Seawall Ecosystem: 2009 Charrette
For RDA’s latest charrette, teams of architects, designers, and engineers will descend on Galveston Island to tackle a new design challenge.
RDA News & Notes
Category: Charrettes
Stirring Up Buffalo Bayou
With its hike and bike trails, lush landscaping, exciting public art, and imaginative lunar lighting scheme, Buffalo Bayou is being transformed into an active and vibrant waterfront destination in downtown Houston. Routine flooding, however, restricts other entertainment options from enlivening this valuable public space. But can that be changed?
Talking Trash
RDA Partners held the 2006 Design Charrette on Saturday, August 5. The event was held at the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and followed by a reception. The RDA Partners of the Rice Design Alliance invited interested parties to participate in a juried competition, talking trash, dealing with the issues of recycling and waste disposal in the city of Houston.
The winning entry was:
Trash In Cash Out (TICO)
Saman Ahmadi
Brian Attaway
Aaron Beasley
Jyh-Chan Lin
Bridging the Park
The Rice Design Alliance Partners design charrette focuses each year on a particular challenge. In 2007, participants were challenged to design a pedestrian bridge uniting the north and south sections of Memorial Park, Houston’s largest urban park. A charrette serves as a design exercise and while entries are judged, the purpose is to create a forum where we can draw on the creativity of all entrants.
Plan C.B.D.
PLAN C.B.D.
Charrette: Saturday, August 6, 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Reception: Monday, August 8, 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture
University of Houston
Entrance 18, Elgin Street
Urban Legends: Charrette 2004
The Rice Design Alliance Partners held their fourth annual design charrette, Urban Legends, on August 7, 2004, at the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture at the University of Houston. This year’s charrette called for participants to create original design solutions for mixed-use, residential, and retail urban spaces.
HOUse TOwN: Charrette 2003
The Rice Design Alliance Partners held their third annual design charrette, HOUse TOwN: Launching the Energy-Wise Dwelling for Houston, on August 9, 2003, at the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture, University of Houston.
Charrette Home: 2002 Charrette
The Rice Design Alliance Partners held their second annual design charrette, Charrette Home: A Homeless Shelter in Midtown, on August 10, 2002, at the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture, University of Houston.
2001 Charrette: Astrodome
The Rice Design Alliance presented its first juried competition charrette entitled, “ASTRODOME: The Old New Thing” on Saturday, August 4, 2001 from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m at the University of Houston Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture.
