Author(s): Cathi Ho Schar
The University of Hawai鈥榠 at M膩noa is the flagship campus for the country鈥檚 most remote and westernmost state. It lies over two thousand nautical miles from the nearest continent, roughly in the center of the Pacific Ocean, the largest division of the world hydrosphere. Until 1893, Hawai鈥檌 was a sovereign kingdom. In 1959, the U.S. government annexed Hawai驶i as the last and newest of its fifty states. This vivid context鈥擯acific, Asian, Hawaiian, American, postcolonial鈥攃onstitutes both a geographical and cultural orientation. In view of these numerous, vivid conditions, our paper offers a single case study based on small projects underway at M膩noa, where the senior leadership of the university invited the newly established University of Hawai鈥榠 Community Design Center to address the chronic disrepair of campus buildings and public spaces through low-cost, high-impact design interventions. The aim of these interventions is to improve perceived qualities of public space and campus character, which have suffered under the weight of the university鈥檚 half-billion dollar deferred maintenance backlog.
Volume Editors
脕ngela Garc铆a de Paredes, I帽aqui Carnicero & Julio Salcedo-Fernandez
ISBN
978-1-944214-18-0