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Here are the Stockwell Street, Building 11 arrangements running over the easter break and into next term for show preparations (term ends 2^nd April, and recommences 20^th April).

The studio opening will remain the same:

• Monday to Friday : 8AM to Midnight
• Weekends : 9AM to 9PM
• With the exception of Good Friday / April 3^rd which is11am – 7pm 

The workshop will be closed on the following days:

• Friday 3^rd April
• Monday 6^th April
• Tuesday 7^th April

The library will run a 24/4 opening model from Monday 6 April to Friday 15 May 2026, meaning it will remain open 24 hours from Monday 08:00 through to Friday midnight each week – ground floor only. See https://libcal.gre.ac.uk/hours/

Building 11 will operate some 24 opening – but just on particular days before big submissions (dates to be confirmed).

Some other key dates for your diaries are these:

• THURSDAY 30th April                 2nd Year Graphics Show: Opening (Greenwich Borough Hall).
• w/c Monday 11th MAY               Graphics / Media / Animation CONTRACTOR install
• Mon 1st / Tue 2nd / Wed June 3rd     Graphics / Animation / Media: SHOW ASSESSMENT
• w/c Monday  1st June                 Architecture / Landscape CONTRACTOR install
• WEDNESDAY June 17th         GRAD SHOW OPENING / 6PM
• SUNDAY  5th July                          SHOW CLOSES

Please note also that this summer we will be undertaking major building alterations meaning we need to accelerate the process of taking down and removing work coming out of the exhibition, we STRONGLY recommend taking away work as soon as possible to prevent it being damaged. Any exhibition work still remaining in studios by 14^th August will ned to be recycled / disposed.

• Monday 6th July             Students to take down / collect exhibits
• Monday 13th July          Any work remaining in 1010 & Crit Pit taken down by tech staff and stored in 1020
• Monday 20th July          Contractors commence work in studio floor
• Monday 20th July          Any work remaining in 1003/1004 taken down by tech staff and stored in 1002
• Friday 14^th August        Any work still remaining unclaimed in studios to be recycled disposed (excluding portfolios)
• Monday 21^st September           Any portfolios still remaining in studios to be recycled / disposed.

Dates subject to changes, please check comms and this tech blog for the latest updates on these.

Building 11 Summer Opening Hours

Monday – Friday: 8AM – 9PM

Sat / Sun: 9AM – 7PM

Workshop Access: by Arrangement

For continuing students / resubmissions, please email s.a.sheard@gre.ac.uk

Show Takedown:

July 1st -14th Students to take down / collect own work

July 15th – 19th: Any remaining work deinstalled by tech team and placed in collection areas

All unclaimed portfolios to be moved to first floor racks

– This includes work coming out of submissions

WORKSHOP: Please label any models to be retained for next academic year.

July 22nd – 31st: Contractor wall breakdown / studio rebuild / repaint

September 6th: Deadline for collection of exhibition work. 

Any work / models remaining in collection areas will be disposed / recycled

WORKSHOP: Any unclaimed / unlabelled models will be disposed / recycled  

October 7th: Deadline for collection of portfolios.

Any portfolios still unclaimed will be emptied and recycled.

If you anticipate difficulty with collecting items then please mail DesignStudios@gre.ac.uk

Please find opening times for Library and Building 11 this Easter; note these differ slightly between buildings:

The library will be operating 24 / 4 from the 8^th – 17^th May (Monday to Thursday) however building 11 will remain at midnight closing except on those particular days preceding large submissions (tba).

The workshop will be closed over the easter break on the Mon / Fri Easter bank holidays, and also Wednesday 10th – Wednesday 17th April inclusive.

PLEASE NOTE: REMOTE DIRECT ACCESS WILL FINISH SOON

With the return to on-campus teaching our remote direct access feature will be switched off; we will be needing all machines for physical access and the remote service will be stop working on the 7th September 2021

You will still be able to use the lightweight VDI for remote plotting but for the heavier applications there will no longer be a service to dial in to our machines here

We will soon be implementing another route to accessing all apps at home via Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop.

Key Dates

Monday 1st July

Show take down for students

– Students to collect exhibition work this week. Please take any work you want to keep, or arrange for a colleague to collect it for you.  

Monday 8th July

Contractor Take down

– Any work still remaining in the exhibition will be moved to a collection pile between plot area and crit pit.

– While we will endeavour to have work moved and stored carefully we strongly advise you to take away important work as soon as possible.

– All portfolios in computer areas (and second floor seminar rooms) moved to storage rack between plotters and computer area

– Graduating students should also take away any items remaining in the workshop – continuing students must make arrangements with the workshop if items are to remain there.

