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 Farnsworth House, which was designed and constructed between 1945-51 near Chicago, Illinois. Built for prominent Chicago nephrologist Dr Edith Farnsworth, the house is widely regarded as an icon of the international style and one of the most significant works by master architect, Mies van der Rohe. Mies, who was the last director of the Berlin’s Bauhaus and head of the Department of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago – designed the house out of structural mill-formed steel and plate glass in a simple rectilinear form. Criticised for making architecture which was stripped of all ornament and traditional style whilst also being un-energy efficient and ‘cold’, Mies’s style of architectural design has in fact a truly timeless quality which transcends his buildings from mere constructions to memorable architecture. Mies is often associated with his quotation of the aphorisms, "less is more" and "God is in the details"

Date: Applications close Monday 9 September
Prizes: almost $4000 worth

As part of the Festival of Ideas (1-6 October) ABP and Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute (MSSI) will host Environments Day on Wednesday 2 October. The Faculty of Architecture Building and Planning will be offering students a unique opportunity to get involved through two exciting competitions.

Competition 1: The 20 Minute City?
Melbourne's aspirational future is the 20-minute City - so say the planners and politicians.

Competition 2: Imagine Australia in 2033
How we created a healthy just and sustainable post carbon society

Prizes to be won so make sure you put in an entry. For more information including submission requirements and additional information view the competition website.

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Date: various see below
Time: 1.15 - 2.00 pm
Venue: Harold White Theatre, Level 2, 757 Swanston St

The AND Speaker Series aims to connect students with the architectural and design community that surrounds them to foster networking and links with industry.

Talks are held each Tuesday at the faculty. Upcoming Guests include:
13 August: Clare Cousins
20 August: Shelley Penn
27 August: Sean Godsell
3 September: Alfred de Bruyne (SJB)

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Date: Applications close 5.00 pm, Monday 26 August

Applications are now open for the 2014 Knight Frank Scholarship Program. The Knight Frank Studentship Program commenced in 1985 with the view to promote and consolidate ‘growing our own’ future property professionals and to provide Knight Frank with opportunities to employ qualified and experienced graduates.

The program provides the opportunity to work directly with industry professionals, along with work experience in different areas of the business. Applications are only open to current Master of Property/Graduate Diploma in Property Valuation students only.

For more information click on the button below or contact Belinda Blackburn, HR Manager on 9604 4661 or via the email button below

Date: Saturday 24 August & Saturday 31 August
Time: 4.00 pm
Venue: ACMI Cinemas, Federation Square
Co-curated: Louise MacKenzie

As part of Cinecity Architectural Film Project, there will be a screening of The Pudding Thieves which stars Georges Tibbits, who taught architecture at The University of Melbourne for almost 30 years. The film also includes architecture students (at the time, 1967) Sue Ingelton (The Pram Factory) and Rob Lovett (The Loved Ones).

Heavily influenced by the then new French New Wave, the Carlton-based filmmaker Brian Davies crafted a film which sparked a wave of renewed 16mm filmmaking activity. The story of two photographers who scrape together a living dabbling in pornography referenced many of their American and French filmmaking contemporaries.

Screens with two 1968 shorts, Hey Al, Baby by David Minter and Peter Elliot's The Girlfriends starring Jack Hibberd and Graeme Blundell. ACMI will be providing give aways (x5) for ABP students.

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Date: Throughout 2014
Locations: Hong Kong, Chile, South Korea, Italy and more

The Melbourne School of Design is happy to announce that our 2014 Travelling Studio destinations are now confimed as follows:

Summer 2013/Summer 2014: Hong Kong & Santiago/Atacama Desert

Semester One 2014: Florence & Zurich/Munich

Semester Two 2014: Nanjing, Seoul & Fujian, China

Full details on the eligibility criteria and application process can be found on the EDSC travelling studio website. Further details on the specific travelling studios listed above will also be published on the website from October 2013.

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Dates: Thursday 15 August, Monday 19 August, Thursday 12 September & Thursday19 September
Times: various
Venue: Theatre A, Old Arts Building

Workshops for Graduate Coursework students writing minor theses in the Fine Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences and related fields including the disciplines within the Melbourne School of Design are being organised by Academic Skills in August and September.

Topics covered will include:

• getting started
• reviewing the literature
• writing introductions, conclusions and discussion sections
• editing the final draft

For full details and enrolments, visit the Academic Skills workshop calendar

Date: Applications close Friday 27 September
Prize: $8000

The COLORBOND® steel Student Biennale is Australia’s longest running prize for student architecture. The competition represents the profession’s recognition of quality in design by students of architecture. It acknowledges outstanding design work and communicates this quality to both students and the profession.

Entry into the 2014 Colorbond Steel Student Biennale is open to the following

• Students who completed an Institute recognised Australian architecture course in the year ending 12 months before the year of the Prize;
• Undergraduate or Masters students enrolled in an Institute recognised Australian architecture course during the year prior to the year of the Prize.
• Entries previously submitted for the Glenn Murcutt Student Prize are ineligible.

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Dates: Monday 30 September – Sunday 6 October
Location: Parkville campus
Coordinator: Dr Hao Wu & Mr Keith Mckinnell

If you're interested in learning more about real estate in Asia, you might want to consider enrolling into the intensive subject ABPL90318 Asian Real Estate Case Studies. The subject will create a multidisciplinary environment in which students are encouraged to review solutions to a whole range of planning, development, project delivery, and investment problems and to generate alternative options in the context of Asia’s key cities such as Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai, Beijing, Seoul and Tokyo.

Prerequisites: Admission into one of the MSD courses, plus completion of ABPL90026 Property Development or permission from the subject coordinator

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Date: Wednesday 21 August
Time: 12.00 - 2.00 pm
Venue: Plaza Pavilion (behind Sidney Myer Asia Centre)

If you're in a construction-related course, and have not yet signed up to the Construction Students Association (CSA) - $5 membership - this is your opportunity to come along, sign up and meet your peers! Sausage and drinks are free for all CSA members.

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Date: Applications close 5pm Monday 2 September
Location: Oxford University

Would you like to study at Oxford University? Will you have completed, by December 2013, at least four years of undergraduate study? Do you enjoy success at sports, involvement in community activities, and have a desire to lead and further develop your talents? If so, then you have the qualities of a Rhodes Scholar!

The Rhodes Scholarship is one of the oldest and most distinguished scholarships in the world. Previous winners from Australia include former prime minister Bob Hawke, Justices Hayne and Heydon of the High Court of Australia, businessman and footballer Mike Fitzpatrick, Nobel Prize winners Sir John Eccles and Lord Howard Florey, and infrastructure expert Sir Rod Eddington. Successful candidates will receive assistance with their travelling expenses to the UK, as well as a monthly allowance to contribute towards their living expenses whilst in Oxford. In addition, all University tuition fees are paid on the scholar's behalf by the Rhodes Trust.

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Date: Sunday 18 August
Time: 10.00 am - 4.00 pm
Location: Frank Tate Building

The Environments and Design displays and information sessions will be on the ground floor and first floor of the Frank Tate Building from 10.00 am - 4.00 pm. The areas affected will be rooms 101,104, G23, the first floor lounge and computer lab. There will also be some activities on levels 1 and 2 of the 757 building.

Thousands of visitors are expected on the day so if you need to have quiet study time it would be best to avoid coming into uni. But if you are interested in visiting on Open Day you can view the program here.

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