Google has unveiled designs for a technology-focused village filled with office space, shops, lakes and playing fields and new homes, despite telling employees that they will be working from home until July next year. 

It submitted on Tuesday a proposal to remodel a 40 acre plot in Mountain View, California, which is home to its international headquarters. 

The impressive Middlefield Park Master Plan details a campus with 1.33 million square feet of office space, 30,000 square feet of retail space, up to 1,850 housing units, and 20,000 square feet of civic and event space, as well as 12 acres of open space.

The designs depict a Utopian green space with a town square, a football field and a lake with residents kayaking and swimming. 

Michael Tymoff, the company’s real estate director, told the Mountain View Voice that it wants employees to move into the village “where a lot of the needs and services are within walking distance from where you live and work”.  Some of the housing is required by local laws surrounding property development.