Undergraduate ThesisAn International Institute for Social Concerns in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Architecture should be sympathetic to place with respect to climate, available building materials, and the social and historic culture of the area. Thus, in a place where the indigenous building vocabulary is insufficient for the demands of contemporary program, an architectural grammar must be developed according to those principles. Through my proposal, I expanded on kama'aina (local) architectural precedents to create a pattern language more sympathetic to local culture and climate. Recipient of a Noel Blank Design Award for Best Thesis. |
Located on the proposed site of the Barack Obama Presidential Library in Kaka'ako, the Institute is organized around a series of courtyards, with stepped terraces leading down to a public waterfront with engineered tidal pools.
The Institute, like the East-West Center at the University of Hawaii, has facilities for conference, educational, and scholastic programs. There is exhibition and auditorium space; a dining pavilion with views east to Waikiki and Diamond Head; a library with reading and conference rooms; both large and small seminar rooms; offices, workshop space, and residences for scholars- and artisans-in-residence.
The Institute, like the East-West Center at the University of Hawaii, has facilities for conference, educational, and scholastic programs. There is exhibition and auditorium space; a dining pavilion with views east to Waikiki and Diamond Head; a library with reading and conference rooms; both large and small seminar rooms; offices, workshop space, and residences for scholars- and artisans-in-residence.