A Hawkins Brown-led team has been selected to work up masterplan proposals for the development of an “innovation district” with up to 2,000 homes at Oxford University’s Begbroke Science Park.

The practice beat shortlisted teams including Allies & Morrison with Mecanoo; Carlo Ratti with Groupwork; Grimshaw Architects; and another team featuring Alison Brooks Architects, Wilkinson Eyre and dRMM in a competition run on behalf of Oxford University Development.

A total of 40 bids were submitted in response to the original competition call in November. Big names including OMA, Levitt Bernstein, SOM, AHMM, and Arup working with David Kohn and Adam Kahn were among those who did not progress to the next stage.

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