BRIEF

Draw Story centers on cultivating a way of observing as a means of collecting creative content; and exploring the process of drawing as both an analytical tool and a means of discovery, while drawing parallels between the design process of a graphic piece and the process of creative writing.

The course investigates scales and levels of human - spatial interaction, depicting everyday life in the context of built environments, exploring identities of self and place, and testing the boundaries of drawings from object to subject.

BEYOND THE CLASSROOM

Presented at “Clue (-d in or out)” ACSA Fall Conference: Play with the Rules, Milwaukee WI, October 13, 2018.

Displayed at “Drawing for the Design Imaginary” exhibit curated by Jeremy Ficca, Carnegie Mellon, Amy Kulper, RISD, Grace La, Harvard GSD at Carnegie Museum of Art Music Hall Foyer and Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, March 23-30, 2019.

Featured in UH News, May, 06, 2019.

An illustrated analysis of urban conditions post-critical events. In 2020, the entire world experienced extreme and abrupt change. Borders, boundaries, and spatial rules were redefined. It is not the first time civilization suffers TEOTWAWKi (the end of the World As We Know it). Throughout history, our cities have adapted, and architects have played a critical role envisioning the future: Post-industrial, Post-colonial, Post-natural disaster, Post-pandemic. Students defined and explored “before/after” conditions based on their locations during the COVID-19 global pandemic.

1. Unoccupying Mōʻiliʻili by Keli‘i K.
2. Virtual World by My T.

A study through drawing of the identity of neighborhoods in Honolulu focusing on relationships between the natural and the human-made.

1. Scarred Kaimuki by Angel A.
2. Palolo Valley by Ben N. (2,3)
4. Downtown Honolulu by Christina H. (4,5)

A projective exercise that imagined parallel dimensions of urban environments bound by mauka and makai.

1. Bridging Kalihi by Chris S.

A diagnostic investigation focused on historic buildings that characterize Honolulu today.

1. Hawai’i State Capitol (Architect John Carl Warnecke 1969) by Sho T.
2. IBM Building (Architect Vladimir Ossipoff 1962) by Bruce W.
3. Bachman Hall (Architect Vladimir Ossipoff 1949) by Danalli I. (3,4)