MIKE ELLIS   ARCHITECTURE - CREATIVE DESIGN - FINE ART

ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO EXCERPTS

YEAR 3 SEMESTER 2

THE BRIEF REQUESTED A DEBATING CHAMBER AND RELEVANT SPACES SURROUNDING IT, IN ORDER TO BENEFIT THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.

THE RESPONSE WAS A PUBLIC DEBATING CHAMBER SITUATED BETWEEN TWO PEDESTRIAN NODAL POINTS. THE INTENTION IS TO PROMOTE MOVEMENT FROM ONE TO ANOTHER IN ORDER TO ACT AS A CATALYST FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE SITE.

BEING OF LOW-KEY SCALE RATHER THAN A DOMINANT PIECE OF ARCHITECTURE (THROUGH EXISTING TOPOGRAPHY LEVEL CHANGES) AND RECLAIMING MATERIALS FROM LOCAL SITES UNDERGOING URBAN REGENERATION (ALLOWING FOR A SIMILAR DIALOGUE WITH THE CONTEXTUAL ARCHITECTURE), THE BUILDING EXISTS AS A PLACE OF TRANSITION, IN BOTH IMMEDIATE AND BIG-PICTURE DESIGN.