From the Resene News – issue 4/2010

Strike! - Hutt Road bowling facility

Building on the success of the Wellington complex ‘The Lanes’, Bowland Ltd commissioned a new facility to cater for family groups, corporate functions and ten pin bowling league teams.

The challenge was to accommodate 24 bowling lanes, a laser gaming facility, corporate facilities and support functions, within the leased warehouse-style space, and deliver the wow factor required to achieve ongoing commercial success.

Ten pin bowling alleys are traditionally huge barn-like spaces creating impersonal lanes with most equipment and fittings selected from an international bowling supply company’s standard catalogue. There is little in the way of zoning or differentiation of spaces to cater for different users. The Hutt Road building shell as planned potentially exacerbated this situation.

The extensive spatial requirements were achieved by planning the ‘Laser Strike’ area beneath a mezzanine accommodating six lanes, private party rooms and a corporate area overlooking the main space.

The finishes were selected to be robust and durable recognising the industrial nature of the building and the equipment behind the scenes, yet also to provide an air of sophistication appropriate to a venue with full bar service, food, music, pool tables and private function spaces.

Large parts of the interior were finished with fibre cement sheet, finished with a lightly pigmented Resene Uracryl finish in the colour ‘Strike’ developed specifically for this project. The soft brown finish adds a warmth and depth to the panels and concrete walls, softening the industrial feel of the building, while providing a very robust finish. Environmental Choice approved Resene SpaceCote Low Sheen and Resene Enamacryl gloss waterborne enamel decorate the rest of the interior in a carefully selected palette of Resene Alabaster (blackened white), Resene Arrowtown (rich mellow neutral), Resene Catch 22 (black metallic), Resene Double Arrowtown (earthy neutral), Resene Double Barista (sweet brown), Resene Eighth Napa (grey brown), Resene Half Arrowtown (warm neutral), Resene Half Napa (muted neutral), Resene Half Oilskin (walnut brown), Resene Oilskin (green brown), Resene Quarter Colins Wicket (warmed suede), Resene Rendezvous (garnet red), Resene Sputnik (blue metallic) and Resene Triple Arrowtown (rock neutral).

The nine metre high central concourse is made ambiguous by a dark acoustic ceiling with glowing red fibreglass forms floating overhead. A contrasting hard-edged white ceiling over the mezzanine and bar help define and draw attention to these key spaces.

The completed project strikes just the right tone presenting ten pin bowling as attractive social entertainment and a healthy sporting activity.

Architectural Specifier: Jason Parkin, Warwick Bell
Building Contractor: Capital Construction Ltd
Painting Contractor: Young White Group Ltd
Resene: Craig Ell, Wellington Architectural Services Representative

 
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