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 the Reichstag building which was built to house the parliament of Germany. The building which was completed in 1894, was heavily damaged in an arson fire in 1933 during the struggle by the Nazis to gain power in Germany. The building was minimally refurbished in the 1960s and was finally reconstructed in in 1992 after the reunification of Germany. Lord Norman Foster won the architectural competition for the reconstruction, which involved gutting the entire building, leaving only the outer shell. A very large stainless steel and glass dome topped the new incarnation of the building, effectively turning the structure into a monument by offering visitors a chance to traverse a large spiral ramp within the dome leading to a deck overlooking the whole of Berlin.

Date: Tuesday 23 April
Time: 12.30 – 1.30pm
Venue: Baldwin Spencer Theatre, Baldwin Spencer Building

Thinking of going on exchange this year? Looking for some guidance with your exchange study plan?

We will be holding a short information session to assist students currently preparing their exchange application for the upcoming deadline. The last few minutes of the presentation will be dedicated to answering questions you may have about exchange.

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Date: Friday 15 March
Time: 5.30 pm
Venue: Harold White Theatre

Professor Peter Rowe will present a free public lecture on Shanghai's planning post 1978. He will discuss significant urban environments, aspects of its underlying spatial structure, how it is regarded in the Chinese context and some of the challenges it faces.

Peter Rowe is Raymond Garbe Professor of Architecture and Urban Design and Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor. He will be in Melbourne to be conferred an Honorary Doctorate in Architecture on 16 March.

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Dates: July 2013
Organisation: Melbourne University Community Development Club
Position title: Community Projects Leader
Employment type: Voluntary

Melbourne University Community Development Club (MUCDC) is an active group of University of Melbourne students passionate about the progress of developing communities around the world. We aim to improve the economic, social and environmental wellbeing of people through grassroots projects. Our flagship project is based in Ilahita, a rural village in North-West Papua New Guinea.

Since 2008, students have been travelling to Ilahita and seeking ways to work with the community on a multitude of issues from agriculture and infrastructure to public health and access to education. We are currently looking for motivated postgraduate and undergraduate students, keen to apply their skills and knowledge in a challenging and exciting environment, to fill a diverse range of positions on the upcoming July 2013 Expedition to Ilahita.

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Content by: Gwyllim Jahn
Creative team: Stanislav Roudavski, David Lister, Ex-Lab & Elseware

The studio investigates computational processes in design and parametric modelling using Grasshopper, the visual programming plugin for Rhino3d.

A new series of video tutorials have been produced for MSD students and are now available online. If you are interested in experimenting with digital design processes or unleashing more possibilities in your design modelling regardless of your involvement in the studio this resource is a great introduction with the content already being accessed by like-minded designers internationally. Tutorial videos use Grasshopper release 0.9.0014.

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Date: Saturday 23 March - Sunday 24 March
Location: Canberra

YPConnect is the national young planners conference and is designed by young planners for young planners. It seeks to cover the big issues facing our profession, from emerging planning challenges through to career development and advancement. It offers the chance to get engaged, exchange new ideas, network and socialise with other like-minded young planners.

There are some fantastic international speakers lined up – including Mitchell Silver (American Planning Association President) and Steve Quartermain (the UK’s Chief Planner).

Registration is just $140 for PIA student members (tip! if you are not yet a member, you can buy a part-year student PIA membership for $30).

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Date: Friday 5 April
Prize: US$2000 and worldwide publicity.

The Bentley Student Design Competition gives students an opportunity to explore the crucial and rewarding work of designing, building, operating, and sustaining the world's infrastructure by using MicroStation or any of Bentley's architecture, bridge, construction, road, geospatial, or engineering design software. At the same time, it encourages them to pursue a course of study that emphasizes math and sciences, which are fundamental to every infrastructure discipline.

The Bentley Student Design Competition recognizes innovative and technically advanced projects created by university, technical college, and high school students using Bentley software. Through their hands-on participation in this design work, the students acquire the software knowledge and hone the skills they’ll need as future members of the infrastructure community.

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Location: Parkville campus

The Young Builders Alliance is an organisation developed to create constructive and entertaining opportunities for students to network among one another, with recent graduates and experienced industry professionals to jump-start their career. If you would like to get involved and become a member, find us on Facebook!

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Dates: Applications close Tuesday 11 June. Results announced in July 2013
Prize: Grand total of 4000 euros

Rio de Janeiro CityVision is the fifth international ideas competition launched by CityVision, and challenges entrants to provide a vision on Rio de Janeiro’s future.

Judged by an international panel of experts, this competition invites architects, designers, students, artists and creatives to develop urban and visionary proposals with the aim of stimulating new ideas for the future of our cities.

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Date: Applications close Saturday 31 August

Terreform ONE has announced the 4th annual ONE Prize Competition.

This year’s competition is set in the context of severe climate dynamism: how can cities adapt to the future challenges of extreme weather? The ONE Prize is a call to deploy sophisticated design to alleviate storm impact through various urban interventions such as: protective green spaces, barrier shorelines, alternative housing, waterproofing technology, and public space solutions.

This is an international competition and is open to everyone from professionals to students.

For more information contact Maria Aiolova by clicking on the email button below.

Date: Thursday 21 March
Time: 6.30 pm
Venue: Hercus Theatre, Physics Building

NEW DIRECTIONS IN HEALTH ARCHITECTURE - A SALUTOGENIC APPROACH

In this, the second event in the ABP AGENDA series, Professor Alan Dilani will introduce the concept of 'salutogenic' thinking and will illustrate how it can be applied to the design of new hospital facilities.

'Salutogenic Architecture' involves an interdisciplinary application of architecture, design, engineering, medicine, public health policy, culture and psychosocial factors. The approach is focussed on delivering hospital and healthcare environments which directly support improved health outcomes.

Professor Dilani is Founder and Director General of the International Academy of Design and Health in Stockholm and is Co-founder of the Journal, 'World Health Design'.

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