Fabricate is the student newsletter of the Melbourne School of Design. You are receiving this email as a student or staff member of the Faculty of Architecture Building and Planning.

Title image credit: Francesco De Comite, Quadrifolium 3D Print, 2012.

MSD students must re-enrol for 2015 by the end of today (Friday 12 December).

All students who are currently enrolled, or on leave of absence, and who are planning to continue their course in 2015, must re-enrol. Re-enrolment involves signing the University's Enrolment Declaration for 2015 and enrolling in subjects, or applying for leave of absence for Semester 1 and Semester 2, 2015.

The exceptions are Graduate Researchers, refer to the Melbourne School of Graduate Research re-enrolment page for details.

Students who re-enrol after Friday 12 December will incur a $100 late re-enrolment fee and may have their enrolment cancelled.

Links to re-enrol are available in my.unimelb.

Congratulations on your success at the University of Melbourne.

The ABP Advancement team would like to extend a warm welcome to MSD graduands to bring your family to see the new Melbourne School of Design building on the afternoon of the upcoming ABP graduation day, Tuesday 16 December.

The team would be delighted to introduce your family to the finer points of the building and show them how we are recognising the work of our alumni and Faculty supporters in our Digital Gallery at the Melbourne School of Design.

The Advancement team will be in the ground floor entrance to the MSD building from 2.00pm on Tuesday 16 December.

With best wishes and again our sincere congratulations on reaching this milestone. For more information about graduation, click below.

Date: 12 December 2014
Time: 2.00pm - 8.00pm
Venue: Melbourne School of Design (Building 133)
RSVP: Register online

The new Melbourne School of Design (MSD) building will officially open its doors to the public on Friday 12 December from 2pm to 8pm in an open house style event. There will be opportunities to explore the building, as well as exhibitions, music and performances.

Come along and find out why Melbourne School of Design has been hailed “a theatrical building to inspire students” that “wears pedagogy on its sleeve.”

Explore the flexible work spaces and gain a better understanding of the design and construction decisions that brought about this state of the art facility. Make sure to RSVP.

Date: 9 - 13 and 16 - 20 February 2015
Time: 10.00am - 6.00pm
Venue: Computer Lab 246, MSD Building
RSVP: Register your interest online

This summer, the Skills Workshop will be running intensive workshops before Semester 1 for students and recent graduates.

Please choose your choice of software training through the registration form. Once a nominated software receives the required number of registrations, registrants will receive a workshop itinerary and a reserved place in the workshop. Reservations are based on a first-come-first-serve basis.

The Skills Workshop runs modelling and graphic software training for the Melbourne School of Design. The goal is to equip participants with the software knowledge to strengthen their design skills. Previous workshops include Rhino 5.0, Grasshopper 1.0, Revit 2014, AutoCAD 2014 and Adobe Suite CS6.

Sixteen MSD students and staff from the Bower Studio have worked to construct a neonatal centre and composting toilet in the remote coastal village of Suanum.

Helped by the community, the team sweated it out over eight days working with timber, plywood, corrugated iron and lots of nails to complete the four-bed centre.

The Suanum community suffers significant levels of infant mortality. To make matters worse the people are already noticing the effects of rising sea levels. The new clinic was built further inland on a hillside to protect it from storm surges.

Application due date: Friday 9 January 2015

The University of Melbourne has been invited to nominate students to pursue a one-year, interdisciplinary Master’s degree in China Studies at Peking University’s new Yenching Academy.

Yenching Scholars receive a full tuition scholarship, accommodation in the residential college, and a stipend to cover living expenses.

The class will begin in September 2015. Eligible students must have completed their undergraduate degree and not be older than 25 in 2015. Students may study in Chinese or English.

Eligible candidates should lodge an application (using the Yenching application material) in person at the Melbourne Scholarships Office in the Baldwin Spencer Building, or via email by Friday 9 January, 2015.

Applications close: 5.00pm Monday 15 December 2014

This scholarship will fund travel and costs associated with a period of international exchange, study abroad or full-time graduate-level short course taken at an overseas institution.

Full-time enrolled, confirmed graduate research candidates in the Melbourne School of Design may apply.

In the spirit of the donor’s intentions, preference is given to applicants whose research focuses on housing of aged persons or family architecture.  The selection committee will also consider other architecture-focused proposals.

Deadline: 26 January 2015
Prize: Total monetary prize pool of 14,500 € plus publication in architectural magazines and websites

Young Architects Competitions (YAC) is launching a competition to redesign one of the treasures of Rome: Forte Portuense.

How can former military architecture be transformed into a leisure time and cultural focal point? The aim for this competition is to look for ideas worth triggering urban redevelopment, social cooperation and tourism.

Dates: 2 - 13 February 2015
Venue: University of Technology, Sydney (UTS)
Application due date: 19 January 2015

The Architectural Association Visiting School (VS) Sydney returns in February 2015. This is a two weeks intensive workshop hosted by the University of Technology Sydney with an international panel of design tutors, including staff from University of Melbourne.

The workshop is open to current architecture and design students, phd candidates and young professionals. Costs apply.

If you have any further queries regarding the Visiting School, please contact Paul Loh, Lecturer in Digital Architecture Design, or click below.

Graduate Architect | Brand Architects
Remuneration dependent on experience, skills and qualification
East Melbourne, Australia
Applications close: Monday 15 December

Landscape Intern | Art-spring Landscape Design Group (ASL)
Full-time, RMB5000
Shenzhen, China
Applications close: Friday 31 December

Graduate Trainees | Gammon Construction Limited
Full-time, negotiable
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Applications close: Friday 31 December

Architect | Peter Conley & Associates *new*
Full-time, Award
Prahran, Australia
Applications close: Friday 9 January 2015

Graduate Assistant Junior Designer | TheArchExec *new*
Full-time, 170,000-220,000 RMB
Beijing, China
Applications close: Friday 9 January 2015

Structural Design | Beijing Zhaopin *new*
Full-time
Tianjin, China
Applications close: Saturday 31 January 2015

Project Management | Beijing Zhaopin *new*
Full-time
Tianjin, China
Applications close: Saturday 31 January 2015

Graduate / Junior Project Manager | CIMC Modular Building Systems (Australia) *new*
Full-time, $50-55k
Melbourne, Australia
Applications close: Saturday 28 February 2015

Use your student or staff login to access Careers Online to see other full time, graduate, part time and casual jobs available.