Scheme to include offices, life sciences and housing
Hawkins Brown has been awarded a £2.6m job to design the redevelopment of Oxford station and the surrounding area.
The practice has been appointed by Network Rail to design the replacement of the existing 1980s station and a mixed-use masterplan including offices, life sciences, a hotel, housing and a multi-storey car park.
The scheme is set to “evolve” a previous set of proposals for the site drawn up by AHR in 2014 which would have seen the construction of a large station building with vaulted arches.
Hawkins Brown signed the contract on 27 August with the job expected to last for around three-and-a-half years to February 2030.
Network Rail said the project aims to deliver a “new vision for the station environment, supporting Oxford’s growth as a national rail hub and global innovation centre”.
The work will include an illustrative masterplan for the station area and a full planning application for the scheme’s first phase, with work on the second phase said by Network Rail to be “entirely optional and may not be instructed”.
The award comes six years after Atkins was appointed to upgrade AHR’s original 2014 masterplan, which was valued then at £75m.
The scheme is part of plans to transform the station into a regional rail hub linking to the East West Rail route to Cambridge and Milton Keynes and the Cowley branch line.
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