The landscape design for Jack Straws Lane aims to create an accessible garden for elderly residents with a variety of external spaces to facilitate a range of functional spaces. The spaces range from open, interactive spaces for communal / group activities, to smaller, more intimate spaces designed to promote social interaction and to connect with nature. The scheme benefits from multiple balconies, enabling the residents to embrace the verdant setting throughout the building.

Following the local vernacular, the proposed development uses traditional materials to embrace the existing context and to respect the historic brick-making that once occurred on site. Continuing these familiar traditional materials in a mannered modern way, the development contributes to and continues to enhance the character of Headington.