alternative option 2

i think this one has potential. it preserves the only bit of forest actually on site. it presents 3 different outward looking faces - building centre, academic and resi-type-things. all inward faces benefit from the 'forest'.
in the plan, the purple blob is built, the pretty green blob is the 'forest', while the bubbles are possible open spaces of different characters. resolving the built blob will of course enclose / differentiate some of the open spaces. at both corners, a little patch of land has been left open to public - a sympathetic way to embrace citizens.

(there better be 5 comments on this post by wednesday evening.)