Oxford Science Park
The Oxford Science Park has acquired Northbrook House. ritchie*studio was commissioned 35 years ago to design the building, and it was completed in 1997. In anticipation of future change the Northbrook House embodies the practice’s innovative and spatially adaptable architectural approach. The design was conceived as a layered pavilion floating on the landscape with vehicles parked out of site below. It will now be refurbished and expand Oxford Science Park’s supply of flexible lab space with high-quality laboratory and write-up accommodation designed to meet the needs of pioneering science and technology start-ups and growth businesses, with suites ranging from 330 to 2,155 sq. m.
Its architecture has a timeless quality, with landscape design by Rummey design, engineering by Whitby Bird and Rybka Battle.
ritchie*studio has designed several labs including those at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (2018-2023) and the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviours (SWC) at UCL (2009-16).
A connected stand-alone building extension to the SWC – the 5th Quad – was commissioned in 2022 and will be completed in 2026.
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