Plans for the area have gone back and forth on residential development at least four times since 1985, said Craig Nakamoto of the Hawaiʻi Community Development Authority. The state transferred the lands to OHA more than a decade ago to settle a longstanding debt over ceded lands revenues. HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi reports.
Lee Sichter, a lecturer in
DURP. Students worked on a real-world assignment to assist a public agency, the state’s Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation (
DOBOR), and learned to engage stakeholders and prepare deliverables for a client. Such projects are instrumental in transitioning from a student to a professional.
In spring 2021, with funding from
DOBOR, White and Das, along with a team at the
UH Community Design Center, will conduct proof of concept studies building on the findings from the coursework.
“These types of projects are significant for landscape architecture students because it provides exposure on how to address equity among stakeholders, sea-level change, environmental concerns and continued access for users of the site,” said