Environmental design charrettes -- A proven process for sustainable change

Conference · Tue Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1996

OSTI ID:379863

Gordon, H T ^[1]; Watson, D ^[2]

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1. Burt Hill Kosar Rittelmann Associates, Washington, DC (United States)
2. Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, NY (United States). School of Architecture

The American Institute of Architects Committee On The Environment (AIA COTE) has developed and tested a process for multidisciplinary, community-based design investigations addressing a wide range of environmental and energy issues. Under the sponsorship of AIA COTE, nearly 1,000 people in 13 communities throughout the US conducted three-day Environmental Design Charrettes (EDC) during October, 1995. An EDC is an intensive design workshop in which diverse groups of design professionals, citizens, and public officials work together to envision future alternatives for a local building, neighborhood, or community project, or an even larger area, with an emphasis on long-term economic, social and environmental sustainability. Using the Internet, all sites were connected and used the expertise throughout the nation to address local issues. The results are documented on the EDC Home Page (http://www.aia.org/edc/homepage.htm).

• OSTI ID: 379863
• Report Number(s): CONF-960430--; ISBN 0-89553-211-5
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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