ARCHITECTURAL INTELLIGENCE fringe event
Photo by John Gollings
A site visit to One Room Tower is available on one of two tours being run on Saturday morining. This project is by Phorm Architecture in collaboration with Dr Silvia Micheli & Antony Moulis and is cross-disciplinary in nature, focusing on the notion of ‘productive city’ and how small-scale projects can enhance liveability and resilience in communities.
ONE ROOM TOWER
One Room Tower is a small addition to the architecture of the city. A determinate form of indeterminate occupation – it is simultaneously an urban artefact and residential utility, designed as an adaptable set of “‘subspaces”’ within a singular volume. A quartet of courtyards, created through the subtle shift in geometry of the tower away from the orthogonal street grid affords immediate connections and privacy in a landscape setting. Counter posed narratives of exterior and interior overlap in the choreography of openings and introduce the garden and the city into the room. In its context, the Tower produces a strategy for preserving local character housing in situ by creating a new accretionary layer of urban infill that complements existing built forms. As a project of design research One Room Tower is cross-disciplinary in nature, focusing on the notion of ‘productive city’ and how small-scale projects can enhance liveability and resilience in communities.
PHORM ARCHITECTURE IN COLLABORATION WITH DR SILVIA MICHELI & ANTONY MOULIS
Phorm architecture + design led by Practice Director, Paul Hotston, is a Brisbane based practice specialising in architectural projects across various scales in Brisbane’s inner-city suburbs. With work also produced throughout Northern New South Wales and regional Queensland’s diverse terrains and townships, phorm seeks to craft site specific projects that 'inherently belong to' or celebrate place.
Dr Silvia Micheli (BArch Politecnico di Milano; PhD, IUAV, Venice) is Associate Professor and Program Convener of the Bachelor of Architectural Design at the School of Architecture, Design and Planning, The University of Queensland.
Antony Moulis is Professor in the School of Architecture, Design and Planning at the University of Queensland, where he teaches and researches across the fields of architecture, urbanism and design.
EVENT INFO
ARCHITECTURAL INTELLIGENCE: Redefining AI
DATES 28-30 May 2026
LOCATION Meanjin / Brisbane on Yuggera & Turrbal Country. The Friday main seminar day will be at the Brisbane Powerhouse, 119 Lamington St, New Farm QLD
CPD 6 formal points available on the Friday
Photo by John Gollings
Photo by John Gollings
Photo by Antony Moulis
