The Project Site The site and its context As mentioned above, the class focused on a mauka to makai transect through Waikīkī, reaching from the northern bank of the Ala Wai Canal to the ocean—including the federal lands surrounding Fort DeRussy. Pre-development, the studio project area (also see page 3 above) was part of a drainage basin characterized by springs, streams, such as Pi’inaio Stream, and swamp land. Pre-Western contact, the ‘Ewa end of Waikīkī was part of the Hawaiian community of Kalia. It was characterized by numerous traditional fishponds (loko i’a) surrounded and residences owned by native Hawaiian royalty. In 1908 the U.S. military acquired, occupied, drained, and filled a large parcel of land for the subsequent construction of Fort DeRussy. The project area included the mauka and makai banks of the Ala Wai, part of the canal itself, the residential and commercial areas to the north and south of Kalakaua Ave, Waikīkī Gateway Park, and a variety of facilities located on a 72-acre plat of federal land (2066 Kalia Rd), including the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, the US Post Office, Ainahau Triangle, the Kalia Road parking area, the various Hale Koa Hotel amenities (military personnel and dependents only), the U.S. Army Museum of Hawai’i, as well as Fort DeRussy park, boardwalk and beach, and the near-shore portion of the Pacific Ocean.
THREE FEET OF SEA LEVEL RISE
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O u r S i t e W i t h i n Wa i k ī k ī
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3-ft SLR impact; image: Emily Sobolewski Knight and Eric Teeples
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6-ft SLR impact; image: Emily Sobolewski Knight and Eric Teeples
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