The con­struc­tion of the pri­ma­ry phase of John Hara’s design for the Maui Arts & Cul­tur­al Cen­ter was com­plet­ed in 1994. Sev­er­al of the Center’s facil­i­ties were under­stood at that time as pro­vid­ing a min­i­mal infra­struc­ture for their spec­i­fied func­tions, with the expec­ta­tion that fur­ther refine­ment and elab­o­ra­tion would occur as the Center’s pro­grams were devel­oped and re-defined over time.

Phase One of the post-open­ing con­struc­tion, com­plet­ed in 2003, pro­vid­ed an expand­ed box office and sig­nif­i­cant improve­ments to the Center’s black box per­for­mance space, the teaching/conference facil­i­ty, and the edu­ca­tion­al com­plex. Phase 2, com­plet­ed in 2005, includ­ed the con­struc­tion of the architect’s designs for two prin­ci­pal con­fer­ence rooms and a new com­plex of staff offices sur­round­ing a grassed courtyard.

Phase Three, com­plet­ed in 2012, dra­mat­i­cal­ly trans­forms the open-air per­for­mance and food ser­vice func­tions of the main amphithe­atre and stage at the heart of the Cen­ter.  The tem­po­rary stage-tent which has stood at the inner cor­ner of the amphithe­atre for near­ly four­teen years was replaced in John Hara’s design by a larg­er pyra­mi­dal glass and steel roof struc­ture to be known as the Yok­ouchi Fam­i­ly Pavil­ion. With its translu­cent glaz­ing, this clear-span pavil­ion employ­ing a roof lev­el cat­walk retains the mag­i­cal qual­i­ties of evening per­for­mances and cel­e­bra­tions under the stars while enabling high-tech­nol­o­gy pro­vi­sions of sound and light­ing.  The archi­tec­tur­al form of the pavil­ion is derived from and mir­rors the orig­i­nal roof pitch of the Center’s Cas­tle The­atre com­plex, with both roofs estab­lish­ing a respect­ful and rhyth­mic coun­ter­point to the near­by moun­tains and ‘Iao Valley.

Also includ­ed with­in the Phase Three design is a new two-sto­ry build­ing replac­ing the back wall of Founder’s Court in an area of the com­plex designed from the out­set for expan­sion. This new struc­ture pro­vides an ample ser­vice kitchen and bar at the lev­el of the Court, a new 3,000 square foot gath­er­ing hall above with win­dows look­ing to Kahu­lui Har­bor, and a gen­er­ous lanai over­look­ing the Court and amphithe­atre lawn beyond.