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North West Cambridge development

January 01, 1970

Not to be confused with West Cambridge.

52°13′5″N 0°5′15″E / 52.21806°N 0.08750°E / 52.21806; 0.08750

Eddington market square

The North West Cambridge Development is a University of Cambridge site to the north west of Cambridge city centre in England. The development is meant to alleviate overcrowding and rising land prices in Cambridge.[1] The first phase resulted from a £350 million investment by the university. The development opened to the public for the Open Cambridge event on 9 September 2017.[2]

Context edit

The 150-hectare (370-acre) site covers the area between the M11 motorway, Madingley Road and Huntingdon Road. The area previously contained farms belonging to the university.[3]

Outline planning permission for the North-West Cambridge Development or University Farm site was granted in 2013. This covers up to 3,000 dwellings, up to 2,000 student bedspaces, 100,000 m2 (1,100,000 sq ft) employment floorspace (commercial and academic), retail floorspace, a community centre, health care centre, a primary school and nurseries, a hotel and an energy centre.[4]

The development sets out to achieve high levels of sustainability, including many photovoltaic cells to gather solar energy, low levels of car use, a district heating network with energy centre scheme, communal waste collection systems,[5] and the recycling of rainwater for irrigation and the flushing of toilets.[6][7][8]

Architecture practices involved in the development include: WilkinsonEyre, Mole Architects, Stanton Williams, Mecanoo, Sarah Wigglesworth Architects, RH Partnership, Marks Barfield Architects, MUMA, Maccreanor Lavington, and Witherford Watson Mann.

Eddington edit

Eddington is the name given by developers to a local centre in the North West Cambridge Development,[9] after Cambridge astrophysicist Arthur Eddington,[10] who led an expedition to the island of Príncipe to photograph the solar eclipse of May 29, 1919 and verify Einstein's General Theory of Relativity.[11] It is part of Phase I of the North West Cambridge Development, and combines the Castle Ward in the northwest of the city with Girton, a parish in the district of South Cambridgeshire.

In 2018 a very large Roman villa was excavated on a site next to the Park & Ride scheme in Eddington.[12]

Eddington is centred around Market Square, where there is a 2,000 m2 (22,000 sq ft) Sainsbury's supermarket.[2] Its one school, the University of Cambridge Primary School, was opened in 2015 and occupies a toroidal building (shaped like a Polo mint) designed by Marks Barfield.[13] The Storey's Field community centre and nursery is adjacent, and was nominated for the 2018 Stirling Prize; key worker housing completed by Stanton Williams in 2019 was nominated for the 2021 Stirling Prize.[14] Graduate students of Girton College are housed at Swirles Court.[1]

An energy centre provides a district heating system, while a sustainable urban drainage system channels rainwater via bioswales to the artificial Brook Leys lake between the site and the M11 motorway. The water is pumped back into homes for washing through a non-potable network.[10]

The Fata Morgana Tea House, designed by the German artists Wolfgang Winter and Berthold Hörbelt, sits on the western bank of Brook Leys lake. Except for the roof, almost the entire two-storey pavilion, including built-in benches, was made from undulating stainless steel welded grating.[10] Depending on light conditions, its polished surfaces can appear shiny or see-through.[15]

These photographs were taken in September 2017:

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    Entrance from Bunkers Hill
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    Market square
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    Energy centre
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    Primary school
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    Swirles Court
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    A pond with Fata Morgana in the distance
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    Fata Morgana tea house and Brook Leys
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    Berthold Hörbelt and Wolfgang Winter in Fata Morgana

Transport edit

The site is served by the Whippet Universal bus. Madingley Road Park and Ride lies to the south of Eddington. The Ridgeway, a cycle and pedestrian path runs through the site from Girton to Storey's Way.[10]

Eddington has road access to Madingley Road on its south side and Huntingdon Road on the north-east side.[16]

