The project is a major residential extension to the College. It lies to the west of the city centre in a spacious residential area laid out at the end of the nineteenth century, but is linked back to the main College buildings through the College gardens.

There were already four existing Edwardian houses and two later student hostels on the site, lying amongst fragments of the gardens belonging to the old houses running down to Bin Brook, which flows into the River Cam. The design seeks to clarify the site layout by using the new buildings to frame and re-define the relationships between the existing buildings, and to create a clear distinction between open meadow along Bin Brook and the densely inhabited area, which is intensively landscaped.

The new buildings are arranged to enclose the perimeter of the site and control access points. They also overlook the principal external circulation routes to enhance security further.

The new accommodation is in the form of towers with staircase access to study bedrooms and Fellows' Sets, with en-suite showers and shared kitchens. Common rooms are sited against the existing hostels as a means of integrating them into the new site layout. Materials were carefully selected on the basis of the Collegešs requirement to minimise future maintenance costs.

Client Trinity College, Cambridge
Contract Type JCT.1980
Completion September 1995
Awards 1997 - RIBA Award
             1997 - Civic Trust Award
             1996 - Brick Awards : Supreme Winner

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