Selected Student Work
Christina McWhorter LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
CHRISTINA MCWHORTER/ DESIGNER
EDUCATION
MLA, Graduated May 2024, University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
MFA, emphasis in Metal Arts, California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco, CA
B.A., Social/ Cultural Anthropology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
AWARDS
ASLA Hawaii, 2024 Student Merit Award in the category of: Student General Design
RECENT WORK EXPERIENCE
City and County of Honolulu, Department of Transportation Services Planner-Bicycle Program January 2025- Present.
Ki Concepts, Landscape Design Internship. January 2024-May 2024.
Otis Elevator Company, Sales Representative Modernization November 2017- November 2021.
Otis Elevator Company, Project Manager Modernization. February 2016- November 2017.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
MS Office Adobe Creative Suite Rhino ArcGIS AutoCAD
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1- Protecting Hawaii’s Native Pollinators:
An Exploration of the Mutualistic Relationship between Humans and the Nalo Meli Maoli
Studio: Capstone Studio Year: Spring 2024
2- Lower Nuʻuanu
Studio: Advanced Design Studio Year: Fall 2023
3- Ala Wai
Studio: Urban Design Studio Year: Spring 2023
4- Kapiolani Park
Studio: Ecology, Community + Design Year: Fall 2022
Protecting Hawaii’s Native Pollinators:
An Exploration of the Mutualistic Relationship between Humans and the Nalo Meli Maoli
School: UH Manoa
Studio: Capstone Studio
Year: Spring 2024
Award Received: 2024 Hawaiʻi Chapter ASLA Merit Award in the category of: Student General Design
Lower Nuʻuanu
School: UH Manoa
Studio: Advanced Design Studio Year: Fall 2023
Studio Objective: To reimagine the urban waterfront of Lower Nuʻuanu Stream.
Ala Wai
School: UH Manoa
Studio: Urban Design Studio Year: Spring 2023
Studio Objective: Explored urban systems and the role of landscape as both infrastructure and a catalyst for resilient urban development.
We collaborated in student teams in the Waikīkī project area to create innovative concepts for future mixeduse developments. These concepts embraced dynamic urban conditions like coastal flooding while promoting ecologically sustainable and culturally appropriate adaptation solutions, which were informed by traditional Native Hawaiian biocultural land-water practices.
Kapiolani Park
School: UH Manoa
Studio: Ecology, Community + Design
Year: Fall 2022
Studio objective: Focused on understanding the historical context of Kapiʻolani Park and its relationship with the surrounding urban area. This involved introducing a new threshold or gateway while exploring how landscape interacts with the community’s needs in urban ecological design. The overall design aimed to promote an inclusive and resilient Kapiʻolani Park that incorporates species and narratives previously erased from the park in pursuit of a pastoral picturesque.
Exploring remnants of the past
Kapiolani Makai Proposed
Kapiolani Makai Existing