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		AT A GLANCE
		COMPETITION PROGRAM Brief This is an open, one-stage, international competition to design a unique structure that advances conservation and celebrates the natural and cultural heritage of Hawaii via the performing and visual arts. To reflect the modern era of computer-aided design, encourage a wide range of graphic responses, and minimize the use of resources, the competition will be conducted using digital processes (i.e. -- no boards required!). Competition "At a Glance" The Program calls for a building of approximately 20,000 square feet on three acres of land positioned as the gateway to an educational corridor to the new Kapolei High and Middle schools. The heart of the Malama Learning Center - an agora-like space - would accommodate a multitude of group functions. It will house exhibits about conservation activities and the visual arts. Classrooms will be divisible into smaller learning areas for meetings and workshops. A performance and lecture hall seating 300 and an outdoor amphitheatre for larger performances will be gathering places for conservation and arts activities. The facility will also house studios for "artists and scientists in residence," practice rooms, a sterile laboratory, tools and supplies for fieldwork, administrative offices, a small kitchen, and restrooms. A native Hawaiian ethnobotanical garden and native plant nursery will be focal points of the landscaping, with areas where people can sit and enjoy the plants in ambient surroundings. Green, sustainable technology will be the running thread throughout the Malama Learning Center. Program Objectives To design a joint-use facility that: - provides an interdisciplinary and holistic platform – blending environment, culture, arts, science and technology under one roof, - reflects the "project-based learning" educational approach of Kapolei High School (a design/build school established in fall, 2000) where students of all ages will experience an integrated "curriculum" in spaces that are flexible and regenerative to nurturing the whole person, - is a gathering place for the community where they learn to perpetuate the Hawaiian culture and values of caring for the land and sea and be inspired through the creative arts, - leads students and adults to pathways to conservation (e.g. as researchers, volunteers, conservation professionals), - showcases innovative and inspirational conservation projects throughout the state, - models sustainable architecture for Hawaii, - can be constructed within an anticipated budget of $4-6 million. http://www.malamalearningcenter.org/competition.html

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