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Practical Charrette Implementation

Practical Charrette Implementation. Jim Strozier, AICP Mark Vlasic, PLA, ASLA, AICP Jake Young, APA, ASLA. Charettes: One-Size Doesn’t Fit All. Mark Vlasic AICP, ASLA, PLA, LEED Green Associate Landmark Design SLC UT. Typical Projects where we use Charettes.

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Practical Charrette Implementation

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  1. Practical Charrette Implementation Jim Strozier, AICP Mark Vlasic, PLA, ASLA, AICP Jake Young, APA, ASLA

  2. Charettes:One-Size Doesn’t Fit All Mark Vlasic AICP, ASLA, PLA, LEED Green Associate Landmark Design SLC UT

  3. Typical Projects where we use Charettes • General Plans & General Plan Updates • Park, Recreation & Trail Plans • Urban Design Studies • Corridor Studies • Streetscape & Plaza Design Projects • Park and Landscape Design Projects

  4. Typical Project Conditions • Our Resources & Budgets are Limited • We Serve Multiple Roles • Project Manager • Planner • Landscape Architect/Designer • Facilitator • Small Design Teams • High Client Expectations • Great Need for our Services

  5. Four Approaches for Using Charettes • Integrate the Charette into your Public Involvement Process • Conduct a Focused, Single-day Charette • Assist Individuals and Groups with “Do-it-yourself” Charette Training • Put all of your Eggs into one Basket: the “Concentrated Charette”

  6. EXAMPLE 1 Cache Valley South Corridor Development Plan

  7. Cache Valley South Corridor Development Plan BACKGROUND • Protect Unique Landscape/ Entryway • Highly Contentious/Controversial • Multiple Stakeholders/Jurisdictions • Diverse Public Desires/Needs

  8. Cache Valley South Corridor Development Plan CHARETTE APPROACH: Integrate into public involvement process Scoping/Visioning Preferred Design/Plan Alternatives Workshop Plan Adoption Open House Review

  9. Cache Valley South Corridor Development Plan RESULTS • Integrated Design & Planning Process • Key Problems Resolved • Agreement Reached

  10. EXAMPLE 2 Liberty Park All-Abilities Play Park

  11. Liberty Park All-Abilities Play Park BACKGROUND • 2002 Paralympics Legacy Project • High-profile • High public expectations • First “All Abilities Park” in region

  12. Liberty Park All-Abilities Play Park CHARETTE APPROACH: The single-day charette • Held on-site • Brought special abilities children and neighborhood children together • Multiple ways to participate/learn: • Design Stations • Construction Yard • Needs & Abilities Challenges • Art Stations

  13. Liberty Park All-Abilities Play Park RESULTS • Identified Issues, Ideas and Needs • Design Approach Established • Good PR/ Community Understanding • Possibly most-used park in SLC region

  14. EXAMPLE 3 Wasatch Community Gardens: Design Education & Charette Training

  15. Wasatch Community Gardens: Design Education & Charettes BACKGROUND • Pro bono/volunteer project • Supported by Utah Chapter ASLA • Part of multi-week training for fledgling community garden groups

  16. Wasatch Community Gardens: Design Education & Charette Training CHARETTE APPROACH: “Do-it-yourself” charette” training • Introduction to basic garden design principles and charette principles • Volunteer designers train and assist gardeners their own charettes

  17. Wasatch Community Gardens: Design Education & Charette Training RESULTS • Numerous successful gardens established using charettes • Has become standard WCG training tool

  18. Wasatch Community Gardens: Design Education & Charette Training

  19. EXAMPLE 4 Rawlins, Wyoming & Vernal, Utah General Plan Updates

  20. Rawlins, Wyoming / Vernal, Utah General Plan Updates BACKGROUND • Energy “boom towns” - Oil/gas/wind • Rapidly growing/changing communities • Permanent/temporary resident shift • 15+ years since existing plan was prepared • Establishment of a New Vision necessary for both locales

  21. Rawlins, Wyoming / Vernal, Utah General Plan Updates CHARETTE APPROACH: The concentrated charette Multiple opportunities to develop ideas as part of several stand-alone sessions: • Community Education Sessions • Small Group Planning Teams • Visual Preference Survey

  22. Rawlins, Wyoming / Vernal, Utah General Plan Updates • Multiple charettes conducted with City staff, residents, school children and elderly groups over a 2-day period • Results: broad participation/ results established then verified the preferred planning direction

  23. LESSONS LEARNED • Be Creative • Adjust the Charette to Your Project Needs • Be Daring - Create Your Own Rules & Definitions/Question Authority • Leverage Local Resources • Get Everybody Involved • Provide Options for Participation • Encourage Ownership of the Process • Listen and Learn

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