Indigenous Environmental Planning | MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning: Spring 2024
In collaboration with: Ma Ka Hana Ka ʻIkeAdvisors: Lipoa Kahaleuahi and Nina Lytton
Collaborators: Khadija Ghanizada, Clarise Han, Leyla Uysal

As part of the student cohort of the MIT course, Indigenous Environmental Planning, our student team partnered with Ma Ka Hana Ka ʻIke to best support their organization for the semester.

Hāna, Maui County, Hawaii



Upon visiting the school in-person,
students from the local school participated in a architecture design workshop with purposes of reimagining a tiny-home designed towards the needs of their elders and youth.

The youth architecture design workshop’s main goal was to empower students to think like architects and designers to customize their tiny-homes tailored to their interests, family needs and cultures. Many of the students who participated mentioned that it was their first time designing a space of their own.



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The architectural proposals feature the four dynamic programs
members from the community and the non-profit’s communal practices on site.
all drawings feature details of community members from the non-profit.
members from the community and the non-profit’s communal practices on site.
all drawings feature details of community members from the non-profit.

The tiny-home was designed to exist as a skeletal structure that could be modulated based on the various community programs offered in the non-profit that are dedicated to empowering its youth through education, gardening, cultural traditions and culinary.


