Charrette Definition
noun
A collaborative planning or design session, often involving interested third parties such as public officials and environmentalists, in which problems relating to a proposed architectural project are discussed and solutions adopted in a limited time frame.
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Noun
Singular:
charrette
Plural:
charrettesOrigin of Charrette
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French light two-wheeled cart, charrette (from the fact that when 19th-century Parisian architecture students submitted their designs for evaluation, the designs were taken to the exhibition place on such a cart, often while the students added finishing touches en route) from Old French diminutive of char cart chariot
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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