b'tinted to Resene Toorak. Due to time constraints, they neededrelationships and viewpoints it suggested, and the way the purple to use new timber for the follys brightly-coloured weft stichesand the greens went so well together, it felt real and successful which are painted in Resene Lumbersider Low Sheen tinted tostraight away, she says.Resene XOXO, Resene Bright Spark, Resene Jordy Blue, ReseneElise says her favourite part was adding the colour coats. I Studio and Resene Colour Me Pink. This approach allowed us toloved painting all the pieces. It was lovely just setting up in the process the new timber in Wellington before we arrived on site ingarage on a weekend morning with a podcast and getting on with Auckland and keep a tight turnaround from the old folly comingit. I also loved working through design development with the down and the new folly being installed, says Claire. team. It led to some great discussions about the folly and beyond. For Elise, the biggest challenge was managing expectationsI learnt a lot about my design style while working with the team.about the project. The scale and style of project was unlikeResene has been a sponsor of the Brick Bay Folly Project since anything we had done beforewe had quite a few iterations ofthe competition first began and provides products, painting and the program, and even that went out the window daily! Beingstaining tools, mentorship and technical supportsomething realistic with our own abilities and managing tasks to meet ourthe Femme-ly Velues team members continue to be thankful for. deadlines were daily challenges. Resenes support for the arts is a huge one and the companys Jen agrees that balancing their daily to-do list against deadlinescustomer service is great, be it via the reps or the helpline, says was the trickiest part. But like many Brick Bay Folly teams in theJen. Ive definitely called them in a panic on the weekend!past, she says that developing a familiarity with the constructionI really love how Resene is involved in so many different parts side and working at a scale beyond simple home DIYs took herof the community through sponsorship and that this is reflected out of her comfort zone. It was really very fun and challenging,in the breadth of the colour and product ranges they offer. No andwiththeguidanceofourresidentbuilder,Claire,itwasmatter what sort of project you are working on, Resene will have amazing! We were constantly developing deeper appreciationsjust what you need, says Claire.for contractors, she says. Elise says she values Resenes advocacy for bold projects and Being the most comfortable one on the team with building,confident colour choices. Im all about audacious colours. I also Claire found the problem-solving demands of the project to beappreciate the ongoing support of education and webinars. The its most challenging aspect. Like with many building processes,coatings as they progressed through the construction process.technical support is quick and helpful, which was so valuable on we would often solve one problem only to discover the nextI learnt a lot about not taking shortcuts, says Elise. With sothis project and continues to be valuable to my work. I also love problem beyond it. What stands out as the trickiest though wasmany pieces and a lot of work to paint them all, we came up withto see Resenes support of adjacent fields, like with New Zealand the foundations, which we did not expect would take as mucha system to get them done as efficiently as we couldpaintingFashionWeek,andIenjoythecreativenamesforthepaint timeandenergyastheydid.Wechoseacompactedgravelthem in sections, face-by-face, and staggering the coats. colours when Im browsing in the store, too.foundation for its reduced long-term impact on the site but didJens favourite part of the experience was being a part of aKeithMann,adjunctlecturerandheadofthearchitectural not factor in how much longer this would take than a traditionaluniqueopportunitythatsoutsidetherealmsoftypicaldailyworkshopatUnitecsSchoolofArchitecture,hasalsobeena concrete foundation. In the end, one of our mentors found somearchitectural life. She says the project taught her that paint canmentor for many Brick Bay Folly teams in the past. While this all-more person power to throw at the problem and we managed tobe a cure-all and that she appreciated getting a firsthand look atwomen team might be a first for the competition, he is certain it compact the 10m 3of gravel we needed around the postsmostthe way light plays off colours to create new hues. A good brushwill not be the last. The architecture industry needs to continue to of which had to be done by hand. Because the design has quitecan really help you in saving paint, give you a high-quality finishattract and retain talented young women through fostering diversity a unique structure and no one involved had really built anythingand makes application easier, she adds. and advancing gender equality. Its important that its not just about quite like it before, there were a lot of things which came upFor Claire, among the most satisfying moments was when thevisibility but about creating an inclusive and supportive environment on site, but we found the key to any problem really is creativestructure of the folly finally took shape. When the tall posts werewhere all individuals can thrive and contribute their best, as the thinking, clear communication and a can-do attitude, she says. stood into their holes in the foundation, it was the first time anyrepresentation of women in architecture and the building industries The team hopes that by putting in the hard yards to constructof us had really seen the scale and the vibrancy of our design andplays a crucial role in shaping the future of these fields. the gravel foundation, the same gravel can be excavated at theit was such an exciting and reassuring moment. The paint colours end of the installation period and reused in subsequent follies asfit so well together and really matched the vibrancy of the site.For those interested in seeing Femme-ly Velues in person, the folly another way of reducing the carbon footprint on future projects. All of a sudden, we could see how the human scale respondedcan be experienced as part of the Brick Bay Sculpture Trail. Visitor AswithotherBrickBayFollyprojectsinthepast,theto the project. I was really confident in the design prior to theinformation and the latest news on the Brick Bay Folly Project can be Femme-ly Velues team learnt plenty about Resene paints andbuild, but once I could see it surrounded by the trees, the newfound at www.brickbay.co.nz.56 blackwhitemag.com'