Dear all, Thanks' a million for all your responses and wisdom. This list - the people - is a true gift! love and hugs :o) Eva
Bästa hälsningar Eva P Svensson EPS Human Invest AB Member of Beyond Performance Group "Verksamhetsutveckling genom människor skapar långsiktigt välmående företag och organisationer" Anåsbergsvägen 22, 439 34 ONSALA Besöksadress; Norra Allégatan 8, Göteborg Tfn: 0300-615 05, Mobil; 0706- 89 85 50 www.epshumaninvest.se Skype: eva.p.svensson Besök gärna min blogg; www.epshumaninvest.blogspot.com/ "Jag kan inte lära dig något. Allt jag kan göra är att ställa frågor till dig, och låta dig själv finna svaren." Sokrates 2 feb 2012 kl. 00.37 skrev Jennifer Hurley: > Hello everyone. I've been busy with other things and away from the OS list > for some time, but the subject line about charrettes caught my eye. I'm an > urban planner who was a mediator and facilitator before I became an urban > planner. I've used OST in several settings, and I also facilitate urban > design charrettes. As Harrison suggested about another colleague, I've also > used OST as part of a charrette. There are definitely differences. Some > people say "charrette" when they're really talking about a brainstorming > workshop, and architects often use "charrettes" as a short, intense design > period, but urban design charrettes are 4-10 day multi-disicplinary > collaborative design workshops. The end product may be a neighborhood plan, > design for a new development, plan for redeveloping a downtown, new zoning > code, etc. Through the week (or so), there are a series of feedback loops > between the design team and all of the various stakeholders (general public, > neighbors, government agencies, advocacy groups, investors, etc.). It's much > less open-ended than OST and very focused on a specific product to be > completed by the end of the week. It's a great method for engaging the public > in planning and development issues, but it's also a great project management > tool. In too many cases, there are lots of delays and miscommunications > because "the whole system" is never in the room, and charrettes try to bring > all the interests in together. But charrettes are not intended to be a fully > collaborative method like OST. There are people doing the work (designers, > engineers, stormwater experts, transportation experts, etc.), and there are > people giving ideas and reviewing and evaluating the work (members of the > public, the client, advocacy organizations). Some of my work involves trying > to nudge charrettes in a more open, dialogue direction (to be fair, > charrettes are already much more open than the typical planning or design > process), but I also think there is a role for technical expertise. For > anyone who wants to learn more about urban design charrettes, the National > Charrette Institute is a great resource: > http://www.charretteinstitute.org/ > > Thanks for the stimulating discussion! > Jennifer Hurley > __________________________ > HURLEY~FRANKS & ASSOCIATES > 1500 Walnut St STE 504 | Philadelphia, PA 19102 > p: 215-988-9440 | f: 215-988-9441 | c: 267-971-4598 > [email protected] | http://www.hfadesign.com > Certified WDBE through PA UCP, City of Philadelphia OEO, NJ UCP, DE UCP > > From: Julie Stuart <[email protected]> > Reply-To: OS list <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:53:51 -0500 > To: OS list <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [OSList] Charrette and Open Space ? > > I'm also familiar with charettes from architectural clients. It is indeed a > collaborative process using a team of design experts. From my experience, it > tends to be a top-down process that allows the public to contribute to a > certain extent but not self-organized in the way we know OS to be. > > On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 9:58 AM, David Osborne <[email protected]> > wrote: >> I'm familiar with charettes from architectural clients I have and believe >> this is an approach architecte's use. From what I understand they will >> establish a set time frame - An afternoon for example - give the design >> challenge and then have individuals or teams all working on designs. They >> then collect everyone's designs and then share to look at the various >> approaches to inform the eventual design. the term itself may be from the >> architectural field. >> >> David >> >> On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 7:56 AM, Eva P Svensson <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> Hi all wise people! >>> Anyone having experience from a method called charrette? When I looked it >>> up on Wikipedia it says this: >>> "A charrette is a method of organizing thoughts from experts and the users >>> into a structured medium that is unrestricted and conducive to the >>> creativity and the development of myriad scenarios. >>> The word charrette may refer to any collaborative session in which a group >>> of designers drafts a solution to a design problem. While the structure of >>> a charrette varies, depending on the design problem and the individuals in >>> the group, charrettes often take place in multiple sessions in which the >>> group divides into sub-groups. Each sub-group then presents its work to the >>> full group as material for future dialogue. Such charrettes serve as a way >>> of quickly generating a design solution while integrating the aptitudes and >>> interests of a diverse group of people. Compare this term with workshop." >>> To me it sound very very much like an Open Space meeting! Do you know the >>> difference? Any experiences, thoughts? >>> Hugs from a winter-like Sweden >>> :o) >>> Eva >>> Skickat från min iPhone >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> OSList mailing list >>> To post send emails to [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >>> To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: >>> http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OSList mailing list >> To post send emails to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: >> http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org >> > > > > -- > > > MakingIdeasVisible.com > [email protected] > 770 329 4213 > > > _______________________________________________ OSList mailing list To post > send emails to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to > [email protected] To subscribe or manage your subscription > click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org
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