This design project proposes a small research hub for the University of Glasgow. The site is located 40km west of the city centre at 'Cloch Point' near the town of Gourock on the Upper Firth of Clyde. The project is atop a hillside caravan park with a broad north westerly aspect and functions as a facility for testing growing conditions for plants, with the aim of improving life and wellbeing in Glasgow.

At the hub, research into plant genetics will be undertaken in order to grow plants for food in Glasgow. There will also be research into gardening, with the development of a prototype garden for public and residential spaces that encourages people to access green space. The design has developed through the consideration of aesthetics as well as environmental and strategic factors, in order to provide spaces for different research activities. The design experiments with vernacular techniques in conversation with the immediate and wider context, employing low embodied energy materials to minimise the environmental impact. Inhabitants in nearby caravans would work for the garden development as volunteers. The desire to embrace inhabitants informed the layout of the building, which is streetlike and makes space for two event courtyards.