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SHADE Institute

King Liberty Center

King Liberty Center

Public Interest Design

Waipi'o Point Access Road Multimodal Pathway

Ko'olauloa Community Resilience Hub

Chinatown Urban Acupuncture

Riverwalk Revitalization

Queen Emma Adaptive ReUse

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Chinatown Urban Acupuncture

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SHADE Group

SHADE Institute

SHADE Institute

King Liberty Center

King Liberty Center

Public Interest Design

Waipi'o Point Access Road Multimodal Pathway

Ko'olauloa Community Resilience Hub

Chinatown Urban Acupuncture

Riverwalk Revitalization

Queen Emma Adaptive ReUse

Partners

Chinatown Urban Acupuncture

Resources

Resources
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Tropical Storms as a Setting for Adaptive Development and Architecture

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The last week highlighting SHADE Institute’s work to prepare Honolulu’s Chinatown for the rail station coming in 2031 and the larger Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Plan.

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This map charts Chinatown's buildings, stree

Congratulations to Waipahu Aloha Clubhouse on their Grand Reopening, they had a great program! Such a welcoming space with inviting members. Mahalo for inviting SHADE Institute to celebrate with you!

SHADE Institute has been collaborating with Waipa

Week 4 highlighting SHADE Institute’s work to prepare Honolulu’s Chinatown for the rail station coming in 2031 and the larger Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Plan.

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In 2024, the Mayor’s office and Department o

Thank you to Master Architect Sid Snyder and everyone who attended our event last Friday. This was part of Archtober events in conjunction with AIA Honolulu.

Snyder shared his story of arriving in Honolulu after graduating from the University of Was

Week 3 highlighting SHADE Institute’s work to prepare Honolulu’s Chinatown for the rail station coming in 2031 and the larger Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Plan.

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Beginning with the Chinatown Urban Acupuncture Proj

Mahalo nui loa to Helen Lee for inviting SHADE Institute to participate in the Kukui Garden's Community Resource and Health Fair. We had a great time talking to the community about our Riverwalk Revitalization Project and getting more feedback! Good

Join SHADE Institute and AIA Honolulu for an Inspiring Master Architect Talk Story with Sidney Snyder, Jr. AIA, ME!

WHEN: October 18, 5:30pm - 7:00pm

WHERE: SHADE Institute, King Liberty Center, 99 N King Street, Honolulu 96817

AIA/CES LU: Qualifi

Week 2 highlighting SHADE Institute’s work to prepare Honolulu’s Chinatown for the rail station coming in 2031 and the larger Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Plan.

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In the summer of 2015, SHADE Institute began its p

Now in its 8th year, SHADE grew out of DSA’s longstanding commitment to designing places that are made through a deep understanding of the social and environmental potential of the sites.

Join us this Friday anytime from 5pm-8pm to learn more

Each week, for the next month, we will post a board highlighting SHADE Institute’s work to prepare Honolulu’s Chinatown for the rail station coming in 2031 and the larger Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Plan.

Follow along each Monday

On October’s First Friday, you can visit SHADE and several other design firms in the central business district of downtown during this open house.

We will have pupu and drinks!

Learn more about what SHADE and other firms have been working on

SHADE Institute is proud to announce that we are one of the recipients of the Docomomo US 2024 Modernism in America Awards for a Commercial Design Citation of Merit, for our adaptive and modern restoration of King Liberty Center.

Originally designe

On August 6th the second Riverwalk Community Design Workshop was held at Halewai’olu Senior Residences. During the workshop Fellows introduced two design concepts for future development.

Concept 1: Rebuild and Revitalize
This concept takes the

Join us for SHADE Institute's annual Summer event at the King Liberty Center in Chinatown this August 1st from 6-8pm.

During the event, SHADE will present Mark Hashem with its first COMMUNITARIAN AWARD for his longstanding community service and rece

This coming Tuesday at 10:00 we will be holding a community design workshop for the riverwalk project at our office on 99 N King Street. Located just north of the boundaries of Chinatown, the riverwalk has a rich history and culture. This workshop wi

SHADE Institute is presenting two community design workshops this July. The first event being the Waipio Point Access Road Multimodal + Safety Improvement Project (WPARMSI).

The WPARMSI Project will be kicking back up with a community design worksho

Meet Peiyao
2024 SHADE Summer Fellow

Hi. I am Peiyao Xiao. I am an international student from the southern city Guangzhou in China.

Currently, I am a masters student in the Landscape Architecture program at the University of Washington.
I am intere

Thanks to Gary R. Coover (author of Honolulu Chinatown) for a great tour of Chinatown this past Wednesday. We learned a lot about the neighborhood we work in of and got to end
the day with great food provided by Royal Kitchen.
Our group photo, from

Dean Sakamoto, DSA principal architect and executive director of SHADE Institute, is presenting at the AIA National Conference on June 8, 2024.

He has co-authored a talk, Lahaina Wildfire Lessons: What Planners and Architects Need to Know, with Kar

Meet Megan
2024 SHADE Summer Fellow

Hello! My name is Megan Smith and I am going into my fourth year as a Bachelor’s of Architecture student at the University of Arizona in Tucson. I am originally from O’ahu so I am excited to be back fo

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