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Wigram air base control tower

An asset that was just a few years ago destined to be lost to aviation, this control tower is now flying high.

Wigram air base control tower exterior repaint
Before

Accentuating the positive, the focus of the Wigram air base control tower exterior repaint was on a colour palette that would celebrate the Art Deco building style. The Control Tower has had its heyday and now acts as ground control for the many tenants that inhabit its interior.

Following their purchase of the land and building, Ngai Tahu are working through a development programme. Commencing with the control tower exterior, cementitious substrates were finished in Resene Sonyx 101 semi-gloss acrylic on the main body work and steel windows were prepared and painted with Resene Rust Arrest, Resene Enamel Undercoat and Resene Super Gloss.

Wigram air base control tower exterior repaint
After

The colour scheme drawn from The Range series fandecks of Resene Caraway (grainy beige), Resene Stonewall (deep beige neutral) and Resene Quarter Thorndon Cream (sharp cream) was developed using the Resene RenderRite colour rendering and visualisation service.

An image of the original building was scanned and recoloured to multiple colour scheme options, allowing the final scheme to be easily visualised and selected from A4 colour prints.

Wigram air base control tower exterior repaint
Renders

An asset that was just a few years ago destined to be lost to aviation, this control tower is now flying high.

Painting Contractor: Grant Roxburgh, RJ Roxburgh & Son
Property Developer: Jane Higgins, Ngai Tahu Property
Resene: Dave Clarkson, Christchurch Branch Manager
From the Resene News – issue 4/2006


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