Charette

/ʃɑːˈrɛt/ noun

An intensive, collaborative work session where a team of professionals rapidly develops ideas or solutions for a design or project problem.

From French 'charette,' literally meaning a cart. French architecture students coined the term in the 1800s when professors would ride through schools in carts while students frantically worked on projects—thus 'charette' became synonymous with last-minute work sessions.

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