b"left and far left: Architect Dan Eves says the Resene colours for Te Thunga RauStrathmore Park Community Centre were selected to ensure the spaces felt light, bright and vibrant. The base colour inside, Resene Alabaster, provided an excellent backdrop. The selected colours sought to reference the artwork of the screens as well as complement the branding for the community centre. Entry post and coloured landscaping details painted in Resene Waterborne Uracryl 802 tinted to Resene Flash Point, exterior sliding screens in Resene Waterborne Uracryl 802 tinted to Resene Flash Point, Resene Supernova and Resene Element, exterior cladding in Resene Sonyx 101 semi-gloss exterior paint tinted to Resene Double Foundry CoolColour, roof in Resene Summit Roof semi-gloss tinted to Resene Double Foundry CoolColour, exterior architraves and door and window jambs in Resene Lustacryl semi-gloss waterborne enamel tinted to Resene Element, interior walls and ceiling in Resene SpaceCote Low Sheen tinted to Resene Alabaster and interior architraves, skirting boards, window and door jambs in Resene Lustacryl semi-gloss tinted toReseneResene Alabaster. Flash PointResene ReseneAlabaster ElementResene ReseneSupernovaDouble FoundryWeareimmenselyproudofthetransformation.OurFiona agrees that its the exterior artwork that really brings theThunga Rau is a place where the manuhiri (birds looking for a favourite part of the finished result is how the building is nowwow factor and that the new Resene paint colours inside and outplace to settle) or visitors from around the world that make our better tailored to serve the community. Te Thunga Rau is sohave made a huge difference on how the building looks and feels.community home can come and find a place to make their own important to the Strathmore Park community and to be ableThe paint colours give real impact and feel modern and fresh.while celebrating who they are in their own special way.to improve this building to better serve the community and itsWhile the colours capture some of the essence of Te Ao Mori andThis notion of a gathering place where people from many amazing volunteers was very rewarding for the FPL team. connect with the community centres branding, they also appear tobackgroundsarewelcomed,nurturedandsharevaluesis The wider project team was fantastic to work with, Kaneresonate with the ethnically-diverse people in our community, too. grounded in Mori values, but it also seems to be the case for the adds. Having a project team with the client, consultants andI can't speak highly enough of Dan from Etch Architecture,community itself. For those who live in or visit Strathmore Park, main contractor all working together allowed for this project toFiona adds. He always focused on the community needs andits a comfort to know they can always find a safe and welcoming truly be a successful build. aspiration. He delivered way more in his design than we everplace to perch at Te Thunga Rau. StrathmoreParkCommunityCentresManagerFionaasked for or imagined.Prestidge says the project has already made a marked impact.Since reopening in March, the facility also carries a newdesign Etch Architecture, www.etcharchitecture.co.nzIt'snotanover-statementtosaythateveryonelovesthename: Te Thunga Rau. Thunga can be translated as a roostbuild Focus Projects Ltd, www.focuspl.co.nztransformed community centre: the aesthetics (both inside andor a perch of birds or a place to stand. Rau can mean hundredpainting Frame Contracting Ltd, www.framecontracting.co.nzoutside), the functionality of the spaces, the light and the indoor- or, alternatively, the feathers of birds. So metaphorically, Teclient Wellington City Council, www.wellington.govt.nzoutdoor flow. So many elements are individually impressive, butThunga Rau can be translated as The Place of a Hundredcolour selection Etch Architecture and Pokau Kato Te Ahuru,www.instagram.com/te_ahuru_artscollectively, it takes many superlatives to describe how it has beenPerches or Where Feathers Find a Place to Stand, explainsscreen manufacturing Aztech Engineering, www.aztechengineering.co.nzreceived by our community. Te tiawa Iwi Chairman Kura Moeahu. What this means is Teimages Neil Price, www.neilprice.photo 42 blackwhitemag.com"