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

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

In 1968, Riddick was working as Director of Development at Shaw University in Raleigh when a colleague asked if he’d like to attend a charrette.

From Literature

For Riddick, directing a charrette was a cross between leading a marathon revival meeting and walking a tightrope for ten days straight.

From Literature