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 an igloo.

An igloo or snowhouse is a type of shelter built of snow, originally built by the Inuit.

Although igloos are usually associated with all Inuit, they were predominantly constructed by people of Canada's Central Arctic and Greenland's Thule area.

Other Inuit people tended to use snow to insulate their houses, which were constructed from whalebone and hides.

Snow is used because the air pockets trapped in it make it an insulator. On the outside, temperatures may be as low as −45 °C , but on the inside the temperature may range from −7 °C to 16 °C  when warmed by body heat alone.

Architecturally, the igloo is unique in that it is a dome that can be raised out of independent blocks leaning on each other and polished to fit without an additional supporting structure during construction. An igloo that is built correctly will support the weight of a person standing on the roof. Also, in the traditional Inuit igloo the heat from the kudlik (qulliq, stone lamp) causes the interior to melt slightly. This melting and refreezing builds up a layer of ice that contributes to the strength of the igloo.

The sleeping platform is a raised area. Because warmer air rises and cooler air settles, the entrance area acts as a cold trap whereas the sleeping area will hold whatever heat is generated by a stove, lamp, body heat, or other device.

Who needs to re-enrol?

All students who are currently enrolled, or on leave of absence, and planning to continue their course in 2014, must re-enrol between the re-enrolment dates specified. You still need to re-enrol by the due date even if you want to take leave of absence from your studies in 2014.

If you haven’t re-enrolled by Friday 13 December 2013, you will incur a $100 late re-enrolment fee and your enrolment in your course may be cancelled.

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The Environments and Design Student Centre are going on holiday!

• close at 12.00pm, Tuesday 24 December

• reopen at 9.00am, Thursday 2 January

We all look forward to asissting you in 2014!

Please be advised that  you have until 5pm Friday 13 December to collect any work, models or personal belongings from 757 Swanston Street, Baldwin Spencer, 33 Lincoln Square South and the Frank Tate Building.

Anything left in ABP buildings after this date will be thrown out, absolutely no exceptions.

Spaces that will be cleared include:

757 Swanston St
• All Teaching Spaces
• Student Print Room
• Model Making Spaces
• Stairwell Study Spaces
• Inside lockers
• On top of lockers

Baldwin Spencer
• Student Lounge
• Teaching Spaces

Frank Tate
• Level 1 Study Rooms
• Informal Study Spaces
• Level 2 Computer Lab Space

33 Lincoln Square South
• All areas of Level 1 MSD studio space
• Inside lockers
• On top of lockers

We have set this final date AFTER the conclusion of the exam period and also AFTER the release of final results so in most cases student work will not be required for further assessment.  However if you are concerned that your work may be required for further assessment we strongly encourage you to photograph it. Digital photos in most cases will be accepted as evidence of your work in the event that you are unable to resubmit the original.

Students who are not enrolled in a Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning subject in the summer semester will not be permitted access to ABP buildings from 20 December to 16 January.

Access to ABP buildings (757 Swanston, Lincoln Square, Baldwin Spencer and Frank Tate) will be available again from 17 January.

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ROBIN BOYD: Missed out on round 1? Additional places for the 2014 Summer studio now released, please apply HERE.

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Dates: Two studios in February 2014

Studio 1: Sunday 9 to Friday 14 February 2014
Studio 2: Sunday 16 to Friday 21 February 2014

Venue: Studio tuition: 'Walsh Street', house, South Yarra

Accommodation: McCaughey Court, Ormond College, University of Melbourne

Interested in joining the Robin Boyd Studio this December?

Additional places are available and applications now close on Friday 6 December.

Each studio is led by two architects – a Master Architect - a highly regarded and awarded practising architect - and a Studio Leader.All design studios are conducted at Walsh Street, the house Robin Boyd designed for his family in 1958. Accommodation is provided at McCaughey Court, Ormond College a building designed by Robin Boyd and Frederick Romberg in 1965.

The subject ABPL90354 will be worth 12.5 points and students will be able to take it as a multidisciplinary elective or as architecture elective. All applicants are encouraged to have completed at least one Master of Architecture Studio - C, D or E.

Inflection is a student-edited journal of the built environment: gathering and sharing new contributions to contemporary design discourse.

Currently, Inflection is seeking co-editors from any year level to be involved in our first edition – scheduled for publication in late 2014. Enthusiastic, committed students with a passion for design media and design discourse can apply today – as a co-editor, you will share responsibility for a range of tasks from layout and graphic design to administration and logistics.

Keen to join the Inflection team or learn more?

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The Architectural Association will be running a summer visiting school at Sydney between 28th Jan to 8th Feb 2014. The program is a two weeks intensive workshop catered for all level of architecture students.

Participants will explore new spatial configuration using computation software (Rhino and Grasshopper) and we will build at 1:1 scale.

The workshop will be conducted by:

Jeff Turko, AA Diploma Unit master
Ian Maxwell, Supermanoeuvre & Senior Lecturer at UTS
Paul Loh, Lecturer in Digital Architecture at University of Melbourne
Tom Lea, AA Dip 12

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The end of the year is upon us. We hope it has been rewarding for you all.

If you have any feedback, suggestions or general comments for FABRICATE 2014 please feel free to email Justin Cusack on the link below.