History edit

  • 2009: Area Action Plan adopted by Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire District Councils. This states:
    • "North West Cambridge will create a new University quarter, which will contribute to meeting the needs of the wider city community, and which will embody best practice in environmental sustainability."[16]
  • February 2013: Outline planning permission for North West Cambridge development.[17]
  • June 2014: Name of Eddington announced, in honour of Sir Arthur Eddington who lived and worked nearby. Other names announced within North West Cambridge are open spaces Brook Leys and Storey's Field, and residential areas Ridgeway Village and Gravel Hill.[9][18]
  • September 2016: University of Cambridge Primary School, adjacent to Eddington, is officially opened, although its first intake of children started in September 2015. This is the first operational unit of the North West Cambridge development.[19]
  • June 2017: Swirles Court, student accommodation for Girton College, is completed. It is named for Bertha Swirles (Lady Jeffreys), a Girton alumna.[20]
  • July 2017: the first residents move in to Eddington.[21]
  • September 2017: Sainsbury's and Argos stores open.[22] Go Whippet bus service U commences services to Eddington.[23] An open day was held at Eddington with speeches from the University Vice-Chancellor Leszek Borysiewicz and local MPs Heidi Allen and Daniel Zeichner.

Future development edit

Eddington will include 700 residences for key workers at the University, 325 rooms for postgraduate students, the market square with Sainsbury's and local shops, the energy centre, and the health centre,[24] and a hotel.[25]

The North West Cambridge Development is planned to eventually contain 3,000 homes, accommodation for 2,000 postgraduate students and 100,000 m2 (1,100,000 sq ft) of research facilities.[1] The energy centre will be used to produce electricity as demand grows.[10]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "North West Cambridge: a model for affordable urban housing?". The Guardian. 10 September 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Take a tour of Eddington, Cambridge's newest neighbourhood". Cambridge News. 2 September 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  3. ^ Clare Melhuish. "University of Cambridge:North West Cambridge Development, A new urban district on former green belt land". UCL Urban Laboratory. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Decision Notice 11/1114/OUT" (PDF). Cambridge City Council. 22 February 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2017.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Going underground – unique way to recycle". North West Cambridge Development. 26 July 2017. from the original on 10 September 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  6. ^ Rowan Moore (10 September 2017). "North West Cambridge: a model for affordable urban housing?". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  7. ^ "Exemplary sustainable practice". North West Cambridge Development. 2015. from the original on 12 March 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  8. ^ "North-West Cambridge: Sustainability Statement" (PDF). September 2011. (PDF) from the original on 10 September 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  9. ^ a b "New local centre to be named Eddington". North West Cambridge Development. 26 June 2014. from the original on 10 September 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  10. ^ a b c d e "North West Cambridge: The birth of city's new community". Cambridge Independent. 24 December 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  11. ^ Longair, Malcolm (13 April 2015). "Bending space–time: a commentary on Dyson, Eddington and Davidson (1920) 'A determination of the deflection of light by the Sun9s gravitational field'". Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A. 373 (2039): 20140287. Bibcode:2015RSPTA.37340287L. doi:10.1098/rsta.2014.0287. ISSN 1364-503X. PMC 4360090. PMID 25750149.
  12. ^ "Home". archaeology.co.uk.
  13. ^ "How to design a primary school where learning has no limits". The Guardian. 17 March 2015.
  14. ^ "The architectural wonders vying for the RIBA Stirling Prize". BBC. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  15. ^ "Western Edge – Winter / Hörbelt Commission". Contemporary Art Society. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  16. ^ a b "North West Cambridge Area Action Plan". Cambridge City Council. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  17. ^ "Outline Planning Consent – North West Cambridge Development". Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  18. ^ "Naming". North West Cambridge Development. from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  19. ^ "Official Opening of the Primary School". North West Cambridge Development. 26 September 2016. from the original on 10 January 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  20. ^ "Girton College embraces Eddington". North West Cambridge Development. 12 June 2017. from the original on 10 September 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  21. ^ "First residents move into Eddington". North West Cambridge Development. 7 July 2017. from the original on 10 September 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  22. ^ Chris Elliott (6 September 2017). . Cambridge News. Archived from the original on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  23. ^ "Universal: the University bus for everyone". Go Whippet. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  24. ^ "Focus on Phase One". North West Cambridge Development. Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5 & 8 on Lot Plan. from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  25. ^ "Hotel Opportunity on the North West Cambridge Development". North West Cambridge Development. from the original on 11 September 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2017.

