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The Transitional Cathedral or “Cardboard Cathedral” of Christchurch, New Zealand opened in August 2013 following significant damage to the nearby Christchurch Cathedral in the 2011 New Zealand earthquakes. Architect Shigeru Ban worked pro bono to design the structure made from cardboard tubes, timber and steel. Click here for a construction time lapse video.

Title image credit: Geof Wilson, Transitional Cathedral, 2013.

Dates: 2 - 13 February 2015
Venue: University of Technology, Sydney (UTS)
Application due date: 19 January 2015

The Architectural Association Visiting School (VS) Sydney returns in February 2015. This is a two weeks intensive workshop hosted by the University of Technology Sydney with an international panel of design tutors, including staff from University of Melbourne.

The workshop is open to current architecture and design students, phd candidates and young professionals. Costs apply.

If you have any further queries regarding the Visiting School, please contact Paul Loh, Lecturer in Digital Architecture Design, or click below.

Dates: 11 June - 15 July 2015
Venue: Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

In June-July 2015, MSD students will have great opportunity to travel to the Galapagos Islands. According to UNESCO, the Galapagos Islands are a "unique living museum and showcase of evolution".

The studio will focus on the analysis and understanding of urban settlements in protected natural areas, and on the understanding of potential of architecture, urban design, planning and construction, to improve sustainability of the islands.

Students will be introduced to Complex Adaptive System theory and modeling technique. They will have opportunity to work at Charles Darwin Foundation and to work with international experts from many diverse disciplines. The studio will be divided into two parts. Part one will take place in Quito (one week), followed by part two, three weeks in Galapagos Islands.

For further information about this Travelling Studio, please contact Justyna Karakiewicz. For information about undertaking a Travelling Studio in your degree, click below.

SES closes: 11.59pm, Sunday 2 November

Your Subject Experience Survey (SES) will be closing this Sunday. This is your chance to not only provide feedback on your learning experiences in subjects, but be in the running to win $500 cash.

You can complete your SES by either going to the survey website on your computer/mobile or from your 'My Home' tab on the LMS.

Stipend: Approx. AUD $2,900 per month for three years
Application due date: Monday 1 December 2014

The Research Grants Council of Hong Kong is launching the sixth round of its Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme. The Scheme aims to attract top international students to pursue PhD studies in Hong Kong's world-class research institutions.

The fellowship provides a monthly stipend of HK $20,000 (approx. AUD $2,900) and a conference and research related travel allowance of HK$10,000 (approx. AUD $1,400) per year, for a period of three years.

For further information, please send an email or click below to visit the Scheme's website. 

The Architecture, Building and Planning Library will be closed from Monday 24 November to Monday 1 December while it relocates into the new MSD Building. If students have any queries please contact Naomi Mullumby or Sarah Charing.

Image credit: Graeme Butler.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Abstracts due: 1 December 2014
Final submissions due: 1 April 2015

Inflection, the MSD’s student-run journal of architecture and the built environment, invites submissions to its second issue, Projection.

If an inflection point is a moment of transition, a projection is something more dynamic. In architecture and the built environment, 'projection' has a multitude of meanings that extend through the realms of spatiality, theory and technology.

Inflection welcomes work from students, academics and professionals in any mode of expression, and offers an optional double-blind peer review process for academic pieces.

MSD students should re-enrol now for 2015..

All students who are currently enrolled, or on leave of absence, and who are planning to continue their course in 2015, must re-enrol. Re-enrolment involves signing the University's Enrolment Declaration for 2015 and enrolling in subjects, or applying for leave of absence for 2015.

The exceptions are Graduate Researchers, refer to the Melbourne School of Graduate Research re-enrolment page for details.

Students need to enrol between Monday 20 October 2014 and Friday 12 December 2014. If you haven’t re-enrolled by Friday 12 December 2014, you will incur a $100 late re-enrolment fee and your enrolment in your course may be cancelled.

Links to re-enrol are available in my.unimelb.

Graduate Transport Planner | GTA Consultants
Full-time, $55,000
Melbourne, Australia
Applications close: Monday 10 November

Management Trainee | Hang Lung Properties Limited
Full-time, HK$20,000
Hong-Kong, Hong-Kong
Applications close: Sunday 16 November

Student Planner | Hume City Council
Part-time (Fixed Term)
Broadmeadows, Australia
Applications close: Friday 21 November

Student Architect | Jolson Corp Pty Ltd - Architecture
Full-time (Fixed Term)
Prahran, Australia
Applications close: Monday 1 December

Landscape Intern | Art-spring Landscape Design Group (ASL)
Shenzhen, China
Applications close: Friday 31 December

Use your student or staff login to access Careers Online to see other full time, graduate, part time and casual jobs available.