  We study the viability of five-dimensional gauge theories as candidates for
the origin of the Higgs field and its mechanism for spontaneous symmetry
breaking. Within the framework of lattice field theory, we consider the
simplest model of an $SU(2)$ gauge theory. We construct this theory on a
five-dimensional orbifold which explicitly breaks the gauge symmetry to $U(1)$
at the fixed points of the orbifold. Using anisotropic gauge couplings, we find
that this theory exhibits three distinct phases which we label as confined,
Higgs and hybrid. Within the Higgs phase, close to the Higgs-hybrid phase
transition, we find that the ratio of the Higgs to gauge boson masses takes
Standard Model-like values. Precisely in this region of the phase diagram, we
find dimensional reduction via localisation.
