b"left: Anna selected Resene Chetwode Blue, Resene Carousel Pink, Resene Drover,ReseneResene Geraldine and Resene Bauhaus toDrovershow how even saturated colours can sit well with one another and within the grey and white faades that are common throughout many of our cities. She also paid close attention to how our inherent lighting circumstances, natural surroundings and changes in weather affected her Resene colour choices. Annas primary design outcome consisted of an elevated walkway, laneway, caf, gallery, community garden and medium-density housing, which she has mocked up to mimic different lighting conditions.Resene ReseneCarousel Pink BauhausResene ReseneGeraldine Chetwode BlueSince completing my thesis, I now see colour usetobeverycontextual.Youalsoneedto have a client willing to partake in the colour, as it doesn't seem to be the norm in New Zealand the illuminance that blue paint might provide onwere spent with her at the library and the artcomplex built environments of our cities. I guessorAustralia.SomefirmsinEurope,suchas a particularly sunny day. But that being said, Igallery. Although I loved painting at high school,that's why my thesis was a huge experiment forFala Atelier and Studio Ossidiana, have really dont think we want a grey one either! I was also drawn to the technocratic nature ofme.ItwasinterestingtocomparethewayIinteresting approaches in their use of colour that While the subject of her thesis project wasphysics and maths, so studying architecture wassee my painting in relation to my architecture,adds something rich to the urban fabric. There is conceptual, it calls attention to the reality of oura natural path to choose. I was also fortunateas well as in relation to myself as a creative. Itsomething in the way that colour could be used urban and suburban environments. This projectenough to visit some parts of Europe when I waschallenged me to reflect deeply on how I viewto define a layer of time and characterisation, would be interesting to be realised as it wouldquite young, which was my first insight into alland understand my painting practice, and howtoprovidesomethingotherthanconformity provide a huge contrast in its proposed contextthat architecture overseas has to offer. this contributes to my architectural practice. and offer something new that could define the of Newtown. The use of highly-saturated huesAnna says the project has had an enduringToday,AnnalivesinSydneyandworksatfuture character of our cities, she says.provokes a discussion about opportunities foreffect on how she approaches colour in bothCandalepasAssociates.Lookingahead,sheAs more time passes, I often consider how applying colour within our existing city fabric.her architectural and artistic work. My post- hopes to gain experience with a variety of projectmy thesis has shaped the way I see colour and The more colour, texture and materiality thatgraduatestudyreallyallowedmetodelvetypes. As a young graduate, I think it is reallyarchitecture, and I am excited to continue this we use, the richer the city becomesand wefurtherintomycreativepracticeandtoimportant to gain as much knowledge as possible.thinking in my future creative practice. It is safe start to experience it as a composition of layersreallyunderstandhowmyyearsofpaintingAt the moment, I have been finding myself reallyto say my paintings will likely always draw heavily of form and space. haveshapedmyeyeacrossdisciplines.Theinterested in working on buildings that will haveon colour. It is also safe to say that, while I have ForAnna,theconnectionbetweenartcomplexities and contradictions that lie at thean impact on more than a few people, she says.a long way to go in the industry until I will have and architecture is deeply rooted. I think myboundary of art and architecture are navigatedI would love to work on a small art gallery onean opportunity to specify colours, I am excited interest in architecture came mostly from mythrough the realm of colour. The project wasdaymostly for the approach in scale and alsofor doing so in the futureand the chance to love of art. I had two really great teachers in highnot intended to provide some sort of solution tothe potential for designing something that willprovoke more discussion around how we use schoolin Art History and Visual Artswhothe visual impact of medium-density housing;have a greater impact on a larger population. colour as an external finish in Aotearoa. I am both exposed me to so much of the world outsiderather, it is understood as a series of thoughtAnnaisalsointerestedincontinuingherhopeful for the future of housing in our cities. of Dunedin, where I grew up. My grandmotherexperimentsthatdevelopanunderstandingcolourexplorationsthroughmorereal-worldTo see more of Annas portfolio, check out her is also a librarian and so many school holidaysand knowledge of how colours operate in theprojectswhentherightopportunitiesarise.Instagram feed at www.instagram.com/annaframee.60 blackwhitemag.com"