First year artists research, test and realise collaborative and site responsive artworks in the public or private space of Archway.

'Here in Archway exemplifies the ideal of learning through doing due to the thoughtfully constructed stages of the brief. Students are able to experience in a very direct way the dynamics, dilemmas and excitement of working collaboratively and responding to site. The value of familiar art school calls to explore, play, plan, discuss, test, re-test, reflect and so on are made apparent through action during development and realisation rather than through discussion in the abstract.' Margot Bannerman 2010