Oxford council has approved plans by Scott Brownrigg for a new four-block life sciences campus.

The pre-construction contractor on the job is Blue Sky Building while others working on the job include QS Aecom, project manager Gardiner & Theobald, M&E consultant Hoare Lea and structures consultant Waterman.

Three four-storey buildings and an additional single storey amenity building will be built for developer Railpen at Eastpoint Business Park, about five miles south of Oxford city centre.

Source: Scott Brownrigg

How the buildings will look when built

The practice’s designs for the buildings feature a series of horizontal bands and vertical flues on the facades using a material palette of browns and neutral colours.

Just over half of the floorspace has been designed for laboratory use with the remainder reserved for offices.

The scheme will also contain a cafe, a social hub and a ‘Learning Lab’ providing local students with access to professional facilities and access to research experts.

The scheme is the latest in a string of life sciences projects which the practice is working on in Oxford.

The firm’s £150m campus for Oxford Science Park, due to be built by Mace, was approved in 2023, and plans for a £35m expansion of Wootton Science Park were unveiled in March this year.