WHAT MI SHACK IS.

mi shack® is architect-designed modular home design built on MIDS — the Modular Integrated Design System, created by Marcus Browne RAIA and continually refined since 2009 across a range of real WA projects.

MIDS uses predefined planning modules that flip, slide and connect along a clear planning spine, adapting to coastal, rural, metro and regional sites — from Fremantle to Peppermint Grove Beach, through Dunsborough to Eagle Bay, from Yallingup to Injidup and Wilyabrup and all the way over to Esperance. Every mi shack® starts from the same system, then becomes its own thing, shaped by its site, its owners and how it’ll be built.

Under the surface, MIDS pulls together early site analysis, modular planning, passive-solar thinking and honest budget guidance — before your project gets too expensive to question. The payoff is fewer nasty surprises, more confidence about cost sooner, and a cleaner path from first sketch through to builder pricing and approvals.

The look? A little mid-century modern, a little minimalist. Never generic, never a box dropped onto a site. A proper design system for real WA sites and real WA lives.

MODULAR OR PREFAB?

“Modular” here means the design system first — a set of adaptable planning modules — not a delivery method. A good local builder can build a mi shack® on site in the conventional way. Where the site and budget suit, the same design can also be adapted for partial or full prefabrication.

Prefab can work brilliantly for the right project, but it isn’t automatically cheaper or faster — lead times, approvals, transport, cranage and services all still apply. The real strength is flexibility: the same design can be delivered as a conventional build, partial prefab or full prefab. Every mi shack® built to date has been constructed in-situ; prefab pathways are in development with supplier partners.

See the whole system — Map it, Zone it, Style it, Pimp it →

THREE STEPS. START WHERE YOU LIKE.

Make a rough Shack Map. Test your site. Then Map it properly.