Charrettes and the Edge of the Frontier with Steve Beshara
When we shift our perspective from solving problems to harnessing potential, there is a real opportunity to create incredible change in the world.
A tool that is used within the urban planning and architecture world to tap the potential within a group of people is called a charette. This is a design process where people of diverse perspectives and backgrounds are guided through a collaborative process to help shape the vision of a project or endeavor.
Potential is innate in our world. It is expressed in a variety of ways such as when we depave the soil covered by concrete in order to allow life take root. And it is expressed when we get people together to seed new ideas into the world.
For Steve Beshara of Vista Growth, design, creativity and harnessing potential is the sandbox that he has spent his career playing in. His company Vista Growth works with teams, organizations, and developers to create new projects and bring exciting ideas to life.
For Steve, bringing new ideas to life and taking risks isn’t just theoretical. For instance, he was the first person to build a Net Zero spec home in the agrihood of Serenbe located outside of Atlanta, Georgia. He isn’t stopping there either. Bolstered by his love of nature and his desire to help steward the planet, Steve sees real estate brimming with potential for regeneration.
As we seek to reimagine how we design, build, and steward homes and habitats, there is a real need to bring people together of diverse backgrounds and perspectives to create healthy, resilient, and whole communities. As a result, we might just change the world because of it.
