2024-12-21T20:06:31-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150386126/foster-partners-releases-ellison-institute-of-technology-campus-designs-in-oxford Josh Niland 2023-10-16T17:09:00-04:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f1/f1b48893d015a978a1e6a79d26d0cd21.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/fosterandpartners" target="_blank">Foster + Partners</a> has unveiled renderings for a new scientific research and development facility design located in Oxford, UK.</p> <p>The project to establish a new home for the eight-year-old Ellison Institute of Technology (EIT) comprises a 30,000-square-meter (323,000-square-foot) central research laboratory, oncological wellness institute, and restoration of existing buildings. Its creation positions the institute, which also operates out of Los Angeles, for better collaborations with <a href="https://archinect.com/schools/cover/56704057/oxford-university" target="_blank">Oxford University</a> and the city&rsquo;s biotech and technology industries. The EIT says it will also aid with the launch of its new Ellison Scholars program, which was initiated earlier this year.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/62/6276bb3e2333bb0719cd539f7c0fd6fa.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/62/6276bb3e2333bb0719cd539f7c0fd6fa.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image courtesy Foster + Partners</figcaption></figure><p>The scope of its design entails connecting the restored single-volume Littlemore House to new pavilions located at the easternmost edge of the site in order to create a larger C-shape footprint surrounding a landscaped courtyard that&rsquo;s built over a sunken 200-seat auditorium and culminat...</p>