Docophoto: Mililani Memorial Park Makai Chapel | Saturday | 07.20 @ 2pm

Join us for a Docophoto of the Mililani Memorial Park Makai Chapel, designed by Sid Snyder of Vladimir Ossipoff and Associates in 1963. This docophoto is extra special, as Sid Snyder himself, will be joining us for the tour and will give insight into its design and intent.

When: July 20, 2pm

Where: Mililani Memorial Park Road at, Ka Uka Blvd, Waipahu, HI 96797

Info: Free to all, no RSVP required, parking available outside of chapel.

About: The makai chapel's heavy masonry walls, catenary profile, and battered, elliptic bell tower all pay homage to Le Corbusier's chapel (1955) at Ronchamp. The asymmetrical interior, with its curving walls and ceiling, token stained glass perforations, and recessed windowed cavity which indirectly lights the inset oval altar, is also reminiscent of the French structure. Integrated into this work are a side lanai with four round-arched doorways, second-story jalousies, and a side wall of sliding glass doors, all of which serve to localize the building. A covered lanai beyond the sliding doors augments the chapel's seating area, and an open courtyard mediates between the spiritual and temporal realms of the chapel and its connected post-service reception area.

Sidney (Sid) Snyder is an architect and former business partner of the famed late Hawaiian architect Vladimir Ossipoff. Mr. Snyder worked with Ossipoff for over 30 years, designing many of the buildings that the office was known for. At Ossipoff, Snyder and Rowland, the design concepts were based on strong foundations of context and nature. Snyder and Ossipoff were considered the masters of indoor-outdoor living spaces in Hawaii, known for capturing natural elements in design. They were well ahead of the times for green practices, using passive design before it was a common term.

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