PORTFOLIO
MITCHELL PHILLIPS
2019-2023
SELECTED WORKS
THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE
BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 2020 - 2022
MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE 2023 - CURRENT
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SELECTED WORKS
THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE
BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 2020 - 2022
MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE 2023 - CURRENT
‘INTERACT’ is a responsive and interactive walkway/pavilion, located along Bentham Street in Adelaide CBD.
INTERACT’s goal is to create a form that shelters and changes as people pass through the space.
The new form of architecture adapts and reacts to people and movement in the space, triggering kinetic panels to open and close via sensors, providing shelter and dynamically revealing everchanging artworks.
The project implements a space that stimulates the human minds desire to create and interact; enabling the people that move through the space to control the architecture and be the artist.
INTERACT is an adaptive shelter system that creates form as you move.
Learn more about interact through a short explanatory video using the QR code above.
BROWSE OR UPLOAD
SELECT & CHANGE!
SECTION AA
50mm DIAMETER CHS
UNIVERSAL PIN CONNECTOR
RUBBER SEAL
LCD PANELS
12mm GALVANISED STEEL PLATE W/ FABRICATED ANCHOR
NON SHRINK GROUT
200mm CONCRETE SLAB
RAG BOLT AND CAGE FOOTING ASSEMBLY ELECTRONICS
C10015 C-SECTION
MOTORISED HINGE
ALUMINIUM BRACKET
ALUMINIUM
N16 REINFORCING BAR W/ THREADED END
800x600 32MPA CONCRETE
FOOTING
COMPACTED EARTH
50mm DIAMETER CHS
UNIVERSAL PIN CONNECTOR
12mm GALVANISED STEEL PLATE W/ FABRICATED ANCHOR
M12x150mm GALVANISED ANCHOR DYNABOLT INTO CONCRETE
EXISTING BUILDING
The main objective for my year 12 project was to personally design and build a complete Tiny House on Wheels, as an alternative pathway to home ownership and ultimately have my own home when I finished school.
The project included a thesis that compared this pathway to the more traditional approaches to home ownership.
One key goal of this project was to help me determine a career path. I wanted to get a hands-on taste of architecture and design while immersing myself in the construction side of the industry.
A personal objective was to prove to myself that I had the capability, personal drive, physical and interpersonal skills to see this project through.
This project was the spark that led me to study architecture at Adelaide Uni, and I currently rent the Tiny House out for short stay accommodation through Airbnb to provide others the opportunity to experience alternative homes and to financially support my studies.
The Shattered Rose Casino stems from the idea of revolutionising the modern-day city by reintroducing nature to the forefront of the design and construction. The view of the city is easy to recognise due to the bareness and concrete jungle that it is, with only sparing places filled with nature or parklands. With climate change becoming more and more of a major discussion topic, it’s time to make a change, by bringing nature back into the city.
The Shattered Rose challenges the most urban and concrete jungle ideal of a casino and flips that concept on its head by creating a nature minded alternative. The commercial function of the Casino is used to assist with funding to help expand the key notion, while providing accommodation in a nature focused setting, in the heart of Adelaide, all aspects of the model strive for the desired change to be realised and bring nature back into the city.
HIGH STAKES CASINO
BAR
VAULT
PENTHOUSE
HOTEL ROOM
INTERIOR GARDEN SPACE
RESTAURANT
GAMES ROOM
PUBLIC GARDEN SPACE
PUBLIC CAFE
MAIN LOBBY
HOTEL RECEPTION
UNDERGROUND CAR PARK
*DRAWINGS SCALED DOWN TO 1:400 @ A3
Kalzip 50/444 Deck Roof System
(Lightweight Aluminium Roof Sheeting)
139.7x3.5 CHS Space Frame System
273.1x6.4 CHS Roof Anchor Point
Circular Reinforced Concrete Columns
300mm @4th Floor w/
139.7x3.5 CHS Supporting Space Frame
Circular Reinforced Concrete Columns500mm @GF - 400mm
@1st Floor - 300mm @2nd & 3rd Floor
Reinforced Concrete Stair and Lift Cores
300mm Flat Plate Concrete Slab Flooring
Glass Curtain Wall
114.3x3.2 CHS Hexagon Facade
The site for this project is located at 135-139 West Terrace in Adelaide CBD and is approx. 2200m2. This site has been chosen as the potential location for a ‘Gateway to the City’. This project aims to host a significant cultural building that provides a minimum of 4 flexible spaces that can be used for multiple uses, such as exhibitions, workshops, cultural events, and office space.
Brief Requirments:
Total Building Area: 2000 - 4000m2
Brief Requirments:
4 Flexible Spaces:
Total Building Area: 2000 - 4000m2
Each Space min 500m2
4 Flexible Spaces:
Each Space min 500m2
The site located at 135-139 West Terrace in Adelaide CBD, has been chosen as the potential location for a ‘Gateway to the City’. This project aims to host on the 2200m2 site, a significant cultural building that provides a minimum of 4 flexible spaces that
Height 3-6 Storeys
Height 3-6 Storeys
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WestTerrace WrightSt
With the concept of being a ‘Gateway to the City’ in mind, this building needed to stand out and contrast the existing buildings. The surrounding structures are predominantly straight edged, and repetitive box like shapes. The solution was to utilise and incorporate natural and fluid like design practices.
Providing access to the views of the parklands was key consideration, achieved by utilising a glass curtain wall that enabled direct views to the parklands from most vantage points on each floor level. The hexagon pattern adopted for the glass wall evolved from being structural to purely ornamental.
Assessment 1: Structural Concept ARCH 7033: Advanced Construction (M)
Student: Phillips, Mitchell (a1798832)
The Diagrid Pavilion was an independent study into an architectural structural system; this project was our first taste of construction and the documentation process behind our designs.
The structural design of my project has hints of a diagrid system and is a series of triangular pieces that combine by way of steel forms and bolt together brackets. Glass walls have been used extensively under the triangular canopy to provide a sense of space and openness, with natural flowing light creating interesting reflections of the beautiful natural timber contrasting the dark grey colorbond corrugated iron.
During this project, I learnt the importance and workflow of moving between sketches, physical models, 3D models, and 2D drawings.