Like what you see? Please give generously. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com Extreme tempered climates everyday dream of moderate tropical exotic ones. 40 % of the world’s climate zones being tropical are envied by the other 60 % of tempered ones with more extreme heat and cold. This jealousy is pop culturally commercially exploited embodied in manifestations from small […]
Vintage VW’s in Hawaii (Humane Architecture)
Like what you see? Please give generously. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com More Volkswagens in Hawaii than Germany. The air-cooled engines of the cool vintage VW’s in Hawaii are examined in their comparison to it’s air cooled midcentury and accordingly evolving architecture The host for this episode is Martin Despang. The guest for this episode is Desoto Brown. ThinkTech […]
culinary crosscultural correspondence (Humane Architecture)
Like what you see? Please give generously. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com Two Germans roll their Shaved Ice trailer as an ambassador of Aloha on the other side of the world. Joey Despang and Clara Günzel use their automotive engineering and management degree and a retail and gastronomy self-training to entrepreneur a Hawaii inspired Shaved Ice endeavor in Europe. […]
The Tiki Token (Human(e) Architecture)
Like what you see? Please give generously. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com Tiki as tacky / traditional / transitional to be observed on both ends of the world in Germany and Hawaii. Hawaii is considered the epicenter of Tiki culture. In fact however Tiki has mostly been extinct in architecture and interior design. DeSoto and Martin examine potential of […]
Honolulu’s [temporary floating] Horizontal Highrises (Humane Architecture)
Like what you see? Please give generously. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com Post contact pre aviation era large sail and later steam and diesel ships opened the Hawaiian Islands to the world.. Oahu’s future urban fabric is confined between two main mountain ranges so only vertical high-rise dwelling can serve the rising need for housing. The show looks into […]
MUC HNL Crime Prime Time Architecture (Human(e) Architecture)
Like what you see? Please give generously. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com Essentialist architectural projects by Despang Schlüpmann Architekten in Munich and Tadpole Studio in Honolulu play active roles in TV crime series.. Television is a popcultural tool shaping the general public’s opinion. So architecture being portrayed on TV informs the public taste and take on it. Despang Schlüpmann […]
PI’ing Magnum’s Oahu Hawaii (Humane Architecture)
Like what you see? Please give generously. ThinkTech Hawaii – GET YOURS TODAY Late 60’s/70’s Hawaii 5O was followed by 80’s Magnum PI. Magnum PI portrayed the zeitgeist of the 80’s in a particularly progressive way addressing issues like the post-Vietnam trauma as well as living and dwelling in paradise. While in the original Hawaii […]
Waikiki Circle Classic (Human(e) Architecture)
Like what you see? Please give generously. https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=wOeJJadtCKGg5vYrkwGrAxeTPcjiElKt4Sa2G1y_Oir0nKbFgEa7SE-6K8vrP1t8jM6Vp0&country.x=US&locale.x=US The Circle Hotel being one of the most vintage hospitality projects in the coastal urban holiday jungle in Waikiki. Waikiki’s midcentury heydays gave birth to a timeless tube-shaped small tower: the Waikiki Circle Hotel. Given the constant renovation, redevelopment trend in the hospitality business DeSoto and Martin […]
Outriggering Hospitality the Outrigger Hotel on Kalakaua Avenue revisited (Human(e) Architecture)
Like what you see? Please give generously. https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=wOeJJadtCKGg5vYrkwGrAxeTPcjiElKt4Sa2G1y_Oir0nKbFgEa7SE-6K8vrP1t8jM6Vp0&country.x=US&locale.x=US With many hotels being rebranded this show is looking into the vintage and potential related future potential of the Outrigger Hotel on Kalakaua Avenue.. The international Outrigger Hotels chain originates on Oahu Hawaii. DeSoto and Martin exemplary pick the one hotel across the Prince Kaiulani Hotel on […]
Proletarian People Power Towers (Human(e) Architecture)
Waikiki Parc Hotel being rebranded as the Halekulani’s Halepuna makes DeSoto and Martin contemplate the evolution of Waikiki’s innovative hospitality legacy. The Waikiki Parc Hotel is one of modernist architect Edward Killingsworth’s final hotel projects on the island of Oahu. It’s remodeling into the Halekulani’s Halepuna raises the question of Waikiki’s future as it’s facing […]