The project forms the first part of a comprehensive redevelopment scheme. This is designed to improve the facilities and internal organisation of the college and present an external image appropriate to its position as an institution with an international reputation for research and development in advanced technology. The college is housed in a former aircraft hanger constructed prior to the Second World War. The first consists of external works, a new entrance and canopy, reception and meeting room and the erection of a new facade. The new layout seeks to provide a more civilised approach to the college and at the same time seizes the opportunity to from a significant landscaped space at the heart of the campus. A concrete wall defines the entrance and provides support for the first floor conference room which projects through the facade to command views of the airfield. The wall returns to enclose a stair and rises to meet the central 'fuselage' of the wing shaped canopy structure.