Discover The Potential. Desoto and Martin discover the potential of ascending and descending in architecture in our tropical exotic paradise of Hawaii The host for this episode was Martin Despang. The guest for this episode was Desoto Brown. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm every weekday afternoon, Hawaii […]
Ilikai Innovation (Human(e) Architecture)
Desoto Brown and Martin Despang debate about the historic relevance and contemporary status of architect John Graham’s and developer Chinn Ho’s condotel: the Ilikai The host for this episode was Martin Despang. The guest for this episode was Desoto Brown. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm every weekday […]
Exotic Easy Emerging Dwelling (Humane Architecture)
Housing for the Emerging Generation. Desoto and Martin take a closer look at invasive and exotic housing for the emerging generation on and right off campus of the University of Hawaii Manoa. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm every weekday afternoon, Hawaii Time, then streaming earlier shows through […]
Tactical Tropical Tectonics (Humane Architecture)
Another Way of Building in Hawaii. The under construction Denny’s restaurant makes DeSoto and Martin wonder about the way we are building, we have been building and how we could build on our Hawaii islands. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm every weekday afternoon, Hawaii Time, then streaming […]
Proletarian(?) Paradise Lauu Street (Human Humane Architecture)
DeSoto and Martin continuously worried about seeing more vintage exotic island architecture torn down and replaced by invasive ones raise awareness for the classic gems of Laau Street in the process of being torn down by Iolani School with its most valuable part along Date Street still intact and DeSoto and Martin advocating for keeping […]
Volcanic Veneer and Ventilation (Humane Architecture)
Our First and Foremost Material of Volcanic Rock. Martin and DeSoto debate about the stuff we are building on and with on our islands and our first and foremost material of volcanic rock. This volume two show focusses on the recent past and potential future tectonic cladding way of basal lava construction. ThinkTech Hawaii streams […]
Volcano Volume
Martin and DeSoto debate about the stuff we are building on and with on our islands and our first and foremost material of volcanic rock. This volume one show focusses on the original voluminous monolithic stereotomic use of basal lava construction. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm every […]
Exoticized
DeSoto Brown and Martin Despang look at how the cinematographic media allure and illusion of Hawaii as an exotic paradise has informed and continues to inform island architecture on Humane Architecture. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm every weekday afternoon, Hawaii Time, then streaming earlier shows through the […]
Ward Plaza
DeSoto Brown, Historian at Bishop Museum, and Martin Despang, host of Human(e) Architecture, promote a docomomo doco photo event on April 29th, 10 am at Ward Plaza and encourage the audience to attend and enjoy Architect Steve Au’s 1969 Ward Plaza complex while it is still there as it is scheduled to be taken down […]