External Projects: Engage, Negotiate & Resolve

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Modules

Courses / Modules / ARTD6322 External Projects: Engage, Negotiate & Resolve

When you'll study it

Semester 2

CATS points

ECTS points

Level

Level 7

Module lead

Daniel Hobson

Academic year

2027-28

Module overview

This module focuses on producing impactful, contextually responsive spatial design outcomes that contribute to meaningful change. Building on the foundations established in Semester 1’s Design Projects: Investigate, Imagine, Intervene, you will extend your experience of the Spatial Design process by applying it to real‑world, externally set projects. Through this, you will strengthen your abilities in research, ideation and the communication of spatial solutions to clients and stakeholders. You will work collaboratively to address spatial and environmental design challenges, developing essential professional skills in teamwork, shared decision‑making and the effective use of individual strengths within a group context. This approach mirrors contemporary industry practice, preparing you to operate confidently within multidisciplinary design teams. Projects will be delivered in partnership with WSA Exchange and the Art School’s Research Labs, offering opportunities to engage with community, civic, cultural or environmental partners. These live briefs will enable you to design with purpose, accountability and empathy, while deepening your understanding of client engagement. You will learn how to negotiate project constraints, respond to stakeholder feedback and shape design proposals that are both creative and responsible.

Aims and Objectives

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

Creative engagement with key ideas and debates in Environmental and Spatial Design and their professional contexts and challenges.

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

use inclusive, ethical and sustainable practices to design and evaluate an assessment output evidencing project management techniques and research methods

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

Utilize responsible design values, collaborative thinking and practice-led research to produce high quality spatial design assets

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

design and create an assessment output that demonstrates creative problem-solving and effective communication techniques

Learning and Teaching

Teaching and learning methods

Teaching Methods include: • Tutor briefings • Presentations • Group and one-to-one tutorials • Critical Reviews/Formative Feedback • Professional and academic research skills • Design and technical workshops Learning Activities include: • Independent learning, including reflection on verbal and/or written feedback • Independent research and investigation • Workshop-based learning • Digital and studio practice • Peer-group learning • Class discussions

Study time
Type	Hours
Independent Study	252
Teaching	48
Total study time	300

Assessment

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Group presentation

Assessment Type: Formative
Feedback:
Final Assessment: No
Group Work: No

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Breakdown
Method	Percentage contribution
Portfolio	100%

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Breakdown
Method	Percentage contribution
Portfolio	100%

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.

Breakdown
Method	Percentage contribution
Portfolio	100%

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