{"id":158473,"date":"2022-05-04T08:09:19","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T18:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=158473"},"modified":"2022-05-05T09:06:57","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T19:06:57","slug":"giant-arch-inflatables-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/04\/giant-arch-inflatables-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Giant architecture inflatables pop up at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa"},"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\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/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_47882\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wHYKNz3vDYU?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=\"Giant architecture inflatables pop up at Â鶹´«Ã½M\u0101noa\"  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>Giant inflatable structures (pneumatic structures) popped up in the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M&#257;noa\u2019s historic quad on May 3. Passers-by filled the lawn between <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Hall and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arch.hawaii.edu\/\">School of Architecture<\/a> to see eight pneumatic structures designed and built by 65 first-year architecture students. The structures are constructed of plastic that is welded and taped together.<\/p>\n<p>Everyday household standing fans inflated the pneumatic structures, some of which could hold about 70 people inside. The exhibit was a final project for students in Architecture 102, a beginning design studio course.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think teamwork is everything,&rdquo; said first-year architecture student <strong>Michael Bennett<\/strong>, a former <abbr title=\"National Football League\">NFL<\/abbr> all-star player and Super Bowl champion. &ldquo;For me playing in the <abbr>NFL<\/abbr> for 12 years everything was about teamwork. When you think about design it\u2019s all about teamwork. Everybody\u2019s doing something, everybody\u2019s adding to the process.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/manoa-architecture-inflatable-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"giant inflatable in front of building\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-158494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/manoa-architecture-inflatable-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/manoa-architecture-inflatable-130x73.jpeg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/manoa-architecture-inflatable.jpeg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Students studied conditions onsite, such as wind, rain and topography, and features such as trees. The construction of the inflatables gave students a chance to see how their design compared to what they imagined and anticipated.<\/p>\n<p>The gusty weather added a level of difficulty to the exhibit. Students battled the winds and several projects suffered damage during the presentation. Bennett joked that working on this project was more difficult than playing in the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is the first, and one of the few chances in architecture school, for students to design and build a full-scale structure,&rdquo; said <strong>Lance Walters<\/strong>, associate professor in the School of Architecture. &ldquo;Rather than only models and drawings, the students are able to realize full-size spatial environments.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>This project gives architecture students a rare opportunity to actually build a full-size, inhabitable structure. It is the first time since 2019 that the inflatable structures have popped up on the lawn due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>This event is an example of <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa\u2019s goal of <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/manoa-2025-strategic-plan.pdf#page=20\">Enhancing Student Success<\/a> (<span class=\"small-text\"><abbr title=\"Portable Document Format\">PDF<\/abbr><\/span>), one of four goals identified in the <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/manoa-2025-strategic-plan.pdf\">2015&#8211;25 Â鶹´«Ã½<\/a> (<span class=\"small-text\"><abbr>PDF<\/abbr><\/span>), updated in December 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pneumatic structures designed and built by 65 first-year architecture students filled the lawn between <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Hall and the School of Architecture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[240,1466,239,9],"class_list":["post-158473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-architecture","tag-manoa-enhancing-student-success","tag-school-of-architecture","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158473","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=158473"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":158506,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158473\/revisions\/158506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}