Jeyer's Place
Honolulu, Hawaii
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
1995 AIA HONOLULU STUDENT DESIGN AWARDS
| Design of a four-story office building in Kaimuki, Hawaii. Retail spaces occupy the ground level while a roof-top restaurant and exercise facility are located at the uppermost level. The design emphasises the relationship of the building with the site and surrounding context. |
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Many of the buildings
surrounding the project are run-down and in need of repair. The project
becomes a great oppurtunity to establish a precedence in the renewal of
the neighborhood.
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An aesthetically
pleasing building that evokes a sense of pride to its users and charges
the rehabilitation of Kaimuki's commercial and main thoroughway, Jeyer's
Place is "layered" and "dismantled" to create a scale that is sympathetic
to its surrounding neighborhood, most of which have some historical value
to the people.
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Other design considerations
include wider pedestrian walks, provision for storefront/frontage "breathing"
space for people gathering, streetside trees and landscaping, and an appropiate
building scale that is friendly for both pedestrians and the surrounding
context.
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