Architecture students are designing innovative spaces for two Aberdeen organisations.

This is part of a new learning and teaching philosophy, "community as an extended classroom", and is part of a module which focuses on understanding relationships between people and their environments.

The project has seen the stage students work in groups alongside cancer charity, CLAN, and outdoor sports centre, Transition Extreme, to design new outdoor spaces.

Creating sensory and therapeutic spaces, bridging the gap between indoor and outdoor environments, was central to CLAN's design remit.

Communications and marketing manager at CLAN, Susanne Shepherd, said: "Each group took the CLAN brief and produced creative and imaginative work which fulfilled our brief of being accessible, forward thinking and creating an additional asset to CLAN House.

"From the initial meeting the CLAN team had with the students to the final presentation of the ideas, we were struck by the enthusiasm and professionalism of the group."