b'medium-density developments are popping up in our cities. The suburban context of Newtown was fitting for a discussion around how we might integratethefuturecharacterofmedium-density housing with the existing character of pre-1930shomes.Often,newbuildingsare designed one metre off the boundary of their cadastral sites and extruded to their maximum Anna Frame exploresheights according to council regulations. These designsfrequentlyentailextensiveglazing the connection betweenandgreytones.Thoughcolourissometimes in context art and architectureused to accent forms, it is often treated as an afterthought to the formal qualities of our urban through paint colours. environments. Instead of simply using colour as T here are some designers whose work isschemes, but her research led to a far greaterapplied to a mixed-density development in themere decoration, Colour and the City explores howwemightleveragethephysiological synonymous with bold, explosive colour.appreciation of the positive impacts that colourNewtownareaofWellington.Presently,thequalities of colour through form to contribute to On the opposite side of the spectrum arecan have on our urban communities. suburb is primarily populated with single-familythe future character of the city, explains Anna.those who prefer to push the boundaries of whatAnnaapproachedherproject,Colourandhomes that were built in the first half of theAsanartisticpainter,Annareliedonher can be done with neutral tones alone. Before shetheCity,asaseriesofthoughtexperiments20th century and bears plenty of similarities tobackground knowledge of colour theory to guide got stuck into her thesis at Victoria Universitywhich allowed her to explore the physiologicalmany neighbourhoods across New Zealand. herexperimentation,allowinghertoexplore of Wellington, Graduate Architect Anna Frameeffects of colour when applied to built forms.Currently, Aotearoa is experiencing a shifttherelationshipsbetweendifferentResene had a strong preference for achromatic colourShe honed in on how different hues could beinnewresidentialbuildsandmoreandmorepaint colours and how each hue changes when 58 blackwhitemag.com'