Planning for Net Zero Retrofit (BPLN0108)

Design and Creative Practice Year 3 is driven by an interest in interdisciplinary research-based practice that looks outside of the institution and promotes...

Design and Creative Practice 3 (BARC0107)

Design and Creative Practice Year 3 is driven by an interest in interdisciplinary research-based practice that looks outside of the institution and promotes public facing, socially engaged projects. Throughout the year students explore and experiment with strategies for creating projects that are sustainable within a wide cultural context, whilst collectively exploring a theme relating to architecture and the built environment.

In line with the ethos of Architectural and Interdisciplinary Studies, in which students have the opportunity to tailor their educational experience by selecting their own modules, we encourage students to take the lead. Projects are developed through collaboration and conversation within the peer group and with the guidance and direction of the tutors. Due to the broad range of research topics and multiple disciplines explored in the module we aim to invite external practitioners with specific skills or areas of expertise to contribute to the group discussions through a series of workshops, screening and talks. 

The module starts in term 1 with a series of short projects that are often carried out in pairs or larger groups. Building on the outcomes of these initial projects students then have the opportunity to develop their own brief in response to a specific strand of research initiated in term 1. 

Design and Creative Practice 2 is a unique module on the Architectural &amp; Interdisciplinary Studies programme that enables each student to understand design...

Design and Creative Practice 2 (BARC0103)

Design and Creative Practice 2 is a unique module on the Architectural & Interdisciplinary Studies programme that enables each student to understand design disciplines, with a view to developing their own individual creative practice. 

This module encourages students to discover the work of a wide range of creative practitioners, including – but not limited to – architects, landscape architects, inventors, filmmakers, artists, designers and writers. This informs an understanding of the relevance of interdisciplinary discourse to architecture, sustainability and the environment. 

With a focus on questioning and experimentation, the course is highly process-led, and encourages working as individuals and in groups in the B-Made workshop, studio and on sites across London. The module’s open and self-led approach encourages exploration across media, performance and conversation, grounded in a theoretical and material acknowledgement of our environment and our impacts on it. 

The course is supported by a dynamic programme of workshops with invited guests from various creative backgrounds, and culminated in a collaborative event in which we celebrate students’ individual projects.