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 image above is of Michigan Central Station (also known as Michigan Central Depot or MCS), built in mid-1912 through 1913 for the Michigan Central Railroad, was Detroit, Michigan's passenger rail depot from its opening in 1913 after the previous Michigan Central Station burned, until the cessation of Amtrak service on January 6, 1988. At the time of its construction, it was the tallest rail station in the world.

The building is located in the Corktown district of Detroit near the Ambassador Bridge, approximately 1.2 km southwest of downtown Detroit. It is located behind Roosevelt Park, and the Roosevelt Warehouse is adjacent to the east. The city's Roosevelt Park serves as a grand entry way to the station. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. Restoration projects and plans have gone as far as the negotiation process, but none has come to fruition. In 2011, work began to remove glass and add new windows.

To this day, images of the building remain the premier example of ruins photography

Read on for all the latest MSD news.

Calling all Masters of Architecture students

The wheels are in motion! The club is forming! Get involved!

A facebook group has been set up so interested parties can express their interest.

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The University of Melbourne campus is a very safe place to study and work.  However, it is advisable to consider some precautions when using the campus at night.

• Don't make yourself a target at night - keep mobile phone, ipods, laptops etc out of sight (including headphones)
• Only take essential items with you when visiting the campus
• Move around the campus in pairs or groups
• Stick to well lit and popular walkways
• Don't allow unknown persons to follow you into buildings requiring an access card or key to enter
• Park only in well lit car parks close to your work area
• Know the location of your nearest Emergency Blue Telephone
• Know the location and number of the Campus Security Office
• Consider using the Security Escort Service, if you are concerned for your safety
• Program the security emergency number into your mobile phone.

Security Escort Service

Campus security patrols are available to escort you to your car, public transport, colleges or other location in the near vicinity of Campus. This service is available to Staff and Students. It is recommended that you pre book this service.

Contact Security on internal extension 44674 or 46666, or Free call 1800 24 6066.

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When: 16th April

Time: 7:00 pm

Venue: Carrillo Gantner Theatre, Sidney Myer Asia Centre

LIAM YOUNG is an architect who operates in the spaces between design, fiction and futures. He is founder of the urban futures think tank Tomorrows Thoughts Today, a group whose work explores the possibilities of fantastic, speculative and imaginary urbanisms. They develop near future speculations which explore the possibilities and consequences of emerging environmental and technological futures. He has also co founded the ‘Unknown Fields Division’, an award winning nomadic workshop that travels on annual expeditions to the ends of the earth to investigate emerging trends and uncover the weak signals of possible futures. He develops this research through teaching positions at the Architectural Association in London and is visiting professor at Princeton University. Liam also coordinates events and exhibitions including the multimedia series ‘Thrilling Wonder Stories, was a curator of the 2013 Lisbon Architecture Triennale and is a contributing editor for ICON magazine. He has been acclaimed in both mainstream and architectural media, including the BBC, NBC, Wired, Time Magazine, and Dazed and Confused. Liam was named by Blueprint magazine as one of 25 people who will change architecture and design. Liam manages his time between exploring distant landscapes and prototyping the future worlds he extrapolates from them.

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Students who have not yet collected their pre-ordered safety gear are encouraged to collect it as soon as possible.

Where?

Environments and Design Student Centre

Counselling and Psychological Services is a part of Student Services which consists of a number of specialist areas that are complementary and together provide for the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of our community. 

They run a series of free workshops all semester.

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Student Engagement Grants – Apply Now

Applications are now open for Round 1 of the 2014 Student Engagement Grants Program (including the Peter McPhee Student Awards).

The Grants are designed to promote and develop engagement activities within the University student community by assisting students to initiate or participate in extra-curricular leadership, engagement and volunteering activities that involve the University and the wider community. Individual students or groups of students are encouraged to apply. Requests of between $1000 and $5000 will be considered by the Selection Committee.

Applications close Monday April 14.

Date: Tuesday 8 April 2014
Time: 12.00pm - 1.00pm
Venue: Baldwin Spencer Theatre

Do you have an academic average of 65% or more? Thinking of going on exchange/study abroad for Semester 1, 2015? Looking for some guidance with your overseas study plan?

The Environments and Design Student Centre will be holding an information session to assist students currently preparing their exchange or study abroad application. Students will have the opportunity to ask staff questions after the session.

Students attending this event must have already attended a myWorld First Step session.

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Did you know MSD has closed facebook groups for ALL disciplines, ALL streams?

These are informal digital loungerooms where you can meet other students from your cohort - ask questions, post points of interest or just say hello.
Click on the link below to join the right group for you.
 

Master of Architecture 200 point
Master of Architecture 300 point

Master of Construction Management 200 point
Master of Construction Management 300 point

Master of Landscape Architecture 200 point
Master of Landscape Architecture 300 point

Master of Property 200 point
Master of Property 300 point

Master of Urban Design

Master Urban Planning

Lockers are still available for HIRE in Lincoln Square South.

$20 for the full year.

Email Justin Cusack on the link below to inspect and arrange.

The Architecture Library is reviewing its opening hours in anticipation for the reopening in our new building. When we return to the new building, we would like to offer a spread of hours that will make the library most accessible to students.

Our previous hours were -

Monday & Thursday: 9.00 am - 8.30 pm
Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday: 9.00 am - 6.00 pm
Saturday: 1.00 pm - 5.00 pm

We are now running a survey to gather interest in newly proposed hours. Please click on the link below to complete our survey. Survey closes on Sunday 11 May

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