The new Hands Building at Mansfield College Oxford is the 3rd phase of an ambitious masterplan and estates development strategy developed for the college by MICA Architects. The building is formed of a 4-storey cross-laminated timber structure above a concrete podium. The concrete basement and podium house a 160 seat lecture theatre and a new HQ for the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, while the CLT structure above houses 74 student bedrooms with en suite bathrooms. The bedrooms are accessed via a private, naturally lit CLT staircase featuring exposed CLT soffits and spine wall.
