b"folly favourites free to push themselves out of their comfort zone and throughso the students could gain new insights that will help them when any fear that they might make mistakes along the way. preparing project specifications in the future.One thing I learntand I'm sure the rest of the team did,Resene provided amazing support during the project. Their toois to ask a lot of questions from mentors and specialistsservice and help was invaluable and they gave good advice around The team members behind Te Reo o te Haubut also allow enough time to test those ideas within the budget,paints and stains, says Matt. share their favourite Resene paint and woodsays Seth. In the midst of all the work of sanding, painting,We appreciated Resenes generosity towards the project through stain colours that feature on the project: stacking and shipping, it was hard to see the end goal when wesponsorship, donated products and mentorship. Consultations with were labouring away. Huge props to not only our team but thestaff at the Resene ColorShop whenever we needed materials were William Creighton friends, coworkers and family who helped with some of the mostseamless, too. This took one more stressor away from us on a project I really liked using Resene Rock Blue. Ittedious parts of the build. My favourite part, though, was the sunthat had a lot of complex moving parts, adds William.feels happy, even for a cooler colour. Plus,beaming down on us on site. Each day, we slowly saw the trueSince completing their folly, the project team members have it blended well into the sky on site. The skyscale of our idea and design come to life. That will definitely be abeen busy putting in their hours as architectural graduates and blue you get on a clear day in Aotearoa iscore memory for me from this experience. dreaming about what the future of their careers might bring. I really special, so it's great to have a paintKeithMann,anadjunctlecturerandtheheadoftheam currently working on a heritage project in Wellington and colour which fits so well with it. architecturalworkshopatUnitecsSchoolofArchitecture,completing the folly brought about insights to the adaptive reuse Chris Gandhi was one of the project mentors. He helped the project teamof our built environment and activating old and new urban fabric My favourite Resene colour we usedovercome the challenges of turning their concept into realitythrough considerate design, says Seth.was the Resene Waterborne Woodsmansince the folly was the first time building a design at scale forIhavebeenmostlygainingexperienceatthepublicscale Whero timber stain. Including this rich,mostoftheteammembers.Thetransitionfromideastoadesigning civic spaces, but I have an itch for working at a smaller deep red colour on our folly beautifullyphysical built form is a multifaceted process, says Keith. Thescale after doing the Brick Bay Folly, says Chris. Whether it be a contrasted with the landscape, and I couldteaminitiallygainsanappreciationforthecharacteristicsofproject that sits within the realm of architecture or outside of it, the see myself using this colour on a timbermaterialsandconstruction.Aprocessofiterativemodelsofreason I want to work at a small scale is to be able to craft the finer weatherboard faade. scale are constructed to identify material behaviours, investigatedetails that may typically be overlooked on larger-scaled projects.Matt Green strengths, weaknesses and limitations, balancing creative thoughtIn the future, I see myself working on public projects and My favourite incorporated in the projectwithpracticality.Thisisunderpinnedbyacollaborationwithhomes, but I am open to all project types. I love working with clients was the Resene Waterborne Woodsmanmentors and industry professionals, who help the team navigateto bring their projects to lifewhatever they may be, says Matt.Whero stain. We used it on the 8m poles,the complexities of the real-world construction which ultimatelyI'd love to work on more temporal installation work, but more and when Chris and I were first coatingbring the folly to life. urban-centricnexttime,saysWilliam.Thereareincreased them, we were amazed how much the stainSince the projects design demanded the preparation, paintinglimitations when you're in a densely-populated environment, so transformed the timber. The natural grainandstainingofmorethan1000piecesoftimber,thebuildI think this would be a good challenge. There are a few collectives and the rings from milling showed throughalso taught the team members plenty about Resene products,working on this overseas, like Antepavilion in the UK. They do which gave these poles a presence. too. A major learning that many Brick Bay Folly students havesome really humorous work that toys with politics and whimsy taken away from their builds is that while paint, wood stains andsimultaneously, and its quite a laugh!Seth Trocioother coatings seem flat, they do have thicknessand this canNot only was Te Reo o te Hau a finalist for the Exhibition and I really love all the wood stains we used, likeadd up and have a significant impact on a projects final builtTemporary Structures category at this years Designers Institute of Resene Driftwood, Resene Pickled Beandimensions in ways that might be overlooked in design drawings.New Zealand (DINZ) Best Design Awards, but it was also recognised and Resene Nutmeg. I tend to lean moreOthers have learnt to navigate their way through moist and coldwith the Resene Total Colour Landscape Award this year. towards natural tones and these coloursconditionsandwitnessedtheeffectthoseconditionscanFor those interested in engaging with the interactive experience worked really well with the repurposedhave during application. Luckily, Resene staff provided plenty ofthat Te Reo o te Hau offers, the folly can be visited in person as kwila decking boards. The variations in thesupport to help the team understand the qualities of differentpart of the Brick Bay Sculpture Trail. Visit www.brickbay.co.nz for grain resulted in a faade full of depth, andproducts, along with each of their opportunities and limitations,more information. the pops of colour heightened the overall character of the folly.Resene Resene WB WoodsmanResene WB WoodsmanResene WB WoodsmanResene WB Woodsman Rock Blue Driftwood Whero Pickled Bean Nutmeg72 blackwhitemag.com"