Waiea Tower - Feature Timber Soffit

Honolulu, HI, USA · Completed 2016

Waiea Tower entrance beneath the dark timber soffit

Project facts

Developer: Howard Hughes
Architect: WCIT Architecture
General Contractor: PCL
Location: Honolulu, HI, USA
Status: Completed 2016
Our involvement: Engineer-Build

Photography & imagery

Completed photography: Dirk Schoenmaker
Diagrams / renders: WCIT Architecture

Freeform geometry wood ceiling in Hawaii

This freeform exterior timber soffit in downtown Honolulu was developed with WCIT Architecture. Crafted from yellow cedar, this canopy sits as a feature ceiling for the first floor of the thirty-six-floor luxury residential tower. Beneath it is the tower’s lobby.

Undulating timber soffit above round columns at Waiea Tower

Landscaped entrance beneath the timber soffit at Waiea Tower

Entrance rendering beneath the timber soffit at Waiea Tower

Architectural rendering of Waiea Tower - Feature Timber Soffit

Three-dimensional model of the Waiea Tower timber soffit

Parametric design model for Waiea Tower - Feature Timber Soffit

Component drawings for the Waiea Tower timber soffit

Stacked timber soffit components for Waiea Tower

Stacked machined timber soffit components for Waiea Tower

Timber soffit bracket component for Waiea Tower

Worker installing timber soffit slats at Waiea Tower

Timber soffit under construction at Waiea Tower

Timber soffit under construction around a column at Waiea Tower

Waiea Tower - Feature Timber Soffit

Project facts

Photography & imagery

Freeform geometry wood ceiling in Hawaii

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