Wednesday 24th July

– Lockers and black cupboards to be emptied, inspected, batteries replaced. 

[31st July – Resubmissions]

Monday 5th August

– Network Shared Area; S: drive to be wiped.  Please back up. It is full

– If you do need to retain work here then please move it to a folder named “2020-your name”, anything else will be deleted

Monday 2nd September

– Recycling / disposal of any remaining exhibition work still in temporary storage area.

– Items of interest may be used elsewhere for display or demonstration purposes but there is very limited space for retaining models.

Monday 16th September

– Term begins [induction week]

Monday 23rd September

– Teaching begins

Monday 30th September

– Recycling of remaining portfolios; portfolios to be emptied of contents and made available to new students

April 29 / 30 : Enterprise Event in Crit Pit and Studios 1001-1006 (work, models, portfolios will need temporarily to be moved elsewhere)

April 29 / May 3 : PLOT SLAM. Bring properly sized PDF’s to support office for 25% discount on plots

April 15 : 24 Hour Access Starts (Mon-Fri only; Sat / Sun midnight finish)

April 29 : First Year Graphics Submission [Typo – Magazine]

May 6 : Early May Bank Holiday

May 7 – 9 : Second Year Show SETUP

May 8 Submissions:

• Submission: Architecture Year 1

• Submission: Architecture Year 2

• Submission: Architecture Year 3

May 9 Submissions:

• Submission: Landscape Architecture Year 1

• Submission: Landscape Architecture Year 2

• Submission: Landscape Architecture Year 3

• Submission: Landscape Architecture MLA1

• Submission: Landscape Architecture MLA2

May 10 Submission:

• Submission: Architecture Year 4

• Submission: Architecture Year 5

May 10 – 13 Second Year Show 11_1001 – 11_1006

May 13 : Second Year Graphics Submission [Branding Portfolio]

May 15 : Third Year Graphics Submission [Professional Portfolio]

May 17 : 24 Hour Access Ends

May 20-25 : Exhibition Build: Graphics / 3D/ Media 11_1001 – 11_1006

May 27 : Late May Bank Holiday

May 28 – June 1st: Exhibition Build: Architecture / Landscape Architecture

May 29 : Workshop Deadline: Plinths / Exhibition Furniture

May 28-31 : Exhibition Hanging: Graphics / 3D / Media

June 3 – 7 : Exhibition Hanging: Architecture / Landscape Architecture

June 3 – 7 : Ground Floor Build / Install

June 3 – 7 : Marking: Graphics / 3D / Media

June 11 : DEADLINE FOR COMPLETING ALL EXHIBITION INSTALLATION Midnight 

June 12 : Studio Floor CLOSED: For Deep Clean, catering setup, H&S inspection, etc.

June 12 : Exhibition Opening Night 6.00PM

June 28 : Final Day of public opening

June 29 : Open Day (Exhibition remains on display)

July 1 – 5 : Take down / collection of student work

July 8 – 12 : Exhibition Takedown

The 2018 end of year show starts on Wednesday 13th June and requires all models / materials / portfolios to be cleared from the first floor studios.

In preparation for this we will be carrying out a phased disposal / recycle of items currently in studios:

Throughout the next few weeks we will be moving items around the studio to a holding area – this is the tables in front of the wall between the CritPit and plotting area.

PLEASE IDENTIFY AND REMOVE ANY ITEMS HERE YOU WISH TO KEEP.

On each Friday before the exhibition the contents of these tables will be considered unwanted and will be disposed / recycled.

For work required for the show we will provide a safe storage area – details to be confirmed shortly.

Please note that we will WILL NOT dispose of portfolios.  The portfolio recycling routine is for us to move all portfolios onto the portfolio racks for reclaiming.  Those portfolios still remaining by the second week of term will have their contents disposed of and the portfolios themselves are made available to students needing them in the next academic year.

Keys dates for the disposal of work

• Friday 25^th May
• Friday 1^st June
• Friday 8^th June

Please assist us by taking home any work you wish to keep as soon as possible.

Currently the Colourwave Plotter will cut an A1 area of paper even when you send an A2 – so around 30% of paper is wasted.

Until we can put a server side fix in place you can make a tweak yourself to stop this happening.

In the plot dialogue / print settings for these queues:

• Standard-plot-dst-cw700-q1
• Premium-plot-dst-cd700-q3
• Ptype4-Plot-dst-CW700-Q4
• Ptype5-Plot-DST-CW700-Q5
• Ptype6-Plot-DST-CE700-Q6

select ADVANCED – scroll down to CUT METHOD – set this to PRINTER DEFAULT

Then only the height of an A2 is rolled out.