About the Charrette
A charrette workshop will be held to develop performance standards for the reuse and long term operations of a retreat and conference center at Fort Baker. A team of experts will be assembled to discuss and formulate the performance standards. The team will represent the following areas of expertise for which performance standards will be developed:
Resource Efficiency
- Energy - Hvac, Lighting, Plug Loads, Other
- Water
- Materials
- Waste
Indoor Environmental Quality
- Indoor Air Quality
- Thermal Comfort
- Daylighting
- Other, Such As Acoustics
Natural And Cultural Landscape Issues
- Revegetation Planning And Site-Wide Opportunities For Restoration.
- New Ornamental Landscaping
- Historic Preservation Of Cultural Landscape
- Other
- Transportation
- Global Environmental Issues
Building Performance Assurance (Life-Cycle Performance)
Education And Training
Economics (Life-Cycle And Other)
Within these categories the team will determine the appropriate performance-based project benchmarks. The benchmark threshold levels will also be identified, debated and determined.
Charrette" is derived from the French word for the cart or wagon used to collect students' drawings during the 19th century at the Ecole de Beaux Arts in Paris. Today, the charrette workshop is designed to stimulate ideas in the planning and design process.
More and more, charrettes involve larger, multi-disciplinary teams. It is a valuable tool for setting the foundation for the development of a more formal plan. It is not a substitute for the formal planning and design process, but can be integral with it. The idea is to quickly sort through many ideas while looking at issues holistically. Successful charrettes produce concrete results.
The charrette should take place at the proposed site / building or a location where full concentration will be able to take place. Interruptions and phone calls will drastically reduce the efficiency and effectiveness of the effort.
This process can take two or three days. A room to hold the design and client team as well as space for observers and the local news organizations (if desired) is required as well as small rooms or the corners of a large room for break-out groups.
Each day will begin with the large group discussing general findings and approaches which then define the goals and issues for the break-out groups to analyze. The break-out groups will each consist of a cross section of the entire design team disciplines. After a certain period, the break-out groups will reassemble to present their approaches and these will be integrated or adapted into the overall scheme as desired.
The product of the charrette can be many things depending on the issues that are discovered and the extent that they can be resolved within the time frame. A goal is to produce many potential schematic diagrams that are analyzed and evaluated. A final solution isn't necessarily produced but the issues are explored and understood by all the involved parties. The information shared and the understanding gained by the participants is the most important product.
Greening charrettes involve larger, multi-disciplinary teams. Here are a few comments from past greening charrette participants:
"It is evident that architects and engineers can collaborate very early, at the very beginning of the conceptual process, with marvelous and exciting results."
"I will encourage the team approach to design and design with sustainability and energy efficiency in mind."
"I really enjoyed working with the teams bringing multiple disciplines & personalities together in decisions."
Trained greening charrette facilitators are used to shorten the charrette process and lower costs. Facilitators are used to (1) get quick agreement on desired outcomes, (2) form the teams quickly, and (3) keep everyone involved. Charrette time can be cut in half through the use of facilitators. This lowers the overall cost substantially and allows busy design professionals to participate.
Agenda
Monday
3:00 PM Site and Facilities Tour
2 hour optional site visit (you are encouraged to attend this tour, see the Ft. Baker site and facilities we will be working on, and meet each other prior to Tuesday's event.
5:00 PM Adjourn
Tuesday
8:30 AM
- Introductions
- Ft. Baker Business Plan
- Infrastructure Replacement Process
- Developer Selection Process
- How Site Will Be Developed
- Ft. Baker Institute
- Rationale, Goals And Background Info
- Expectations (products and results)
- Q&A
10:00 AM Break
10:15 AM
- Green Building Criteria and Thresholds for RFP
- Appropriate Thresholds - - Ranges or Minimums - Discussion Pluses and Minuses
- Prescriptive vs. Performance - Discussion Pluses and Minuses
- Discussion - How to Identify and Require Integrated Design Process and Opportunities in RFP
- First or Life Cycle Costs? Discussion - Plus and Minus Of Both.
- Incentives For The Builder and/or The Operator.
- Hand Out Draft Recommendations
Noon Lunch On-Site
- (Charrette Organizers Assess Progress, Adjust Agenda as Needed)
1:00 PM Develop Specific Recommendations
2:15 PM Break
2:30 PM Closure - Develop Specific Recommendations
5:00 PM Adjourn
7:30 AM Post Charrette Meeting For Organizers
9:30 AM Adjourn
The Team
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Cost estimator
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Scott Lewis
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Developer
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David Gottfried
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Mechanical
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Clark Bisel
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Energy Modeling & Performance Contracting
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Charles Eley
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Light/Daylighting
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Francis Rubinstein
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Landscape
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Cheryl Barton
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Construction
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Mike Blach
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Materials
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Lynn Simon
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Client Representative
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John Skibbe
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Restorative Vegetation
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Sharon Ferral and Lori May
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Greening Architect
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Bill Reed
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Charrette Facilitator
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Craig Hibberd
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National Park Service Planner
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Paul Batlan
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Utility Infrastructure Replacement
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Karl Knapp, Greg Ball, Jennifer Martin
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Light/Daylighting
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George Loisos
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