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Lawn Loungers –
Portable Spaces for Community Engagement 2019
Lawn Loungers are portable, handwoven micro-architectures designed to engage communities in shaping Hawai‘i’s future housing. Developed for the Hawai‘i Public Housing Authority, they host conversations, workshops, and exhibits in approachable, collapsible structures. Serving as both furniture and display, they create welcoming spaces for residents to share ideas, fostering collaborative, place-based design across diverse island communities.
Inspired by the familiar lawn chair, the system uses lightweight aluminum frames, nylon webbing, and rope to create double-sided units that are easy to transport and reconfigure. Each piece supports multiple spatial arrangements—linear, inward, outward, and more—accommodating events in both compact urban sites and open community spaces while showcasing patterns that reflect Hawai‘i’s cultural diversity.
AWARDS
2020 AIA Honolulu Award Institutional Category
This project contributed to the submission recognized with the 2022 ACSA Collaborative Practice Award.
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Installed at SALT in Kaka’ako for Parking Day 2019 (09/20/19) and at the UHM SoA for Building Voices Housing for All (09/30-10/01/19).
Featured in the UIA 27th World Congress of Architects in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June, 2021.
Lawn Loungers draws from
Plural Territories. -
For: Hawai‘i Public Housing Authority, a components of the Future of Hawaii's Housing project.
Size / Scale / Area: Eight stands, Three tables, Four seats.
Status: Built
Type: System for Public Engagement Prototype
Production Team:
Research Associates - Glenn Grande, Jason Hashimoto, Chris Songvilay
Project Assistants - Keola Annino, Christina Holcom, Beau Nakamori, Griffin Ward, Hunter WellsPhotography: Studio & Drone - Tom Takata
Drone photography at Parking Day 2019: Elias Dean
