The Cornmarket façade of our new Cheng Yu Tung Building in Oxford is starting to be revealed as the stonework is completed and scaffolding disassembled.
This is the first opportunity for both College members and the local community to view how the final building will look, and gives a tantalizing taste of what’s to come. Our construction partners BAM continue to progress well with the £40m project, and a number of skilled tradespeople – including stonemasons, electricians and plasterers – are currently hard at work on the site.
New postgraduate bedroom windows can now be seen from Cornmarket as the removal of scaffolding begins.
The founding of the College’s new building has been made possible in large part thanks to a transformative £15 million donation from Hong Kong entrepreneur and philanthropist, Dr Henry Cheng Kar Shun, through his London-based property company Knight Dragon. The development is named in honour of Dr Cheng’s father, Dr Cheng Yu Tung.
New drone footage, generously provided by Smith and Wallwork Engineers, shows just how far the development has progressed since we broke ground in 2019.
Once completed, the new building will be home to new graduate accommodation, indoor and outdoor communal spaces, a fourth quad, state-of-the-art teaching facilities and the Cheng Kar Shun Digital Hub. Embracing the latest digital technologies and methodologies, the Hub will enrich learning for our students, enhance the world-leading academic research of our Fellows, and enable us to reach more young people through our Access & Outreach programmes; positioning Jesus College as a global education and research institution.
Work has also started on the integration of a state-of-the-art NHS Primary Care Centre in the basement of the building. The new medical centre will house three local surgeries – King Edward Street, 27 Beaumont Street and 28 Beaumont Street – under one roof, and aims to improve primary care access and other healthcare services for 20,000 patients in purpose-built facilities.