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ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

MIKAYLA ROBSON

GRADUATE OF ARCHITECTURE

SKILLS

3D MODELING

• Rhinoceros

• Grasshopper

• Karamba

• Revit

• RhinoInside

2D MODELING

• AutoCAD

ADOBE SUITE

• InDesign

• Illustrator

• Photoshop

RENDERING

• Enscape

• Lumion

• Maxwell

MIKAYLA ROBSON

GRADUATE OF ARCHITECTURE

Email: mikkyrobson@gmail.com

ABOUT ME

Born and raised in the Adelaide Hills I developed a design interest at a young age, which over time drove me towards an interest in construction and Architecture. I have a strong interest in working towards more environmentally conscious design and construction and design techniques. As a designer I strive to continuously achieve my best and to push my ideas and concepts ensuring I follow it up with representation suited to portray my ideas. I am always looking for new skills and techniques and strive myself on my learning capabilities to grow from what I teach myself and what others teach me.

EDUCATION

MASTERS OF ARCHITECTURE

• The University of Adelaide

• 2021-2022

BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

• The University of Adelaide

• 2018-2020

HIGH SCHOOL: SOUTH AUSTRALIAN CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION

• Cornerstone College

• 2013-2017

SIMULATION

• Design Builder

• ENVI-met

LINKS

LINKEDIN

• www.linkedin.com/in/mikayla-robson-214336240

EMPLOYMENT / EXPERIENCE

ARCHITECTURE INTERNSHIP | 2022

Mulloway Studio

• 5 weeks full time student internship

• Graphical images and diagrams

• Research collection and collation

• 3D topography model completion (completed in sketchup)

• Using site model to execute axonometric diagrams for information graphics

• Site surveying and site visit

• Programs used: Sketchup, Vectorworks, Adobe Suite

DAN MURPHY’S | 2019 - current

• High quality customer service standards with high volume customer interaction

• Product recommendations and in-depth product knowledge development

• Stock and warehouse management / organisation

• Money handling and leadership experience

• Dealing with difficult situations

CLIO CAFE | 2019

• High quality customer service

• Barista capabilities and food handling

CHEEKY GREEK | 2018

• Food handling

• High volume customer interaction and service

• Money handling and leadership experience

CARL’S JR | 2017 - 2020

• Working within strict time constraints

• High quality of customer service

REPAIRING ANSTEY HILL QUARRY

FINAL ARCHITECTURE PROJECT: FIFTH YEAR 2022

SOFTWARE: Rhinocerous, Enscape, Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign

Mining has been a practice for thousands of years with great evolution of techniques brining in billions of revenues annually. However, the last several hundred years of mining have come at a cost with abandoned mines leaving damaged landscapes reducing habitats and native ecosystems. The practice of repairing abandoned mining sites has begun to take off with interventions across the globe, but little is done to ensure this is completed leaving many sites left to rot or form toxic water ways or dumping grounds. This project aims to implement a design intervention in Adelaide quarry, Anstey Hill, working to repair the environment and relationships associated with the site through a series of four architectural interventions.

EFFECTS OF MINING

Toxic quarry lake: After closure the open pit quarry flooded and with a lack of flow and natural filtration has formed a lake with high levels of amonia

Rubbish:

Quarry classed as private property with no solution for rubbish resulting in people littering due to their disregard for the environment and no connection to nature

Floating above site

Point of observation: repair the relationship between human and nature

Cut into the site

Return what was taken: using what was taken from site during mining and repairing it

Lack of biodiversity:

Damage to landscape due to the removal of native trees and vegetation resulting in the loss of habitat for native animal species

TIMELINE OF REPAIR

Hanging from site

Moment of suspension: using a man made landscape to repair the relationship between humans and mine, humans and nature, nature and quarry

Site covered in numerous species of flura and fauna

Quarrying begun with the deforestation of vegetation resulting in biodiversity loss After closure many visited site as dumping grounds

The intervention begining the process of repairing the site ecosystem and cultural relationships associated withAnstey Hill Quarry

Repair of site takes time, and future repair reflects the quarry once clean as an aquatic ecosystem

Pre-quarry Quarrying Illegal dumping Intervention of repair Future repair

1. Rubbish 2. Lack of biodiversity 3. Toxic quarry lake 4. Relationship with quarry

The Anstey Hill quarry was the largest open cut in the Hills area during 19th century. Due to the years of closure, nature has begun to return to the area with a rough outline surrounding the quarry roadways.

