Perpetuating science, service, and stewardship with Hawaii’s cultural traditions and ecology.

NOAA INOUYE REGIONAL CENTER

Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, Oʻahu  ·  23.5 acres  ·  Federal / Institutional  ·  Built 2013

Designed in collaboration with HOK, this adaptive reuse project transformed historic WWII hangars on Ford Island into a working campus for NOAA — home to marine biology labs, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, and the International Tsunami Information Center.

The landscape reconfigured a former airfield for modern use: bioswales manage stormwater across the site, a multi-purpose amphitheater overlooks Pearl Harbor, and cultural interpretive features honor the site's Hawaiian and military history. Native and drought-tolerant plantings, rainwater harvesting, gray water reuse for irrigation, and repurposed concrete paving ground the project in regenerative practice.