The village was designed as a number of stacked studio apartment modules by London architects WilkinsonEyre, and modelled after Montreal's Habitat 67.

[1] Originally WilkinsonEyre's director said they wanted to paint the structure, but James Dyson preferred wood interiors.

The pods were inspired by the Habitat 67 housing development designed in Montreal, Canada, by Moshe Safdie.

[1] Each pod has a large front window facing the communal building called the Roundhouse, which has a cafe, a screening room and a gathering area.

[4][5] The architects stated that the Roundhouse was meant to be the central "social and education hub" of the campus.