charre^es are jazz not classical 7. Lead without leading 8. Move in, move out, move across 9. The drawing is a contract ROB ROGGEMA- EUROPEAN CONTEXT- 2014 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CHARRETTE • tacit Knowledge • crea_ve chaos • crea_vity is fun, engaging • flat governance • designers are facilitators not prima donnas • small groups & plenary sessions ROB ROGGEMA- EUROPEAN CONTEXT- 2014 ROGGEMA- 4 BASIC RULES (edited from Condon’s 9) ! 1. Design with everyone 2. Start with a blanK sheet 3. Provide just enough informa_on 4. The drawing is a contract Roggema: Collabora_ve team from his booK p. 62 DESIGN CHARRETTE METHODS- 3 PHASES BACKGROUND PHASE 1 background research & planning Research & planning design brief ! THE CHARRETTE 2 _meframes 4 to 7 days typically The oen on site Charre^e diverse stakeholders designers do the drawing and representa_on ! 3 AFTER THE CHARRETTE The Plan report or plan document ! Primary references: Condon and NCI NCI 7 DAY CHARRETTE SCHEDULE Charrette Work Cycles! public meeting ! public meeting open house public meeting! vision! review! review! confirmation! alternative preferred plan ! concepts! plan! development! NCI Charre^e Process (from an NCI presenta_on) NCI 7 DAY CHARRETTE SCHEDULE PATRICK CONDON- 4 DAY CHARRETTE DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3 DAY 4 Core team Opening event meeting Core team working Core team- am Small goups final design designing session Site visit Public- Mid- course Reporting in correction (plenary) lunch Plenary design Core team session Small groups Small groups meeting designing designing pm Small group Presentation design preparations Core team Core team meeting/ meeting/ Reporting in working working Final public (plenary) presentation METHODS 4.5 DAY AGENDA 4 ½-Day Charrette Schedule: Meadowvale, HDR/LCA+Sargent Town Planning Source: Lennertz, The Charrette Handbook, page 170 TYPICAL ROLES DESIGN TEAM Design lead Facilitators Designers- mul_ple disciplines Support staff ! STAKEHOLDERS Elected officials Developers designers working Neighbourhood leaders Neighbours (to the site) ! EXPERTS Topic area experts Consultants (i.e. economic experts) Government staff ! PUBLIC Interested public officials and experts reviewing TOOLS “ANALOG”