 Star winner - MAF multi-purpose building
The new MAF multipurpose building in Ward Street, Wallaceville is a hub of activity for the National Centre for Biosecurity and Infectious Disease and the larger scientific community. An amalgam of two mono-pitched forms, it provides a café, administration offices and flexible meeting, seminar and function rooms that can also double as an emergency response centre.
The five-star Green Star building on a tight site sits among mature totara and a line of oak trees. An equally tight budget required a focus on the essentials of passive design. The result has a design energy use of just 39 kilowatt hours per square metre per year, a third of the Green Star benchmark.
The first Government developed five star sustainable building, it gained all paint related points through the use of Environmental Choice approved Resene paints - Resene Waterborne Woodsman exterior timber stain, Resene AquaShield mineral effect finish, Resene SpaceCote Low Sheen, Resene Aquaclear clear urethane, Resene Lustacryl semi-gloss waterborne enamel and Resene Ceiling Paint waterborne flat. Resene AquaShield mineral effect is a high mineral content super-hydrophobic, water repellent coating designed to impart watershedding properties. It combines the water repellent properties of silicones with a special surface microstructure considerably reducing the contact area for water and dirt. Dirt particles adhere loosely and are more easily carried away by raindrops, leaving a dry and attractive façade.
In keeping with the design, the colour palette of Resene Half Truffle (beige), Resene Merino (green off-white), Resene Tiri (deep grey woodstain) and a custom made MAF Wallaceville hue was simple yet effective, also winning this project the inaugural Resene Total Colour Sustainable System Award.
The use of timber throughout reflects the outdoor environment and MAF’s association with forestry. The mono pitch form of the main block rises up to the east to provide daylight for the full depth of the building and natural ventilation. In a contrast to the depth of colour outside, a light interior colour palette and careful use of glazing accentuates the feeling of space inside.
Painting Contractor: Freear Philip
Specifier: Murray Robertson, Stephenson Turner
Resene: Craig Ell, Wellington Architectural Services Representative
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