Mitchell Bradford Graduate Architect Sunshine Coast, Australia PORTFOLIO some student and professional projects mitchellbradford.mb@gmail.com http://www.mmmbbb.net
WORK 2006 2014
ME I'm a graduate architect who wants to contribute to the built environment in the best way that I can. I'm obsessive about the study of architecture and theory, the craft of representing architecture through models and drawings and being a part of the realisation of spaces that contribute to a positive human experience. Having gained some broad post-graduate experience, I feel like I am beginning to develop an identity through my increasing knowledge of architecture, but I'm constantly seeking to expand my understanding. I consider the architecture of Lina Bo Bardi, Studio Mumbai / Bijoy Jain, Terunobu Fujimori, Kevin Low and Peter Zumthor as inuential. The scale, texture, practicality and beauty of their work is immediately engaging but, above all, I admire the approach to fundamental concerns of regional identity culture and climate - evident in their works. Equally, I try to increase my comprehension of good architecture - vernacular and modern interpretations of regionalism - on my travels. I'd like to apply what I understand of the approaches of these inuential architects, and what I discover on my travels, to my work. As a young architect, I treat the practice of architecture as a continual education and would love to learn from an architect whose work presents a conscious reaction to contextual conditions, and to contribute my experience and knowledge to a fun studio environment.
contents Professional Projects 2012-2014 p.1
A cross section of projects completed while working at a developer-focussed, large scale multi-residential architecture company in Sydney.
Thesis Project 2011 p.5
My ďŹ nal university project. A study into the development patterns of Brisbane International Airport and the opportunities presented. A project that attempts to maximise the inherent potential of the city.
Professional Project 2011 p.9
Residential project in West End, Brisbane. My role within the design team was to produce models, presentation drawings and other documentation.
Professional Project 2010 p.11
Unrealised residential project at Keswick Island, Queensland. Models and drawings produced by me.
Professional Project 2010 p.13
Another residential project in West End, Brisbane. Models and presentation drawings by me.
Professional Projects 2009 - 2011 p.14
Various models and drawings produced for Gabriel Poole.
Design Competition Entry 2010 p.15
Early University Project 2007 p.17
Competion submission responding to a residential design brief in an urban environment.
A formative early university project showcasing some hand drawings and other methods of architectural representation.
PROFILE p.20
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residential flat building sydney
professional projects 20122014
location: Merrylands, Sydney year: 2014 status: DA approved estimated cost: $130m
I completed these projects as a graduate architect; my first fulltime job in architecture. I quickly became a key figure in the projects and lead the team to direct the production of all documentation, working under the principle architect. Primarily, these projects were Development Applications, with all of them eventually approved.
mixed use building sydney location: Ashfield, Sydney year: 2013 status: DA approved estimated cost: $20m
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Throughout my time working on projects of this nature, and despite my initial frustrations, I realised the potential that is present when a ďŹ nancially motivated developer approaches an architect.
location: Chatswood, Sydney
mixed use building sydney
year: 2013 status: in construction estimated cost: $50m
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Three seperate dwellings designed for a subdivided lot in a harbourside suburb in Sydney's north.
location: Mosman, Sydney year: 2013 status: DA approved estimated cost: $11m
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Although many architects are hesitant to pursue projects of this nature, I ďŹ rmly believe that the role of the architect is to maximise the potential of a project, which - in this case - requires the architect to engage in a productive dialogue with clients whose key priorities are ďŹ nancial. Sometimes these conversations become the most important part of the design process.
single residential x3 housing s y d n e y
location: Gosford year: 2014 status: DA approved estimated cost: $16m
54 dwellings over 6 levels. A development that attempts to prompt economic progress in a slowly growing region. The architectural response is primarily concerned with immediate environment and contextual charactersitics, as well as more broad aims of creating an icon for the region.
residential flat building
GOSFORD mixed use building Building of various programmes for the town centre; oďŹƒces, hotel and retail. The architectural response addressed the need for iconic placemaking elements in an urban area with little recent development.
location: Gosford year: 2014 status: feasibility estimated cost: $65m
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Airports are organisms in a permanent state of expansion. Their persistent growth - to varying extents - is manifest at most major airports throughout the world. Airports rarely reduce in size. At any one stage in their life, airports are forced to speculate on their optimal size through extrapolation and analysis of current data and trends.
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Transport energy exchange
THESIS PROJECT
2011
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A building of massed programs is proposed. Like the airport itself, a product of access roads, connections to the city centre, large networks of transitory lanes, transport infrastructures that serve terminals and offices that serve cargo distribution centres, the proposed building is the result of compounding multiple flows of people into a building.
2. TR AN SP OR T 1. DIS TR IBU TIO N
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3. ME DIA
2 & 4. TRANSPORT TWO TRAIN LINES, TO-CITY AND TODOMESTIC TERMINAL, WITH BUS STATION BELOW PLATFORM ONE
5. DIS TR IBU TIO N 4. TR AN SP OR T
1 & 5. DISTRIBUTION TWO LONG BANDS THAT OPTIMISE EXISTING MOVEMENTS OF USERS IN RELATION TO THE HOTEL AND MEDIA CENTRE
MEDIA CENTRE AND HOTEL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AIRPORTS GROWTH CHARACTERISTICS, THESE NEW BUILDINGS SIT IN THE MOST FERTILE LOCATION FOR THESE PROGRAMS WITHIN THE AIRPORT BOUNDARY
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suites
rooms
rooms and suites
restaurant
lobby
restaurant
lobby
services
carpark
services
carpark
BAR/ RESTAURANT
ROOMS
UPPER FLOORS SUITES STANDARD ROOMS
KITCHEN ENTRANCE
STANDARD ROOMS
CAFE/ RESTAURANT
RECEPTION/ ADMINISTRATION
GROUND
LOBBY ENTRANCE
STORAGE/ LAUNDRY/ SERVICES
ENTRANCE
SUBGROUND
STORAGE/ LAUNDRY/ SERVICES
CARPARK CARPARK
Five programmatic bands are placed parallel to one another, each isolated in terms of their function. In order to generate the desired comingling of functions, the bands are then manipulated through strategically placed walkways to create overlapping conditions, where two or more different programs occupy the same area.