This site provides opportunities for both community and culture repair and conservation and ecosystem as the site was used for dolomite, sandstone, and quartzite rock, meaning less heavy metal compounds are leaching from surface. This ensures safer use of land and the quarry lake which has become an attraction.

There are four strategies of repair selected in relation to the site. Two repair the landscape and relationship between human and landscape. Two repair the quarry and relationship between human and quarry.

4. CULTURE

3. COMMUNITY

1. CONSERVATION

4. CULTURE SITE PLAN

3. COMMUNITY

1. CONSERVATION

2. ECOSYSTEM

2. ECOSYSTEM

1. CONSERVATION

REPAIRING THROUGH RESEARCH

1. Cleaning the quarry

2. Breeding program

RUBBISH RECYCLING ON SITE FOR HABITAT

Plastic Collected Plastic shredded

Floating and cut in Using a floating and cut in to interact landscape and form.

Molded

Melted Sheetpress Construction

Vet

Clinic

BREEDING PROGRAM

SPECIES: Chestnut-rumped

Heathwren

STATUS: Endangered

This species is endangered due to habitat loss

PLANT CULTIVATION

Artificial lighting for when UV rays limited through green house Researching the best plants for natural aquatic filtration for the quarry lake. Used in accompanyment with water treatment filter

Low roof line to provide protection and cover from predators Interlighting system Toplighting system

Low shrubs to encourage Chestnutrumped Heathwren

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2. ECOSYSTEM

REPAIRING THROUGH OBSERVATION

The lookout is a location designed to blend into the landscape, providing another dimension for visitors to appreciate the natural ecosystem on site and witness how it progressively being repaired. It begins to repair the relationship between humans and nature encouraging interaction with vegetation and animals. The floating architecture is to appear as if it is not there adding to the landscape instead of subtracting from it.

Floating

LOOKOUT PLAN

Soil

Water retention layer

Drainage layer

Root barrier

Filter layer

Membrane protection

150 concrete roof

LOOKOUT SECTION

Appearing suspended on landscape, not intruding on the natural ecosystem.

Secondary roof LVL beam connected to primary with butted plate and bolt connection

Primary roof LVL beam

Timber LVL structural column connecting to primary roof LVL with plate and bolt connection

90x75 timber LVL column connected with bolts

Steel support foot with dowel joint connected to footing

Concrete footing

ROOF STRUCTURAL SUPPORT SYSTEM

DETAIL 1: TIMBER

DETAIL 2: ROOF

Greenroof Lookout

REPAIRING THROUGH INTERACTION 3.

The community-based program is a water treatment/filter and diving centre. The filter component is formulated to begin repairing the quarry lake into a safe and usable space to come together as a community encouraging interaction and gathering of the site above and below water surface. The architecture was formulated around cutting into the topography by returning a rock once taken from site.

Cut in Cutting into the landscape to return what was taken from it.

QUARRY LAKE FILTRATION

Filtered water

Step 4: RO membrane - removes 95% of impurities

Unfiltered water pumped from quarry

Step 2 + 3: carbon block - removes organics, chlorine and chloramine

Step 1: sediment filter - remove large particles from water

Reverse Osmosis Deionization System

STRUCTURAL FACADE AXONOMETRIC

Waste water

Pre-filtration Interface: intercept of particles

Polishing filter

Filtered water

Secondary Sand Filter for Heavy Metals

Stone facade blending building into quarry topography

150x90 secondary cross structural steel beams supporting stone facade

150x90 primary structural steel beams supporting stone facade

Nutrients

Nitrite NO

Amonia

centre

Nitrogen Access

N2 Scuba diving centre Water treatment facility Scuba

Bank stabilisation - provided by plant root systems

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4. CULTURE

REPAIRING THROUGH RELATIONSHIP

The fourth component is based on repairing the relationships within the site: human, quarry, and nature. The museum is derived to do this through three aspects:

1. Viewpoints: repairing relationships with nature and quarry by open views projecting across the lake

2. Movement: repairing the relationship between by a circulation path descending the topography

3. Education: repairing the relationships through learning about the site including encouraging understanding of damage caused by the mining industry and ways to repair.

Hanging

Hanging from the quarry to form view points and interaction with quarry.

