The University of Hawaiʻi Community Design Center continues to support the School of Architecture’s commitment to community-engaged teaching, learning, and research. This academic year, nearly 50 faculty, staff, and students from across Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Urban & Regional Planning, Peace Studies, Social Work, Public Health, Education, and Hawaiian Studies were employed on public-interest research, engagement, and design projects. Learn more about recent collective listening and visioning efforts related to the projects below: 

Waikīkī Resilience & SLR Adaptation Project in partnership with the State Office of  Planning and Sustainable Development, led by Judith Stilgenbauer FASLA, Dolan Eversole, and their team.

Olowalu: The Road to Resilience in partnership with The Nature Conservancy, led by Professor Judith Stilgenbauer FASLA and her team

Hawaiʻi Food and Product Innovation Network in partnership with the Agribusiness Development Corporation, with support from the Office of Senator Donovan Dela Cruz, and led by Senior Research Associate Kimi Makaiau and her team.

Hāna Community Kitchen Project in partnership with the Hawaiʻi Farmers Union United, led by Kimi Makaiau and her team.

Breaking Cycles: Alternative Models for Rehabilitation and Restorative Justice  in partnership with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, led by Cathi Ho Schar FAIA, Dan Milz Ph.D, Lorinda Riley SJD, and their team.

Mālama ʻĀina Plan for Moku o Loʻe in partnership with the Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology, led by Phoebe White ASLA, and Priyam Das Ph.D and their team

Pūnāwai Rest Stop entry in partnership with Mental Health Kokua led by Eric Peterson Ph.D and his team.

This year faculty members also led UHCDC project-related courses in collaboration with the Hawaiʻi State Archives, State Foundation for Culture and the Arts, Office of Climate Change Sustainability and Resiliency/WAI Wastewater Alternatives & Innovations/Hawaiʻi Wildfire Management Organization/KEY Project, and Hawaiʻi Community Development Authority. Over 70 students in these courses applied their efforts toward critical issues facing our state.

Big mahalo to our teams and partners for their award-winning and newsworthy work. 

For more information or to participate in current project conversations, please visit our community engagement website at www.engagehawaii.org.