Dear staff,

Fabricate is the official student newsletter at the Melbourne School of Design. You are receiving this email as a current student or staff member of the Faculty of Architecture Building and Planning. The cover image is of Merchants' National Bank one of a series of small banks or "jewel boxes" designed by Louis Sullivan. Louis Henry Sullivan was an American architect, and has been called the "father of skyscrapers" and "father of modernism" He is considered by many as the creator of the modern skyscraper, was an influential architect and critic of the Chicago School, was a mentor to Frank Lloyd Wright.

A number of ABPL subjects are quota-restricted in 2013. The Handbook entry for these subjects contains a note indicating they are quota-restricted.

Please refer to the Environments and Design Student Centre website for a current list of all Faculty of Architecture Building and Planning taught quota subjects. The website also provides application deadlines and details on how to apply.

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Date: Applications close at 5.00 pm,  Monday 3 December

Melbourne School of Design is offering students a opportunity to apply for our Semester 1, 2013 Travelling studio to Tokyo, Japan.

This travelling studio takes students to Japan, a country of great spatial and cultural richness, diversity and juxtapositions. Nowhere else are these juxtapositions more evident than in the dialogue between traditional cultural values and technological progress. The 2011 Great Eastern Japan Earthquake and subsequent Tsunami hit the country at its heart. It also exposed a need to re-evaluate the country’s confidence in technology and the Japanese inherent cultural knowledge of the natural environment.

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Date: Re-enrolment closes Friday 14 December

If you are continuing your studies in 2013, please ensure that you’ve enrolled into all your intended subjects in 2013. By fully enrolling into all your subjects for 2013 you are helping the Faculty with its resource planning. This includes appointment of teaching staff as well as venue management (lecture and tutorial room allocations) to accommodate anticipated subject enrolment numbers, which, in turn will increase the likelihood of favourable timetabling and class registration outcomes for students.

If you are currently only enrolled as a part-time student in 2012 and you wish to be full time, you should enrol into additional subjects via the Portal as soon as possible.

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Date: Applications close 5.00 pm, Monday 3 December

Applications are now open for the 2012/13 MSD Summer Research Internships.  The research internship program provides an opportunity for MSD coursework master’s students who are undertaking a research project as part of their degree, to write-up their research over summer for publication in a peer-reviewed journal. Interns receive payment of $400 per week up to a maximum of eight weeks.

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Date: Wednesday 28 - Friday 30 November
Venue: Law Building, University of Melbourne

Green Roofs Australasia invites students and staff members to participate in their 6th National Annual conference.

Participation at this Conference will inform you on everything there is to know about greenroof & greenwall systems. Planting on roofs and walls is one of the most innovative, sustainable and rapidly developing disciplines in architecture, landscape design, urban environmental planning, ecology and horticulture.

As the peak body for the green roof & green wall industry in Australasia we are proud to present leading international & national authorities in their disciplines to present recent projects, design technology, research data and a positive vision for a future of green cities in harmony with nature.

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Date: Friday 7 & Saturday 8 December
Venue: Many Square Metres, Level 2, Young & Husband building,
10 Elizabeth Street, Kensington

Architectural Research Consultancy and the architectural cooperative ARCHITEAM are running a free, two-day public workshop around the proposed planning amendment C190 which will have a significant impact on the Kensington/North Melbourne area.

The intention of the workshop is to create a common ground where residents, businesses, council officers, developers, architects, planners and urban designers can discuss the potential implications of this amendment and draft a comprehensive response.

Please email Darragh O’Brien before Friday the 30th November by clicking on the button below

Enrolments are now open for Academic Skills’ November workshops for RHD students. These sessions are open to Masters by Research and Ph.D students, and cover areas of interest for students in the early, middle or later stages of their candidature. Topics include: thesis structure and cohesion, literature reviews, working with a supervisor, presenting an argument, academic presentations and effective use of word processing software.

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Date: Monday 26 – Wednesday 28 November
Venue: Sidney Myer Asia Centre

From Classroom to Campus will explore the historical documentation, conservation and potential heritage values of once modern and now ageing educational campuses in Australia and around the world. It brings together practitioners from heritage, architecture, education, planning and landscape spheres, alongside researchers and policy-makers.

Two free lectures are open to anyone, including those not attending the full symposium. You must register for these events.

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Date: Wednesday 28 November
Time: 5.30 pm
Venue: MSD Graduate Lounge, Baldwin Spencer Building

Australia's Unintended Cities, edited by Professor Richard Tomlinson, identifies and researches housing and housing-related urban outcomes that are unintended consequences of other policies, the structure of incentives and disincentives for the housing market, and governance arrangements for metropolitan areas and planning and service delivery.

The book will be launched at a special ceremony by Dr. Marcus Spiller, Founding Director, SGS Economics and Planning and Professor Terry Burke, The Swinburne Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology.

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Date: Thursday 6 – Sunday 16 December.
Venue: Melbourne GPO, 350 Bourke Street

Paper Nature features a selection of student concepts which re-imagine the traditional paper lantern by drawing inspiration from complex systems and patterns found in nature. Design and made by first years students studying the Bachelor of Environments course, the lanterns are created using a combination of digital fabrication techniques and hand crafting.

The exhibition showcases work produced by students in Virtual Environments, a first year digital design subject. Opening ceremony: Wednesday 6 December, 6.00  to 8.00 pm

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