Using the quarry outlines to form the museum and movement.

Timber LVL angled beam connected to cliff face with bolt and concrete connection Butted joint connecting timber LVL to steelplate bolted into concrete support Concrete support connecting the timber structural system to cliff face DETAIL 3: CLIFF

Display plinths Moveable display boards Projection area for exhibition displays

1. CONSERVATION

• Laser cut: - MDF

-Cardboard

• Foam

2. ECOSYSTEM

• Laser cut: - MDF

-Cardboard

• Foam

• Laser cut:

- MDF

• Plaster

• Foam

RECONNECT

STUDIO ARCHITECTURE: FIFTH YEAR 2022

SOFTWARE: Rhinocerous, Design Builder, Lumion, Enscape, Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign

Aquaponics

Located central North Adelaide, Reconnect is a vertical farm providing residents and visitors a connection to nature often lost in urban environments. The site is owned by Immanuel Lutheran Church and the brief required a non for profit giving back to the community. To do this, Reconnect is formulated around a vertical farm providing produce for residents and an income for the building with produce sold in the ground floor farmer’s market. This provides a source of fresh food for the community whilst being served in the community kitchen for the homeless or those in need.

Aeroponics

Hydroponics

The apartments include private balconies with gardens encouraging dwellers to cook and sell in the farmer’s market. Extensive greenery is inclusive of the building with a ground level orchard, farming units and rooftop garden all within easy access providing much need garden space within North Adelaide.

Grow to Sell Green Space

Grow to Eat

APARTMENT PLAN

WATER DISTRIBUTION

THERMAL CHIMNEY

Exhaust air

Mechanically opened and closing greenhouse

Fresh air ventilated through open terraces, facade and balconies

APARTMENT SECTION

Fresh air

Warm air

Daylighting capacity

Rainwater Distribution

Greywater Collection

Greywater

Re-distribution

Black water: to sewage

GREEN WALL CONSTRUCTION

Atrium acting as thermal chimney syphoning hot air

Structure system

Waterproof protection

Irrigation support

Irrigation system with drippers

Growing medium (ie. soil)

Capillary breaks

Water catchment

Planter box boarder

Plants

GREEN ROOF CONSTRUCTION

Soil

Reservoir Layer

Aeration Layer

Drainage

Membrane

Protection

Rooftop Garden

Filter Fabric

Moisture Retention Layer

Thermal Insulation

Root Barrier

Capillary breaks

Roof Structural System

Atrium / Aquaponics

Farmer’s market Internal farming / Hydroponics

SECTION DETAIL 1 ATRIUM ROOF CONSTRUCTION

SECTION DETAIL 2

RIPPLE EFFECT

STUDIO URBANISM: FOURTH YEAR 2021

SOFTWARE: Rhinocerous, Enscape, Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign

FLOW: additional flow is incorporated to promote movement down the Torrens in the location of water fountains and the water wall

FILTRATION: additional filtration is added by native riverbed planting surrounding the Adelaide Oval side

MIST: mist is incorporated to immerse visitors within water, loosing sense of location and only hearing the falling water

SOUND: the sense of sound is highlighted beneath water wall isolating visitors from their surroundings

REFLECTION: reflective points located on underside of Light Bridge

DIGITAL ART: digital art projections located on introduced water fountains/walls providing a backdrop to the display

Ripple effect is a project working towards improving the deteriorating condition of the River Torrens, a landmark which became a toxic water way due to human interventions. With the Festival Plaza redevelopment the site aims to bring art to one area providing the opportunity to expand.

The design is formulated around using the environment and science as a display of art allowing visitors to embrace the natural site. The three main components making the design is the environmental improvements repairing the River Torrens, the use of water as art and incorporation of light and reflections as art. Together this introduces urban digital art and highlighting natural elements of light and water reflections whilst using the design to improve the environmental conditions on site.

