Situated not far from London, this new student village, with 205 dwellings for the Royal Veterinary College, consists of nine three- to four-storey blocks grouped in pairs about planted courtyards. All with an east-west orientation, the pairs of houses linked by are access cores. The complex is rounded off by an elongated building containing a restaurant, a conference hall and communal spaces. Each of the six apartments per floor is fitted out with a prefabricated bathroom/WC, while sharing a communal kitchen. Every dwelling has an oriel window that is not directly overlooked. The mixed form of construction comprises precast concrete floor units, brick walls and steel frame in the roof storey. These form the structural core of the blocks. The load-bearing staircases consist of steel beams and concrete floor slabs. The facades are clad with brickwork in the plinth zone and with timber on the upper floors. As a design feature, the hybrid outer skin serves to break down the volume. The use of local red cedar and Bronsgroen bricks had a considerable influence on the history of this location. While new structures are clad in timber, the original buildings on the campus are wholly in brick. The perforated, bronze-coloured aluminium cladding to the prefabricated staircases was created in conjunction with an artist. At night, reddish light transforms these elements into outsize lanterns.