{"id":120826,"date":"2020-06-17T07:00:17","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T17:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=120826"},"modified":"2020-06-30T11:54:36","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T21:54:36","slug":"reimagine-historic-varney-circle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/06\/17\/reimagine-historic-varney-circle\/","title":{"rendered":"Community asked to help reimagine historic Varney Circle"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_27145\"  width=\"676\" height=\"676\"  data-origwidth=\"676\" data-origheight=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ndteeMgHPP4?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"Community asked to help reimagine historic Varney Circle\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>What can we do to improve the appearance and function of historic Varney Circle and fountain on the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M&#257;noa campus? The university is asking the campus community&#8212;students, faculty, staff, alumni and visitors&#8212;to help answer that question by filling out a <a href=\"https:\/\/ourcampus.manoa.hawaii.edu\/\">10-minute online survey<\/a> and offering their ideas.<\/p>\n<p>Exploring new ideas for the future of Varney Circle is part of the <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa Campus Framework and Long Range Development Plan (<abbr>LRDP<\/abbr>) for the next 10 years that includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/02\/04\/manoa-campus-transformation-plan\/\">converting interior roads into pedestrian malls and the replacement or renovation of four of the main buildings<\/a> on campus.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 0 15px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Varney-Circle-flickra-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"old photo of varney circle\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-120837\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Varney-Circle-flickra-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Varney-Circle-flickra-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Varney-Circle-flickra.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 0 15px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Varney-Circle-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"varney circle and fountain\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-120838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Varney-Circle-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Varney-Circle-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Varney-Circle.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Varney Circle, which is listed on <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\u2019s\">Â鶹´«Ã½\u2019s<\/span> Register of Historic Places, is where Campus Center, <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Hall, Queen <span aria-label=\"Liliuokalani\">Lili&#699;uokalani<\/span> Center for Student Services and McCarthy Mall intersect. It was designed in 1934 by faculty and students and named in honor of a distinguished faculty member, <strong>Ada Susan Varney<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The survey was developed by the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Community Design Center in cooperation with <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Office of Planning and Facilities. The results will inform and guide participants in a unique, two-day &ldquo;Design Tank,&rdquo; which will explore alternative scenarios for the future development of Varney Circle, one of <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa&#8217;s most important focal points. Design Tank participants will include faculty members, architects, landscape architects, urbanists and students in the environmental design disciplines.<\/p>\n<p>The design ideas will be presented to a review panel of <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa\u2019s academic and administrative leaders, including representatives of the faculty senate, the Associated Students of <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa and the Graduate Student Organization. Stay tuned to <em><abbr>UH<\/abbr> News<\/em> for more on the project and the other <abbr>LRDP<\/abbr> updates.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact <a href=\"mailto:uhcdc@hawaii.edu\">uhcdc@hawaii.edu<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/ourcampus.manoa.hawaii.edu\/\">go to the website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Varney-Circle1.jpg\" alt=\"varney circle with flags\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-120840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Varney-Circle1.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Varney-Circle1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Varney-Circle1-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students, faculty, staff, alumni and visitors are asked to fill out a survey and offer their ideas online to help inform designers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,12],"tags":[21,202,9,56],"class_list":["post-120826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-video","tag-21st-century-facilities","tag-facilities","tag-uh-manoa","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120826"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120898,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120826\/revisions\/120898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}