b'forward with an evocative design that honours the cultural legacy of traditional Mori hkari stages, monumental timber platformsconstructedby iwi in the Northland settlement of Kororreka usedforcelebration,congregationandthe sharing of kai (food).Consisting of twelve tapered glulam posts connectedbyhorizontaltrussesdrapedwith fabric sails that catch the wind and create a shifting mass that plays with light and shadow, Yellow Post is the creation of George Culling, Oliver Prisk, Henry Mabin and Andr Vachias. ThegroupmetwhilestudyingatVictoria UniversityofWellingtonandhavebeenable to keep close ever since. Oliver was the first to learn about the competition and convinced the others to collaborate on a design. We saw it as an exciting opportunity to do something togetheroutsideourusual9-5routines An inspired new follyandwereequallycaptivatedbythestunning project in vivacious Resenelandscape at Brick Bay where it was to be sited. Broom has become a beaconThe chance to craft a meaningful response to such a unique setting was something we were all for visitors at Brick Bay. thrilled about, he says.The team first learned about hkari during N ear the Matakana coast just north ofuniversitylectureswithDr.RobinSkinner Auckland,aboldnewarchitecturaland seeing paintings by European settlers of gemhasrisenfromthelandscape.theseenchantingstructuresfurthersparked As the latest winning Brick Bay Folly project,the teams curiosity. Using native hardwoods its no ordinary structure, but rather a designlatched together with vines, these enormous experimentinthepurestsensewheretowers were often only erected for a few days formhasbeenliberatedfromfunctionandas a marker for important ceremonies before imaginationhastakenthereins.TitledYellowbeingdisassembled.Awareofthecolonial Post, the 11m high folly is the 10th such projectlensthroughwhichtheywereviewingthe tobecompletedanddisplayedatBrickBayhkari, the team consulted with local iwi Ngti among its revered sculpture trail and winery. TheManuhiri to understand the perspective from annual competition offers emerging architectsTe Ao Mori before moving forward with the and designers a rare opportunity: the chance todevelopment of their design.try their hand at building a temporary pavilionAs graduate architects, every team member that theyve designed themselves. that has been involved in the competition over Thetermfollyhascometodescribetheyearslearnthowtodesignstructuresin architecturalgesturesthatsitsomewhereschool,butonlyaselectfewhavehadprior between art and design, untethered by strictexperiencewithbuildingorcarpentrybefore utilitybutrichinconceptualandspatialgettingstuckintoconstructingtheirfolly. exploration.YellowPostcarriesthatlineageLuckily, like the previous Brick Bay Folly teams 64 blackwhitemag.com'