b'gold standardleft: The signature blue from St Hildas branding appears across the project through paint, carpeting and various bespoke details. For variation, contrast and depth, a range of other Resene blues and greys were used in the project, including Resene Bondi Blue,ReseneResene Wet N Wild, Resene Endeavour, Resene Lochmara,EndeavourResene Curious Blue, Resene Picton Blue, Resene Malibu, Resene Anakiwa, Resene Grey Friars and Resene Half Grey Friars. Many interior timber details use repurposed materials from Whitby Hall and the old chapel and are stained in Resene Colorwood stains chosen to match their existing tones and then finished in Resene Aquaclear satin. Interior painted doors, trims and ceilings in Resene Lustacryl semi-gloss waterborne enamel tinted toReseneResene Half Black White. Black Whitechanging world that is not always changing for the better, the virtue of trees is to be commended and learnt from, Cameron says.Vertical timber was used along with exposed structural steel to reinforce the idea of trees and community. Structural trees in the library, an acoustic tree canopy ceiling and a 6m high tree growing in the new stairwell were added to offer a message of shelter, safety and the opportunity to grow and explore.While sending project materials to the landfill during demolition would been less expensive, the schools approach to recycling and reusing what they could was commendable. The existing Oregon trusses from the chapel were repurposed as timber trim. In the new chapel, rimu veneer was carefully removed and reinstalled as a tribute to the original chapel. Longrun tray roofing was reused, as were windows and doors. Most of Whitby Halls foundation was kept and existing Jarrah tongue-and-groove flooring from the building was salvaged and repurposed. Existing heat pumps were also relocated to places more easily accessible for maintenance.Sincetheschoolsoriginalexteriorcolourschemelacked interest, that design team looked to the skies, surroundings and St Hildas branding for hues that would accent the buildings architectural elements. Given the location and orientation of the school, lots of natural colour comes in through the windows whichconstantlychangesdependingontheweatherfrom brilliant blue skies to dark grey storm clouds, Cameron says.The design team worked with Resene to create a custom paint colour to match St Hildas signature blue. After meeting with his Resene Representative to discuss other potential colour options that would coordinate well with the custom colour, Cameron took A4 drawdown paint swatches of the shortlisted options to get a proper sense of how the colours would sit together in situ alongside the rest of the material palette. To add further character blackwhitemag.com 31'