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More project information:  Sea Grant Project Website.

In July 2024, the interdisciplinary SLR research was recognized by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Honolulu for a Merit Award in the Unbuilt Category of their 2024 Design Awards. 

Project collaborators include principal investigator (PI) Wendy Meguro, AIA, LEED Fellow; co-investigator Charles “Chip” Fletcher, PhD; climate change adaptation specialist Josephine Briones, DArch; climate resilience specialist Georgina Casey; former graduate research assistants Gerry Failano, MLA and Eric Teeples, DArch; junior research assistant Desiree Malabed, BEnvD; and rendering tutors Chris Lomboy, DArch and Andrew Tang, SBA. Other contributors include Eileen Peppard, Melanie Lander, Dolan Eversole, and Aiko Tells, BEnvD. Funding was provided by the Office of Naval Research. 

A final thanks to the AIA Honolulu Awards Jury, and support from UH School of Architecture, Sea Grant, SOEST.

Rendering Credit

Graduate Research Assistants: Gerry Failano, MA, Masters in Landscape Architecture (MLA) Candidate, Eric Teeples, Doctor of Architecture (DArch) Candidate

Project Researchers: Georgina Casey, Climate Resilience Specialist, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, Desiree Joy Malabed, BEnvD, School of Architecture