SOLAR PANELS

Solar panels on water foutains to power electrical requirements on site

PLANTING

Additional riverbed planting adding filtration removing carbon dioxide, nitrates and nitrites

WATER FOUNTAINS

Additional flow gradually removing and preventing algae growth

SHADE

Additional shade for visitors to site for year round comfort from sun and rain

IMA GIN A WORLD WITHOUT GIN

STUDIO CULTURES: FOURTH YEAR 2021

SOFTWARE: Rhinocerous, Enscape, Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign

Rooftop: Bar

8th: Tasting

7th: Indoor greenhouses

6th: Bottling

4th: Redistilling

2nd: Distilling

1st: Grind, mash, ferment

GF: Drive thru

Grain sourced from external supplier

Grinding, mashing and fermenting grain into ethanol

Fermented ethanol distilled into a neutral spirit

Neutral spirit distilled with botanicals to create gin

Bottling of gin and preparation for sale

Greenhouses to grow botanicals infused within gin

The gin is ready for drinking

FENESTRATION

The existing Marine and Harbors building reveals itself as neglected a statement for Brutalist architecture during the 1970’s. The location borders industrial Port Adelaide and Residential and Commercial where surrounding buildings were repurposed. Drawing inspiration from this, the existing Marine and Harbors building with be repurposed into a vertical gin distillery with connections to heritage and modern Port Adelaide.

The gin distillery will function vertically to mimic the production process of gin with the rising of vapor engrossing visitors in the gin distillery experience. The hollowed out internal floors provide vertical insight of production beginning.

STRUCTURE

Steel frame with additional primary structural beams

Beginning on the Ground floor is a drive thru creating ease of access. First floor begins production where an externally sourced grain is ground, mashed and fermented into an ethanol. This ethanol is taken to the second floor where it is distilled into a neutral spirit before progressing to the fourth floor. Here the neutral spirit is redistilled to create gin. Within the copper stills is gin baskets where botanicals infuse the spirit as it is heated, and the vapors rise through the columns. The product is now ready to be bottled on the sixth floor.

Concrete support columns from existing building

Located on the seventh and eighth floor is internal greenhouses growing the botanicals used in production. The eighth floor enhances the gin tasting experience immersing visitors in the smells as they taste and make gin.

20mm thick Copper paneling

20mm thick external glass facade

Steel beam facade support

Grated flooring supported by beams

ASCEND

DESIGN STUDIO IV: SECOND YEAR 2019

SOFTWARE: Hand drawn

The site for Ascend was located within the Adelaide Botanical Gardens for a design where wood was the primary construction. To accompany this, a chair was selected to feature in the design. The site selected was secluded and surrounded by extensive vegetation and tall trees. The program formed was to create a vertical tower acting as a rising picnic area for people to visit and experience the nature from a higher vantage point.

• Laser cut:

- MDF

• Balsa Wood

The tower was constructed from a Glulam Timber truss system with Jarrah wood features. The mechanisms work on a pulley style type system allowing the circular platform to raise up the tower where it is fitted with a kitchen and toilet. Within the tower featured an emergency stair system in the event an emergency occurred.

SCHOOL: STRUCTURE AND SERVICES

CONSTRUCTION III: THIRD YEAR 2020

This school was a floorplan provided with the requirement to replicate/build a 3D model to determine the structural requirements and services. It is a school and preschool located in Adelaide. The final solution had to ensure that the services and structure selected was to code and compliant with fire safety and construction codes standards for South Australia.

ADELAIDE CONTEMPORARY

ADVANCED CONSTRUCTION: FOURTH YEAR 2021

SOFTWARE: Rhinocerous, Revit, Illustrator, Indesign

The brief required a flexible usage space accommodating exhibitions, events, workshops, and office space with a total target area of 15,000 square meters. The form created allowed optimum usage with the division between floor levels whilst still maintaining an open space that was flexible.

A paneled glass roof system provided an atrium style space drawing light into the building, optimising wall usage and light protection from displayed artworks. The paneled glass roof draws attention to the flow and form highlighting the structural stability.

The key load bearing external wall supported the wall form and acted as the main load distribution to the ground. The structure consisted of UB 600x300 primary structural beams with additional support from UB 300x150 cross bracing.

Connecting to this is the steel concrete composite flooring structure system which horizontally distributes load to the structural wall and load bearing 500x500 concrete columns and the 800mm thick stair and elevator shaft.

The roof features a 500x150 open web truss which connects to columns, shafts, and structural wall. The glass roof and wall elements are a panelled glass system. The glass roof is 300x150 beams featuring a built-in gutter system to down pipes located within columns. The glass walls consist of 150x25 beams with 20mm thick glass.

