Hawkins\Brown wins international design competition for Begbroke Innovation District
Oxford University Development, a joint venture between the University of Oxford and Legal & General Capital, announces Hawkins\Brown’s design team as the winner of the international design competition for Begbroke Innovation District
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The world-leading, 190-hectare mixed-use Innovation District is located just to the north of Oxford. The project will not only provide an exemplary new setting for the University’s world-leading science and innovation but will also create a community of up to 2,000 quality homes, with new schools, a public park and a nature reserve.
Our team brings fresh perspectives; comprised of OKRA (Netherlands), BuroHappold and C:Lab, RCKa, Ooze (Netherlands), and Murray Twohig. Drawing on our cross-sector experience, we are collaborating to balance the need for delivery, design, attention to phasing and the evolution of the place.
We’re thrilled to have found a stellar team that will work with us to design a masterplan that responds to Oxford's housing needs and propels the economic attraction of the new centre as an exemplary place to live, work, and foster innovation and enterprise.
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This is one of those rare opportunities to set an agenda for a type of place that doesn't quite yet exist. We're super-happy that Oxford University Development has selected our team of spicy talents to work with them. We're going to give it our all!