University of Oxford, Life and Mind Building
Promoting research and discovery, the Life and Mind Building at the University of Oxford caters to the increasingly collaborative nature of modern science, transforming the University’s engagement with the public and the relationship between the psychological and biological sciences. The design promotes engagement between the departments of research and education, providing an inviting space to support innovative thinking and multi-disciplinary communication.
As the largest building project the University has ever undertaken—and the UK’s largest laboratory designed to Passivhaus principles—the Life and Mind Building takes advantage of the efficiencies and flexibility a shared building can offer. Large parts of the project are designed to suit multiple laboratory types, allowing it to flex, adapt and reconfigure to respond over time, and significantly improving the way psychological and biological science is undertaken in Oxford.
Features
Significantly contributing to the public realm, the building invites people in via a new plaza, allowing views into and across the ground floor. The plaza provides space for events and separates the large building into two smaller volumes in keeping with the local context.
Project Details
Client Name
University of Oxford
Square Meters
25,083 SM
Program
Laboratories and testing spaces, herbarium archives and research spaces, glasshouses, offices, teaching, conference, teaching laboratories, unallocated space for future expansion, study and social space, cafe, exhibition space, public plaza
Services
Architecture, interior design, lighting design
Phase
Construction
Sustainability
Targeting 40% carbon reduction against Part L and Passivhaus principles. Also targeting University of Oxford bespoke sustainability goals incorporating elements of BREEAM, Passivhaus and WELL.
Client Name
University of Oxford
Square Meters
25,083 SM
Program
Laboratories and testing spaces, herbarium archives and research spaces, glasshouses, offices, teaching, conference, teaching laboratories, unallocated space for future expansion, study and social space, cafe, exhibition space, public plaza
Services
Architecture, interior design, lighting design
Phase
Construction
Sustainability
Targeting 40% carbon reduction against Part L and Passivhaus principles. Also targeting University of Oxford bespoke sustainability goals incorporating elements of BREEAM, Passivhaus and WELL.
ADF (Architects’ Datafile), “NBBJ Unveils Design of the new Life and Mind Building at the University of Oxford”
Architect's Journal, “NBBJ Gets the Go-Ahead for £200m Oxford Lab on Site of Leslie Martin block”
Building Design, “NBBJ Gets Planning Green Light for Oxford Uni’s Biggest Ever project”
E-Architect, “Life and Mind Building at the University of Oxford”
Financial Times, “Ineos Gives Oxford £100m to Set Up Antibiotic Research Institute”
ADF (Architects’ Datafile), “NBBJ Unveils Design of the new Life and Mind Building at the University of Oxford”
Architect's Journal, “NBBJ Gets the Go-Ahead for £200m Oxford Lab on Site of Leslie Martin block”
Building Design, “NBBJ Gets Planning Green Light for Oxford Uni’s Biggest Ever project”
E-Architect, “Life and Mind Building at the University of Oxford”
Financial Times, “Ineos Gives Oxford £100m to Set Up Antibiotic Research Institute”
