The commission was won following an Architectural Competition. Close to the City Walls and York Minster at the junction of three historic routes, the brownfield site included an isolated pair of derelict Georgian terraced houses. The project provides 4,800m2 of teaching and associated office space. The design responds to the local context in terms of scale, form and materials: the external walls are a mixture of local handmade bricks, dark grey panels, fair faced concrete, render and timber. Internal walls are exposed concrete, Fletton brickwork and plastered walls. Along the busy road, the boundary is defined by a high deep curved wall with deep faceted window reveals. The wall creates a strong, modulated boundary to the public areas and curves to create the entrance into a new courtyard.