charrette

or cha·rette

[ shuh-ret ]

noun

1. a final, intensive effort to finish a project, especially an architectural design project, before a deadline.

Word History and Origins

Origin of charrette¹

1965–70; < French: cart, Old French, equivalent to char chariot, wagon ( car ¹ ) + -ette -ette, from the idea of speed of wheels

Example Sentences

“But people just want it both ways. Having a giant code and still having a design charrette where people argue—those things are correlated!”

From Slate

A 72-hour, coffee-fueled design charrette — an intense period of design or planning activity — in Chevy Chase resulted in a 3-D model of what the new house would become.

From Washington Post

Two men died, one a computer engineer aged 44 who was killed while inside the butcher’s shop; the second, Julien Vinson, 55, owner of La Charrette, a café-theatre, who was stabbed in the street trying to protect his 12-year-old son.

From The Guardian

C.P. and Ann, longtime enemies, were named co-chairs of the charrette.

From Literature

The actual planning of the charrette began in earnest with the formation of a steering committee.

From Literature