19MM DIAMETER BY 95MM SHEAR CONNECTOR STUD CONNECTING COMPOSITE FLOORING SLAB TO 600UB40.3

CORRUGATED STEEL SHEETING USED AS REINFORCEMENT WITHIN COMPOSITE FLOORING SLAB: RIBBINGS 150X80 TO ALLOW FOR 4M SPANNING

STRUCTURAL STEEL/CONCRETE COMPOSITE FLOORING WITH 200MM SLAB DEPTH CONNECTING TO STRUCTURAL UB BEAMS AND OPEN WEB JOIST

STRUCTURAL PANELLED GLASS WALL WITH 150 x 25 STRUCTURAL STEEL SUPORT BEAMS

20MM THICK GLASS CURTAIN WALL CONNECTED TO STRUCTURAL PANELLED SYSTEM AND FLOOR SYSTEM USING PLATE AND BOLT CONNECTION

20MM THICK SPANDEL GLASS PANEL CONCEALING STRUCTURE FROM EXTERNAL VIEW CONNECTED USING PLATE AND BOLT CONNECTION

75MM THICK BRADFORD FIRESEAL WALL SEALER TO DECREASE THE SPREAD OF FIRE WITH GALVANISED STEAL SHEET AS SMOKE BARRIER

75 x 30MM STEEL STUD FRAME CONNECTED TO UB BEAM USING PLATE AND BOLT CONNECTION

PLATE AND BOLT CONNECTION CONNECTING STEEL FRAME AND SPANDREL PANEL TO UB BEAM

ENDBOLT AND PLATE CONNECTION BETWEEN UB BEAM AND OPEN WEB JOIST

600UB40.3 PRIMARY STURCTURAL BEAM OF COMPOSITE FLOOR CONNECTED TO OPEN WEB JOIST WITH ENDPLATE AND BOLT CONNECTION

500 x 150 SECONDARY OPEN WEB JOIST CONNECTED TO COMPOSITE SLAB USING SHEAR CONNECTOR STUDS

R80 BATT INSULATION

13MM GYPROCK PLASTERBOARD SUSPENDED CEILING CONNECTED TO OPEN WEB JOIST USING CEILING TIES

90 x 30 STEEL FRAMING SYSTEM SUPPORTING INTERNAL GYPROCK

13MM GYPROCK INTERAL WALLS CONNECTED TO STEEL FRAME USING PLASTERBOARD NAILS

CEILING TIES CONNECTING SUSPENDED CEILING TO OPEN WEB JOIST

DETAIL WINDOW SECTION

TAKEN FROM LONGITUDIONAL SECTION

REID ROAD

HOUSE DESIGN: 2020-2021

SOFTWARE: Revit, AutoCAD

BED 4 (carpet) RETREAT (vinyl)

ALFRESCO (tiled)

DINING (vinyl)

LAUNDRY (tiled)

parliment hinge

GARAGE

ENTRY (vinyl) PORCH (tiled)

BED 3 (carpet)

BED 2 (carpet)

FAMILY (vinyl)

KITCHEN (vinyl)

LIVING (carpet)

MASTER BED (carpet)

WIR (carpet)

HALLWAY (vinyl)

parliment hinge parliment hinge

WIP (vinyl)

WIL (vinyl WIR 2 (carpet)

WC (tiled)

BATHROOM (tiled)

ENSUITE (tiled)

Reid Road is a current personal house project located in the Adelaide Hills, which is currently under construction, due for completion early 2023. It is a four-bedroom house centralising around the open concept kitchen, living and dining which joins onto the alfresco to create an indoor/outdoor entertainment space. The master bedroom is situated at the front of the house with views onto opposing paddock and easy access to garage, front door, and separate living space with a private courtyard. The remaining bedrooms are located off the family room with separate retreat opening onto the alfresco. The cavity door allows for the back of the house to be closed off for heating/ cooling purposes in the event no one is in the rooms.

The kitchen consists of warm white cabinetry with a contrasting black granite benchtop (to be install) with vinyl plank flooring to be install across the house. All bedrooms and front living space will include dark grey carpets. Opposite photos are of construction progress.

The design for this included working within encumbrance restrictions for the housing estate including a front setback of minimum 5 metre and 1 metre minimum from fence line. Once the floorplan layout for Reid Road was completed, it was taken to the chosen building company where they completed the engineering specifications (including the roof).

6. Tiled alfresco

7. Kitchen and pantry

3. Internal framing

5. Alfresco

1. Pre-slab

2. Steel frame complete

4. Tiles