Having grown up in Kansas, where enclosures are necessary to avoid wind and dust in the summer, wind and snow in the winter, it amuses me to see how Hawaii treats the outdoors as another living space. When many businesses are open, they're literally open to the world.
At UH, the Campus Center has wide open spaces as doorways on each side of the building.
Hallways are open to the air.
In the middle there is a seating area for study or watching TV.
Birds walk through along side the students.
Other buildings are similar. The philosophy department is in Sakamaki, which has a bamboo grove in the center courtyard.
My afternoon philosophy seminars are 2 1/2 hours each.
On our break, I can see Diamond Head from the balcony outside the classroom.
