b'gold standardleft and opposite: When a key buildings infrastructure needed an upgrade, MOTAT sought to create a hands-on, minds-on Science and Technology Centre for New Zealand. Redeveloped, refreshed and reprogrammed, the new permanent exhibition spaces that make up Te Puawnanga offer a contemporary visitor experience with plenty of creativity and delightful surprises that cater to visitors of all ages. In the Te Tumu area, young children can learn and play in a richly interactive environment that features Resene greens, golds and blues including Resene Saratoga, Resene Chelsea Cucumber, Resene Anise, Resene Hypnotic, Resene Ipanema, Resene Wild Willow, Resene Soft Apple, Resene Spinnaker, Resene Awash, Resene Charcoal and Resene Half Solitaire.Resene ReseneHalf Solitaire SaratogaResene ReseneIpanema Smoke TreeResene ReseneHypnotic SalsaResene ReseneSoft Apple AwashResene ReseneAnise SpinnakerResene ReseneWild Willow Blue CharcoalResene ReseneChelsea Cucumber Charcoal(the root or foundation), Te Puku (the belly) andto start exploring. This highly tactile playspaceandinventorsfromNewZealand.Thisspacepredominantly orange and red hue throughout, Te Waha (the mouth or voice). has natural stained timbers with complementaryexplores scientific and technological conceptssaysJessica.TheAgentsofChangewallis ThemaininspirationforTePuawnangastextiles that tie into the Resene colour palette.suchaslightandcolour,energyandmatter,more than 30m long and features a sunset-design came from our location, Te Wai reaResene Saratoga, a rich bushy green, was chosenand forces and motion. Te Puku features a wideinspired colour scheme to frame content that (WesternSprings).Thespring,whichwasfor its biophilic qualities as the main colour forrange of rich Resene colours to help define fivereverberatesoutfromacentralyellowcore. Aucklandsfirstpumpedwatersupply,wasTe Tumu. Our mra kai wall is segmented intodistinct sections of content within the largerThe digital interface designs for the interactive enabled by the pumphouse that still stands atrays of light which represent the phases of thegallery.Whiledevelopingtheirconcepts,theEnergy Machine were inspired by the human MOTAT today. Te Puawnanga is named for amaramataka (Mori lunar calendar) related toproject team discussed ideas of the belly, guthearts interdependent palette of red and blue native flowering vine, also known as clematis,growing, harvesting and storing kumara, saysand heart and how they could tie these themestorepresentoxygenatedanddeoxygenated which grows on the forest canopy and representsJessica. This indoor playground includes a Tneinto a space filled with vigour, energy and heat.blood. The machine, which is bright orange, sits the blossoming of knowledge, says Jessica. Mahuta (the Mori Lord of the Forest) slide,The deeply interconnected nature of our worldwithin a room painted in earthier Resene Smoke The colour palette for Te Tumu was inspiredpuna (spring), waka (canoe), hnaki (eel trap),is demonstrated in an animated film about theTree with sightlines through to both the Resene bythegreensandyellowsthatcanbeseenmra kai (food garden), priri tree grove andcarbon cycle and Agents of Change, a gallerySalsa walls which surround the Richard Pearse during a morning sunrise by the lake in Westernharakeke (flax) wall. ofillustrationsbycartoonistTobyMorrisplane and the Resene Blue Charcoal exterior of Springs. Sunrise, an apt analogy, prompted theIn Te Puku, visitors of all ages can learn aboutwhich celebrates national stories of innovation.MOTATs interconnected theatre. warm, calm palette we employed to welcomethe ideas, forces and technologies that shapeDiscussionsandfurtherthoughtsabouttheDesigned with flexibility in mind, Te Waha is MOTATs youngest visitors and encourage themour everyday lives as well as stories of innovatorswarmth of a late summer afternoon inspired thea multifunctional space for lessons, events and blackwhitemag.com 53'