The aim of the project was to reinvigorate the historic Bruce Hall Residence, to reassert its signigcance as the heart of ANU campus life. To engage the existing community, student input in the design process was adopted to recreate a collegiate environment around a traditional courtyard accommodation model. Ultimately the building aspired to foster student life in two independent colleges which face each other across the breadth of University Ave. The use of interwoven social spaces located through a vertical village encourage a sense of community. These double height zones connect students and support the communal and social aspects of college life. The social engagement embedded in the program builds on the ethos of the Tuckwell foundation.