charrette

American  

[shuh-ret] / ʃəˈrɛt /

Or charette

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of charrette

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 • Apr. 12, 2021

When the charrette gets started, he offers a bland montage sequence centered on shots of Ann looking bored, while the discussions themselves are muffled, on the soundtrack, to an indecipherable walla.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 4, 2019

Bill goes to Durham to run a town charrette on school integration—and taps Ann and C. P. to co-chair.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 4, 2019

Many of the class parents are musicians and artists, and they approach make-believe with the rigor of a design charrette.

From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2014

Gradually, they managed to take care of the business of organizing the charrette.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson