{"id":27343,"date":"2014-09-09T14:24:55","date_gmt":"2014-09-10T00:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=27343"},"modified":"2021-10-26T14:13:13","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T00:13:13","slug":"architecture-graduate-student-wins-woodshow-recognition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2014\/09\/09\/architecture-graduate-student-wins-woodshow-recognition\/","title":{"rendered":"Architecture graduate student wins woodshow recognition"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Mohuhano “Mo” Tuʻikolongahau<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mohuhano “Mo” Tuʻikolongahau<\/span> was awarded the 2014 Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Woodshow’s Spirit of the Show Award for a chair he made of Hawaiian ash wood. The award recognizes the most creative use of underutilized Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> grown non-native wood species. Tuʻikolongahau<\/span> is a graduate student at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Mānoa School of Architecture<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mohuhano “Mo” Tuʻikolongahau<\/span> was awarded the 2014 Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Woodshow’s Spirit of the Show Award for a chair he made of Hawaiian ash wood. The award recognizes the most creative use of underutilized Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> grown non-native wood species. Tuʻikolongahau<\/span> is a graduate student at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Mānoa School of Architecture<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tuʻikolongahau<\/span> produced the piece, titled “Rise Chair,” in an advanced furniture design and fabrication class taught by Assistant Professor Hongtao Zhou<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

“Mo’s design took advantage of the straight ash wood fiber to create a long spiral using a free-form laminating technique, combining both sculpture and structure elements to create an architecturally beautiful as well as functional chair,” said Zhou.<\/p>\n

“It was challenging to balance the elements—structure, seating, backrest—to achieve a cohesive look that was functional at the same time,” said Tuʻikolongahau<\/span>, who spent two months working on “Rising Chair.”<\/p>\n

Tuʻikolongahau<\/span> is a graduate of Tonga High School and earned his undergraduate degree in architecture from UH<\/abbr> Mānoa School of Architecture in 2012.<\/p>\n

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“Rise Chair,” won the 2014 Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Woodshow Spirit of the Show Award.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Where to see the winning chair<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

Sponsored by the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Forest Industry Association<\/a>, the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Woodshow is being held at the Honolulu Museum of Art School<\/a> at Linekona until September 14. The show is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n

There were more than 80 entries from Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>, California and Japan in the 2014 Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Woodshow. The School of Architecture students and faculty contributed nine entries.<\/p>\n

—A UH<\/abbr> Mānoa news release<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Architecture graduate student Mohuhano Tuʻikolongahau<\/span> was awarded the 2014 Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Woodshow’s Spirit of the Show Award for a chair he designed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[90,239,9],"class_list":["post-27343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-alumni","tag-school-of-architecture","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t