EXISTING INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL
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The thesis of the project is that a single effort can respond to multiple contextual pressures; conflicting - or complimentary - flows of people, as well as the influence of future requirements and current needs.
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EXISTING CARPARK
Section C EXISTING INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL
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EXISTING CARPARK
Section A 2. PLATFORM ONE
Section G 1. DISTRIBUTION BAND
Section F
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6F 1:2000
4F 1:2000
GF 1:2000
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west end R E S I D E N C E 2011 Designed by Tim Bennetton. As part of a small team, I participated in all service stages of the project, producing drawings and models in the Schematic Design and Design Development phases and working closely with the project architect in the latter stages of the project, including the production of Working Drawings and during Contract Administration. Additonally, I was responsible for the design of joinery units and produced joinery documentation for issue to cabinetmaker.
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EXISTING STRUCTURE NOT IN DETAIL AND SHADED G
RIDGE HT RL 10.060 2 5.03 1,110
PL1
G1
PL1
PL1 PITCHING HT RL 8.950
G2
RS2
FC1
PB1
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PB1 PB1
WC
WB1
DECK 1
FC1
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KITCHEN
TB1
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UPPER FLOOR FFL 6.400 3 NO. 50mm Ø VENTILATION HOLES IN FLOOR TO BACK OF RECESS
TB2
2,540
TB4 TO SOFFITT
TB3
TB2 TS
TB2
DECK 2
DECK 2 FFL 3.860 POOL TERRACE
PV1 NGL
540
CB2
POOL TERRACE FFL 3.320
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Ground Floor Plan 1:200
keswick island
RESIDENCE 11 WORK 2006 2014
2010
This residential project was designed by Tim Bennetton. My role within the early stages of the design process was to produce sketch and presentation models, as well as drawings. Subsequently, I produced Design Development documents - including schedules and drawings - for submission to potential builders for tender.
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First Floor Plan 1:200
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DRAKE STREET
eSTAIR
eDECK
BED 1
BED 2
JOINERY
STORE
DRIVEWAY JOINERY
BATH JOINERY STAIR 1
west end residence 2
JOINERY
2010 LIVING 1
JOINERY
KITCHEN
JOINERY
This addition to an existing residence was designed by Tim Bennetton. My role within the team was to produce sketch and presentation models and drawings. I also produced Design Development documents for submission to potential builders for tender.
JOINERY
STORE
ENTRY PLATFORMS
DECK
LIVING 2 utilise existing detached building
COURTYARD BENEATH CANOPY refer upper floor drawing for details
JOINERY
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JOINERY
various projects
09 11 Presentation drawings and models for houses designed by Gabriel Poole. I was asked to produce these items for presentation to various types of clients, including government organisations and private developers.
Models of prefabricated housing system for Queensland mining communities.
Presentation images for dwelling at Caloundra.
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Residential Design Competition Entry 2010
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children's room one
entry
living area children's room two
kitchen
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parent's room
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Upper Floor Plan 1:100
This small project, completed during a short and intense studio session, is a submission to the JACS residential ideas competition,The thematic framework of the competition suggested that the future family home will become ‘primitive’, and that the future house will invariably be in a condensed urban environment. The project proposes that a new type of family home can emerge in a modern urban environment, where the program of the house can be likened to interactions that are seen in urban public spaces.
Generating principles
Section A 1:100
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The brief stipulated an assemblage of multiple detached structures; a cafe, a stage, multiple small shelters, and two ferneries on a site in a public botanic garden. The response is intensely site speciďŹ c. Trees on the site are not regarded as peripheral landscape elements, but as existing, successful architecture. The intention of any architectural intervention through this project is to position the programs outlined in the brief in a manner that regards building and natural site elements as having equally valid claims to being considered architecture.
early university project
2007
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second year pavilion in the park
When one is required to build in a condition where it might considered better to build elsewhere, it is necessary to learn from the site; the design process becomes an attempt to maintain an equilibrium between natural elements and the new program. The project is an attempt to establish the altered site as a uid whole without hierarchy.
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profile Education 2011 2009
Master of Architecture Bachelor of Design (Architectural Studies) (Hons.)
Queensland University of Technology Queensland University of Technology
Employment 2012-14 2007-11
Marchese Partners Tim Bennetton Architects
Graduate Architect Student Architect
Sydney Brisbane
Competencies Software Graphisoft ArchiCAD Autodesk Revit Autodesk AutoCAD Google SketchUp Adobe Photoshop Adobe InDesign Adobe Inllustrator V-Ray Rendering Microsoft OďŹƒce Other Highly proďŹ cient at physical model making and hand drafting
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Mitchell Bradford Graduate Architect Sunshine Coast, Australia PORTFOLIO some student and professional projects mitchellbradford.mb@gmail.com http://www.mmmbbb.net