New Zealand Commercial Design Trends Series NZ Commercial Design Trends Vol. 33/03C | Page 47

These pages:Having an outdoor area was a big attraction for locating Cosmokids child centre here. As well as a range of play facilities and surfaces, there’s a substantial hanging garden to soften the space. The perimeter black steel framework supports a huge video screen on the outside of the building, yet it’s still possible to have a filtered view through this from the play area. Project:Cosmokids, Auckland Architect:Moller Architects Construction:NZ Force Construction Electrical engineer:Adsel Electrical HVAC:1st Mechanical Fire consultant:Holmes Fire Hardware:Windsor Brass, CS Cavlocks interior flooring:Forbo Marmoleum & Surestep Star from Inzide, Shaw Overlay broadloom carpet from Jacobsen, Riverside Port Grey floor tiles by Jacobsen Exterior flooring:Playground surface by Playbases Wallcoverings:Hardie Groove Wall Panels, Laminex Seratone, Jacobsen wall tiles, Tile Space wall tiles Ceiling panels:Olympus Max ClimaPlus and Heradesign Superfine from Potters Interiors Paint:Resene Joinery, tables, exterior playground:Naturally Wood Joinery timber:Herman Pacific Joinery hardware:Blum Lighting:JSB Lighting Kitchen design:Moller Architects and Naturally Wood Kitchen manufacture:Naturally Wood Kitchen benchtop:Caesarstone, concrete, stainless steel Kitchen appliances:Southern Hospitality Greenwall design and installation:Hanging Gardens Story by Paul Taylor Photography by Jamie Cobel search | save | share at