Hale Nā Kōnāhuanui

Hale Nā Kōnāhuanui

Client: Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL)
Principal Investigator: Hyoung-June Park PhD
Cultural Specialist: Ikaika Bantolina

Student Project Assistants: Anson Kimura Jr, Mailiokawailelenani Mckeague, and Nathaniel Shih

2026 ARCH 342 Studio students: Keoni Andrei Agapay, Richelle Joy Ayala, Avery Burton, Jing Tong Chen, Jingwen Chen, Jennifer Do, Joshua Luke Ishimine, Grace Langley, Mailiokawailelenani McKeague, Bella Oliver, Katelyn Pagsolingan, Rachel Petersen, Austin Sandi, Nathaniel Shih, Micah Shikada, Mackenzie Tennal

Hale Nā Kōnāhuanui, translated as “The Home of the Great Summit,” is a high-density, mixed-use residential project developed to address the urgent need for affordable housing for Native Hawaiian families. The site is located at the intersection of Isenberg, Date, and Coolidge streets in Honolulu's McCully-Mōʻiliʻili neighborhood on Oahu, Hawaii.

Hale Nā Kōnāhuanui is a 28-story condominium comprising 256 residential units, ranging from studios to three-bedroom units, and 373 parking stalls. The development also features a range of community-oriented amenities, including (1) a preschool, (2) retail and marketplace spaces, (3) a central amenity area with a courtyard (piko), multipurpose studio, fitness center, BBQ area, playground, and swimming pool, and (4) a rooftop garden atop the south tower.

Supported by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL), the project carries forward the vision of Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalaniana‘ole by exploring how Native Hawaiians may be returned to the land within Honolulu’s urban core, where infrastructure, transportation, services, schools, employment, and community resources are already established. 

Rather than treating land return only as a rural or suburban question, this project asks how Hawaiian homelands can support a new model of urban belonging, cultural continuity, and multi-generational living in the city.