Design Engine were commissioned by Oxford Brookes University to produce a new masterplan for their Headington Campus and to design a series of interconnecting projects as the first phase of its delivery. This 24,000 sqm scheme was submitted for planning to Oxford City Council in 2009, and completed in phases between 2012 and 2014. At the core of the concept was the ambition to bring cohesion to a disparate campus and the core conceptual idea is of a central glowing box interpenetrated by pegs, which reach out to interconnect with the existing campus, integrating existing buildings with new central student facilities. But above all, the scheme provides adaptable and flexible accommodation for changing curricula and teaching patterns. And to achieve the University's vision for a holistic approach the new building needed to contain a critical mass of accommodation. This includes social learning spaces, main library, lecture theatre, teaching rooms and catering alonsgide a wide range of workspace and office accommodation.