annual tour day

Hello on behalf of Docomomo HI, we would like to remind you of our Annual Tour Day! It will be hosted on Oct. 16th from 2pm-4pm in a blended live zoom format. This year’s tour will feature pre-cast works from prominent structural engineer Alfred Yee.

So pull up a comfy seat and experience Alfred Yee | A Modern Precast Pioneer featuring guest speakers: Jimmy Lam, Tim Goshi, Ian Roberson, and Chang Nai Kim.

If you have not signed up for the Tour Day event, be sure to sign up and purchase your mini-booklets today!.

About this event

DESCRIPTION
Stroll through the edge of Waikiki with us, along Ala Moana Boulevard and the Ala Wai Canal, where you can view many of structural engineer Alfred Yee’s precast buildings, designed in a tropical modern style. The pre-engineered components were made in Kapolei and typically brought on site for assembly. Along the route, other modernism buildings will be pointed out as well.

Cost of the tour is FREE.

A booklet with building descriptions can be purchased for $4.50 each, up until Friday October 8th.

Please note: All ticket sales will end at 5:00pm on Friday, October 15, 2021.

DETAILS
Our virtual tour will be hosted from 2:00pm - 4:00pm.
A Zoom link and pdf map will be sent to you after registration.
Please note: Due to COVID-19 restrictions, this year's event will be online only. However, we encourage you to explore the tour route and see the buildings at your own leisure.

The Docomomo Annual Tour day is a collaboration with the University of Hawaii School of Architecture Haigo and Irene Shen Gallery's exhibit on “Alfred Yee: Modern Connections”. (https://uhsoashengallery.com/Alfred-A-Yee)
 
This exhibition offers a glimpse into Alfred Yee’s unparalleled mind and career during the time when Honolulu was growing and expanding in the 50s to 70s.

Conceived as a living exhibition that transforms the city of Honolulu into the gallery space, Alfred Yee: Modern Connections is a glimpse into an unparalleled mind and career and a document of a city in flux. In looking at Yee’s work, particularly in its half-completed state, one can’t help but feel a tension between past and present, human and nature, the visible and the hidden. Evident throughout is Yee’s appreciation for cross-disciplinary collaboration, an aspect that is reflected in this show, which examines Yee’s work not only through the lens of engineering, but also through architecture, photography, history, urban design, even law. Spanning the iconic and the mundane, Yee’s influence on urban Honolulu is undeniable, and yet his legacy has not been cataloged—until now.