PROJECT DESCRIPTION
A collection of portable architectural artifacts frame communal spaces that allow guests to slow down and interact with one another while sharing their thoughts on the future of housing in Hawai‘i.
FOR
Lawn Loungers was designed and built during the initial phase of the Future of Hawai‘i’s Housing project for the Hawai‘i Public Housing Authority through the University of Hawai‘i Community Design Center platform. This project served as a prototype and pilot for public engagement, informing the Holistic Housing Design Toolkit.
IMPACT
AIA Honolulu Award 2020 Watch video here
Installed at: SALT in Kaka’ako for Parking Day 2019 (09/20/19). UHM SoA for Building Voices Housing for All (09/30-10/01/19)
Featured in: UIA 27th World Congress of Architects in Rio de Janeiro, June, 2021.
Presented at: Domesticity Re-imagined, 108th ACSA Annual Meeting: OPEN in 2020.
TEAM
Principal Investigators
& Lead Designers
Karla Sierralta, AIA
Brian Strawn, AIA
UHCDC Staff
Glenn Grande, Junior Research Associate
Jason Hashimoto, Junior Research Associate
Chris Songvilay, Junior Research Associate
UHCDC Student Project Assistants
Keola Annino, Beau Nakamori, Griffin Ward, Hunter Wells, Christina Holcom
Stakeholder Team
Hakim Ouansafi, Executive Director HPHA
Kevin D. Auger, Redevelopment Officer HPHA
Becky Choi, State Housing Development Administrator HPHA
Photography
Tom Takata Photography LLC
Elias Dean, drone photography at Parking Day 2019
Special Thanks
UHM SoA Fabrication Lab Director, Steve Hill
Please see related projects for additional contributors.
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