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OverviewThe University of Hawaii
The University of Hawai‘i (UH) is a post-secondary education system with an enrollment of approximately 50,000 students enrolled in ten campuses, including three baccalaureate institutions – the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (UHM), UH West Oahu on the island of Oahu, UH Hilo on the island of Hawai‘i; and seven community colleges.
The UH system’s special distinction is found in its Hawaiian, Asian, and Pacific orientation and the leadership role it plays in bridging East and West. The academic program structure and research enterprise of the UH system takes special advantage of Hawaii’s unique location, physical and biological environment, and rich cultural setting. The UH student population is such that no one ethnic group constitutes a majority. Students are enriched by this diversity and by the faculty who bring together an unparalleled array of expertise in Hawaiian, Asian, and Pacific studies.
For more information on the University of Hawaii see www.hawaii.edu.
The University of Hawaii at Manoa
UH Mānoa is the major comprehensive campus of the UH system and the center for research as well as undergraduate and graduate education. UHM is a Carnegie Foundation classified RU/VH Research University (very high research activity). It is the oldest of the ten campuses and was founded as the College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in 1907, a land grant college. In 1912, the College moved to its permanent location in Mānoa Valley, a residential area of Honolulu. With the addition of a College of Arts and Sciences in 1920, the College became the University of Hawai‘i. In 1972, the campus became the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa to distinguish it from the other units in the growing University system.
Today over 20,000 students are enrolled on the Mānoa campus, studying toward bachelor degrees in 86 fields of study, master degrees in 88, doctorates in 52, and first professional degrees in law, medicine, and architecture. UHM is comprised of nine colleges and eight professional schools. The D.Arch., J.D., and M.D. are the three first professional doctoral degrees conferred at UHM and as such, are autonomous and not under the Graduate Division.
For more information on the University of Hawaii at Manoa see manoa.hawaii.edu.
The School of Architecture
Architectural education at the University of Hawai‘i began in 1946 with a Pre-Architecture Program offered in the College of Applied Science. In 1965, Pre-Architecture was changed to a four-year program B.A. in Pre-Architecture. In 1967, the Department of Art became the Department of Art and Architecture, and the B.A. was replaced by a B.F.A. in Environmental Design. In 1969, a new Department of Architecture was formed within the Colleges of Arts and Sciences. A Master of Architecture Program was approved in 1971 with emphasis in Design Technology, Urban/Regional Design, and Tropical Development Studies; the program received initial accreditation by the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) in 1972.
The Department of Architecture was reorganized in 1976 and a Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.) degree was developed. The program was accredited by the NAAB in 1978, and in 1980, the School conferred the first B. Arch. degree.
The School of Architecture (SoA) was established in 1980 led by Dean Elmer Botsai. Raymond Yeh, assumed the deanship in 1993. The School’s present building was completed in 1994. In 1996, the SoA received full-term NAAB reaccreditation for its existing B. Arch. first professional degree and its M. Arch. first professional degree.
In 1999, a seven-year, 212-credit first professional Architecture Doctorate (Arch.D.) degree program was approved by the University Board of Regents to replace the existing M.Arch. and B.Arch. degree programs. In 2004 the program was accredited by the NAAB. The SoA was the first in the nation to offer an accredited professional architecture doctoral degree. In 2008 at the request of the NAAB, the School changed the title of the degree from Arch. D. to Doctor of Architecture (D. Arch.). Clark Llewellyn assumed the deanship in the summer of 2007.
The SoA has 16 full-time faculty and approximately 60 part-time adjunct, lecturer, and affiliate faculty. There is a diverse student body of approximately 280 students. The School is the only U.S. school of architecture in the middle of the Pacific region and the only school of architecture in the nation where a majority of the student body consists of Asian and Pacific Islander minority groups. The School of Architecture has had more than 1,400 graduates since its beginning. The School has developed a reputation for its strong connections to Hawaii and the Asia Pacific region, and its integration of theory and practice.
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SKYFRAME, by James CarpenterAs depicted in the animated masthead of the schools homepage, the kinetic sculpture framing the parapet walls of the courtyard of the School of Architecture building is called Skyframe, a stainless steel and dichroic glass sculpture by New York artist James Carpenter, completed and installed in 2002. The winning entry in an international design competition, the sculpture was commissioned by The State Foundation on Culture and the Arts as part of its Art in Public Places program.
Mānoa campus of the University of Hawaii. It offers the viewer a celebration of the suns movement in an ever-changing display of reflected, transmitted and refracted light. Skyframe, through the projection of light, records the daily and seasonal changes of the suns path.
The work of James Carpenter focuses on the expression of structure, bringing form to the phenomenon of light. Exploring the unique opportunities afforded by the transparency, reflectivity and strengths of glass in particular, the work seeks to control light as it affects spatial and temporal boundaries. The site of this transformation is explored as a dynamic and functional element of architectural space. The work of the studio crosses the boundaries between architecture, engineering and fine art.
The American Institute of Architects conferred their 1991 Institute Honor on James Carpenter as an artist whose rare, unsurpassed technical expertise and sculptors sensitivity have moved him to explore and express dramatic interrelationships of glass and light that have become indispensable ingredients of great architecture. With his intuitive understanding of the built environment, he transforms glass into art, forming a union between the transparent and the tangible that respects and enhances architectural design.
James Carpenter was born in Washington C.C. in 1949 and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1972.
The State Foundation on Culture and the Arts was established by the Hawaii State Legislature in 1965 as the official arts agency of the State of Hawaii. The concept of setting aside 1% of construction appropriations to provide a funding base for the acquisition of works of art set a national standard in 1967 when Hawaii became the first state to pass such legislation. The 1989 revision of the law created the Works of Art Special Fund, a non-lapsing account into which all funds set aside for artworks are depositied and from which expenditures for purposes consistent with Section 103-8.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, are made.
Objectives of the Art in Public Places Program are to enhance the environmental quality of public buildings and spaces throughout the state for the enjoyment and enrichment of the public; to cultivate the publics awareness of visual arts in all media, styles, and techniques; to contribute to the development and recognition of a professional artistic community; and to acquire, interpret, preserve, and display works of art expressive of the Hawaiian Islands, the multicultural heritage of its people and creative interests of its artists.
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