Interisland Terminal is thrilled to announce the winners of its inaugural Competition for New Community Architecture as determined by our Jury – LUKE ALTENAU and KATIE COFFMAN. The Jury described Altenau and Coffman’s entry as “lovely poetry in the idea formulation – the abstraction of movement with imaginative use of materials.” The winners will take a cash prize of $1500, the opportunity to have their design built and used by Ballet Hawaii, and the honor of being the inaugural winners of this Competition, which Interisland Terminal plans to repeat biennially.

The Jury also selected a design by Andrew Tang as First Honorable Mention and one by Lorena Yamamoto as Second Honorable Mention.

Entries for the Competition came from all over the State, included students from the University of Hawaii School of Architecture, and featured a broad range of concepts and structures. Juror Amy Anderson praises this year’s competition entrants in describing the designs considered by the jury as “a terrific start and will lead to an exciting contribution to the design world of Hawai’i.”

The winning design will be refined, built by Altenau and Coffman, Ballet Hawaii’s Technical Director, and a crew of volunteers over the summer. It will premier and be put into use in August 2010 to coincide with the opening of Ballet Hawaii’s fall season.

View details of the winning design here.