Dissolving Corbin Building Hale Hana Nui i Hui ʻia na Zihua Mo

ʻO Dissolving Corbin Building Hale Hana Nui i Hui ʻia na Zihua Mo he mea lanakila hanohano loa o ka 2026 A' Design Award Kala ma ka Māhele Hoʻokūkū Hoʻolālā Hale, Kūkulu a me Hōʻuluʻulu.

KalaHoʻolālā Hale· 2026

Dissolving Corbin Building Hale Hana Nui i Hui ʻia

na Zihua Mo

Mea Lanakila A' Design Award Kala ma ka Māhele Hoʻolālā Hale

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ʻO Dissolving Corbin Building he hoʻolālā hale hana nui i hui ʻia i hoʻokumu ʻia ma luna o ka hoʻohana hou ʻana i ka Hale Corbin kahiko ma Lower Manhattan, New York. Piʻi aʻe kēia hale kūkulu kūpaʻa ma kahi o 55 mika ma luna o 15 papahele a hui pū ʻia nā hale noho, nā lumi kuke kaiaulu, kahi wahi ʻai ākea, kahi mākeke meaʻai a me ka mahiʻai kūpaʻa. Lawe kekahi ʻano kila hou i nā ʻāpana modular i hana mua ʻia me ka uhi pōhaku lepo ʻula a me ka terracotta i hoʻonani ʻia. Hoʻolōʻihi nā māla o luna o ka hale a me kahi pā inu o luna ma luna o ka Fulton Center e pili ana i kahi alanui ākea e hoʻomaka ana ma ke kaʻaahi lalo. Mālama ʻia ke kuke a me ka ʻai like ʻana ma ke ʻano he mau wahi kaiaulu.

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Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Dissolving Corbin Building Hale Hana Nui i Hui ʻia i ka A' Design Award Kala, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kiʻekiʻe loa, nani a kupaianaha. He mau hana ʻālohilohi loa a hana noʻeau nui nā lanakila Kala e hōʻike ana i ka loea, ka makakoho a me ka ʻoi aku o ka noʻonoʻo o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Dissolving Corbin Building Hale Hana Nui i Hui ʻia he hana kupaianaha, kūlana ʻoi aku, ʻoihana kiʻekiʻe a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Kala he mea hoʻokumu kūpono loa, mahalo ʻia e hāʻawi i ka pōmaikaʻi a hoʻoneʻe i nā palena o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana. He mea i ʻeleu ʻia e nā mea he nui ka hoʻolālā Dissolving Corbin Building Hale Hana Nui i Hui ʻia e hoʻāla i ka makemake, lawe mai i nā manaʻo maikaʻi a hoʻāla i ka kamahaʻo a me ka mahalo.

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Nā ʻAno Kūʻokoʻa: The project dissolves the historic Corbin Building into a vertical ecosystem where housing, communal kitchens, and a public food court intertwine. Solid walls transform into porous layers that blur domestic and urban scales, while a design language of dissolution mediates between ornate historic façades and contemporary simplicity. More than housing, it becomes an urban catalyst that nourishes community, fosters continuity across the city, and reframes everyday rituals as cultural infrastructure.
Nā Ana a me ka Hoʻopili: The project envisions a vertical mixed-use complex with an approximate height of 55m and 15 floors, integrating housing, communal kitchens, a public food court, a food market, and vertical farming. A rooftop bar is added atop the adjacent Fulton Center, while rooftop gardens extend from the historic Corbin Building. A new steel frame hosts prefabricated modular units with articulated brick and terracotta cladding, with strategies emphasizing porosity, modular assembly, adaptability, and sustainable urban integration.
Nā Lepili: Adaptive Reuse, Mixed-use Building, Communal Living, Food Culture, Urban Catalyst, Historic Preservation, Vertical Farming, Public Food Court, Rooftop Bar, Community Architecture
ʻEnehana Hana: The design was informed by studies of natural morphologies and part-to-whole relationships, which shaped a methodology of 'dissolving'. To realize this vision, the historic masonry is reinterpreted through a new steel structural framework combined with factory-prefabricated modular units. These modules enable the complex articulation of brick and terracotta surfaces, assembled on site with precision. Digital modeling and parametric simulations guided iterations, while renderings tested spatial integration with the city.
Pilikia Hoʻolālā: The hardest challenge was breathing new life into a landmark once valued only for its façade. Balancing historic ornament with contemporary simplicity demanded a design language of dissolving. Socially, the project sought to counter fragmentation with food as a universal connector, while technically it explored how modular construction could realize intricate brick and terracotta forms.
Noiʻi: This conceptual design research explored adaptive reuse of historic buildings and the role of food culture in urban life. The aim was to test how dissolving boundaries between private and public could foster community. Methods included studies of natural morphologies, urban context analysis, and digital modeling. Simulations examined flows of residents and visitors. Results showed that shared kitchens, vertical farms, and food markets can reframe eating as cultural infrastructure with impacts on business vitality, social cohesion, and urban design practice.
Hoʻoulu Manaʻo: The project is inspired by the challenge of renewing a historic building once valued only for its façade, giving it a second life through functional transformation and a dialogue between classical ornament and contemporary simplicity. At the urban scale, it seeks to dissolve boundaries, weaving architecture into the flows of transit and everyday life. Against a backdrop of global unrest and retreating cosmopolitanism, the design turns to food as a universal language, using shared rituals of cooking
Ka Lōʻihi o ka Papahana: The project was initially conceived between September and December 2022 in Philadelphia, United States, as an early conceptual study. It was further developed and deeply refined from January to September 2025, focusing on the adaptive reuse of the historic Corbin Building in Lower Manhattan, New York, and its integration with the adjacent Fulton Center. The design has been prepared for international design award submissions and exhibitions, presenting both architectural innovation and cultural discourse at a global stage.
Kaʻina Hana: For the public, the building is entered through a food market and court linked to the subway, offering a place for gathering, dining, or simply passing through. A rooftop bar atop Fulton Center extends the experience to the city skyline, attracting visitors and workers nearby. For residents, daily life unfolds in porous clusters with shared kitchens, terraces, and corridors lined with vertical farms that provide food and greenery. Both flows converge in rooftop gardens, where living and visiting overlap as shared community rituals.