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The Design Charrette

Ways to Envision Sustainable Futures

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  • © 2014

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Editors:
  1. Rob Roggema

    1. Van Hall Larenstein, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands, and Swinburne University of Technology, The Swinburne Institute for Social Research, Hawthorn, Australia

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  • Provides a theoretical basis for community based planning and design
  • Includes case studies detailing different approaches, time frames and cultures around the world
  • Presents many practical examples of design charrettes in action
  • Integrates lessons from the case studies and examples in a hypothetical charette which can serve as a guideline for organizers and students

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
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  2. That Stubborn Mr. Vedder

    • Rob Roggema
    Pages 1-11

  3. General Theory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
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    2. The Design Charrette

      • Rob Roggema
      Pages 15-34

    3. Innovations in Organisational and Community Learning

      • Lisa Vos
      Pages 35-59

    4. Shifting Paradigms

      • Rob Roggema
      Pages 61-95

  4. Examples and Case Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97
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    2. INternational Conference on Renewable Energy Approaches for the Spatial Environment (INCREASE)

      • Rob Roggema, Wim Mallon
      Pages 99-115

    3. Design Charrettes in Two Days: Sea Lake and Bendigo

      • Rob Roggema, John Martin, Mark Remnant, Grant Alday, Prue Mansfield
      Pages 117-149

    4. Lok Jumbish: Rural Participatory Design in Rajasthan, Lessons for the Future

      • Virajita Singh, Sanjay Prakash
      Pages 151-166

    5. Groningen: The Spread-Out Charrette

      • Rob Roggema
      Pages 167-212

    6. Grounds for Change: Sustainable Energy Futures

      • Rob Roggema, Andy van den Dobbelsteen
      Pages 213-243

    7. Design Charrettes for Sustainable Building in China

      • Rob Roggema, Bing Yu
      Pages 245-277

    8. Learning by Practice, High-Pressure Student Ateliers

      • Wim Timmermans, Juanee Cilliers, Andres Garcia, Ad Koolen, Ad Woudstra, Terry van Dijk
      Pages 279-293

    9. The Charrette of Mr. Xu

      • Rob Roggema
      Pages 295-326

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 327-335
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About this book

This book was written to support community involvement in the design process, to help prevent negative outcomes that can result from a top-down design approach. The combination of community involvement and design is, at least in literature, not very extensive. Although much has been written about stakeholder involvement, this is often not directly related to design processes, which – most importantly – deprives community members of the opportunity to design their desired future themselves. The Design Charrette: Ways to Envision Sustainable Futures provides a theoretical foundation establishing the benefits of organizing a design charrette for community-based planning, supported by many practical examples. The book includes sections on collaborative learning, practical guidance, theory and case studies in many different contexts: long and short charrettes, urban and rural subjects, and Dutch, Chinese, Australian, Indian and European examples. Part I: General Theory offers a detailed overview of the charrette process, a chapter on innovations in organizational and community learning and a chapter on shifting paradigms in the design charrette. Part II presents a number of case studies, including the INternational Conference on Renewable Energy Approaches for the Spatial Environment (INCREASE); charrettes accomplished in two days in the communities of Sea Lake and Bendigo in Australia; a chapter on lessons for the future, describing rural participatory design in Rajasthan, India; a description of learning by practice in a high-pressure student atelier; a chapter entitled Design Charrettes for Sustainable Building in China and more. The Design Charrette challenges the conventional wisdom that good design by itself will bring about the benefits the designer envisions. By demonstrating and analyzing the effectiveness of design charrettes in personal development and learning, and as a way to share desired future pathways, the book benefits everyone who may be leading, considering or participating in a design charrette.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Van Hall Larenstein, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands, and Swinburne University of Technology, The Swinburne Institute for Social Research, Hawthorn, Australia

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