THE FOUR STAGES OF MIDS.

These are the four stages of the design work. If you’re working out where to start, that’s the three steps at the bottom of this page. Want the whole project, start to finish? See the flow →

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Diagramtic image of the mi shack MIDS system

Map It.

Test what your site can carry.

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mi shack MIDS system Step 2 Zone it image

Zone It.

Select your zone layouts.

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mi shack MIDS system Step 3 Style it image

Style It.

Pick your style.

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Feature image for mi shack MIDS system Step 4 Pimp it.

Pimp It.

Choose your vibe.

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THE MIDS SYSTEM.

MIDS is the mi shack® Modular Integrated Design System — the engine behind every shack we’ve designed across WA.

It isn’t a kit home. It isn’t one fixed floor plan. And it isn’t just prefab. It’s an adaptable system of planning zones, simple structural logic and early site testing that shapes a home around your site, your brief and your budget.

That’s why one shack can be a compact metro family home and the next a generous rural retreat, a short-stay escape or a coastal home squaring up to bushfire and salt air — all from the same family of modules.

Before the work gets expensive to question, MIDS brings the decisions that matter into the conversation early:

Site, brief, budget, planning, approvals and construction pathway — all on the table before the drawings start.
 
Get those clear up front and the project starts with fewer unknowns, a cleaner path and a lot more confidence. A design system should create clarity, not sameness. That’s the whole point of MIDS.

 

WHERE THIS FITS.

Three ways of looking at the same journey, depending on how close you are to starting.

Before you commit

Three steps. Make it, Test it, Map it. Two are free. The third is the due diligence.

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The whole project

The flow. Connect, Concept, Contract, Construction, Champagne. Five steps from first coffee to moving in.

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Inside the design work

The four stages. Map it, Zone it, Style it, Pimp it — this page. They are step two of the flow.

You’re reading it.

Map It.

Map it before you Buy it or Design it.

From $3,600 + GST. Most sites delivered in 2–4 weeks.

Map it is the first of the four stages of MIDS — an early site feasibility and due-diligence exercise that tests what your site can actually carry before you spend real money finding out. It covers site analysis, planning pathway, bushfire, services, budget range and early layout options, and delivers a 20–30 page report with a clear Go, Pause or Redesign recommendation.

For some clients that means testing land before they buy it. For others, it means testing a block they already own before design gets locked in. Either way, the goal is the same: get the big thinking clear early, before it costs a fortune to change course.

Map it is where the two journeys meet — the last step before you commit, and the first stage of MIDS.

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CLICK TO VIEW SOME SHACK MAPS

01 Whiteshack 03 Clarkeshack 04 McGunnigleshack 05 Jacobshack 06 Harrisonshack

Zone It.

Get into the zone.

Each zone comes with a range of different interior layouts which can be flipped, rotated and adjusted to lock into each shack map combination. We’ve done all the hard work by designing a series of optimum layouts for each zone that simply work – in form, function and flow. All you need to do is make a pick to make it yours.

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grill’n chill. 

Alfresco, Private Deck

Time to bevvy up, chill out and burn a prawn on the barbie.

bathe.

Ensuite

Luxuriate, pamper, revitalise, rejuvenate and refresh.

Wash.

Laundry

Spin your jocks and soak your socks.

Rinse.

Outdoor Shower

Get ‘nood’ and rinse off the beach.

Cook. Eat. Chill.

Kitchen, Dining, Living

Seamless open plan living from indoors to outdoors to get you feeling one with the ‘Shackiverse’.

GLIDE.

Passage

Drift in and glide from your ride.

play.

Multi- Purpose Room

This is your ‘anything I want it to be’ zone, we create the space to let your imagination run wild.

Sleep ♥

Main Bedroom

 Zzzzzz, cuddle and reconnect.

Sleep.

Minor Bedroom

Rugrats, outllaws and teenage space invaders.

Ride.

Garage, Carport

Park the hot rods.

Rack’n Stack

‘DA Shed’

Rack ‘da’ board and stack ‘da’ stuff.

DRY.

CLOTH LINE, BINS, AIR-CON

dry your bits and stash ya trash.

Style It.

Pick a roof style.

As the zones simply slide, glide, expand and adapt under each roof system, either style works. By analysing your block with sun studies we optimise the solar passive aspects of your desired layout and attenuate the eaves and glazing according to your location and orientation. This is where we create a funky 3D model of your mi shack so you can walk around the design in real time to feel the spaces and view the sun’s penetration.

 

Wave Shack.

Wave Shack.

A mix of Mid-century Modern 'Shazam!' with a dash of iconic Australian rural shed the 'WAVE SHACK' casts a strong presence with a clearly defined 'wave looking' wedge shape that grabs the eye.

Flat Shack.

Flat Shack.

The 'FLAT SHACK' draws strongly from a heritage of minimalist modern design started by the early modernist architects of the 1920's that carries through to today as 'contemporary minimalism'.

Pimp It.

Choose your vibe.

If you have ever spent time with your spouse trying to agree on taps, tiles, carpet and colour schemes for your new home or renovation and felt like it was harder than trying to buy your mother-in-law a xmas present, then you’ll be delighted to hear that ‘we’ve got this!’. mi shack has done all the suffering for you by developing an ever evolving list of suppliers to help you select items that ensure an effective balance of cost, style, touch, availability, maintenance, practicality, warranty and sustainability. All you will need to do is choose from our range of suggested suppliers to create your own vibe.

THREE STEPS. START WHERE YOU LIKE.

The four stages above are the design work. This is how you get started.

01 / Make it

Sketch a rough Shack Map yourself — zones, orientation, the shape of the thing. Free, about ten minutes, nothing to fill in.

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02 / Test it

Eight minutes of questions about your site. You get a readiness score across documents, planning, levels, bushfire and services, and a straight answer on whether to proceed.

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03 / Map it

We do the due diligence properly — title, planning, bushfire, services, levels and a real cost range. $3,600 + GST.

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READY TO STOP GUESSING?

Run the free site test and see where your block stands — or talk to Marcus about a Map it.

TEST YOUR SITE

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