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Not to be confused with West Cambridge 52 13 5 N 0 5 15 E 52 21806 N 0 08750 E 52 21806 0 08750 Eddington market square The North West Cambridge Development is a University of Cambridge site to the north west of Cambridge city centre in England The development is meant to alleviate overcrowding and rising land prices in Cambridge 1 The first phase resulted from a 350 million investment by the university The development opened to the public for the Open Cambridge event on 9 September 2017 2 Contents 1 Context 2 Eddington 3 Transport 4 History 5 Future development 6 References 7 External linksContext editThe 150 hectare 370 acre site covers the area between the M11 motorway Madingley Road and Huntingdon Road The area previously contained farms belonging to the university 3 Outline planning permission for the North West Cambridge Development or University Farm site was granted in 2013 This covers up to 3 000 dwellings up to 2 000 student bedspaces 100 000 m2 1 100 000 sq ft employment floorspace commercial and academic retail floorspace a community centre health care centre a primary school and nurseries a hotel and an energy centre 4 The development sets out to achieve high levels of sustainability including many photovoltaic cells to gather solar energy low levels of car use a district heating network with energy centre scheme communal waste collection systems 5 and the recycling of rainwater for irrigation and the flushing of toilets 6 7 8 Architecture practices involved in the development include WilkinsonEyre Mole Architects Stanton Williams Mecanoo Sarah Wigglesworth Architects RH Partnership Marks Barfield Architects MUMA Maccreanor Lavington and Witherford Watson Mann Eddington editEddington is the name given by developers to a local centre in the North West Cambridge Development 9 after Cambridge astrophysicist Arthur Eddington 10 who led an expedition to the island of Principe to photograph the solar eclipse of May 29 1919 and verify Einstein s General Theory of Relativity 11 It is part of Phase I of the North West Cambridge Development and combines the Castle Ward in the northwest of the city with Girton a parish in the district of South Cambridgeshire In 2018 a very large Roman villa was excavated on a site next to the Park amp Ride scheme in Eddington 12 Eddington is centred around Market Square where there is a 2 000 m2 22 000 sq ft Sainsbury s supermarket 2 Its one school the University of Cambridge Primary School was opened in 2015 and occupies a toroidal building shaped like a Polo mint designed by Marks Barfield 13 The Storey s Field community centre and nursery is adjacent and was nominated for the 2018 Stirling Prize key worker housing completed by Stanton Williams in 2019 was nominated for the 2021 Stirling Prize 14 Graduate students of Girton College are housed at Swirles Court 1 An energy centre provides a district heating system while a sustainable urban drainage system channels rainwater via bioswales to the artificial Brook Leys lake between the site and the M11 motorway The water is pumped back into homes for washing through a non potable network 10 The Fata Morgana Tea House designed by the German artists Wolfgang Winter and Berthold Horbelt sits on the western bank of Brook Leys lake Except for the roof almost the entire two storey pavilion including built in benches was made from undulating stainless steel welded grating 10 Depending on light conditions its polished surfaces can appear shiny or see through 15 These photographs were taken in September 2017 nbsp Entrance from Bunkers Hill nbsp Market square nbsp Energy centre nbsp Primary school nbsp Swirles Court nbsp A pond with Fata Morgana in the distance nbsp Fata Morgana tea house and Brook Leys nbsp Berthold Horbelt and Wolfgang Winter in Fata MorganaTransport editThe site is served by the Whippet Universal bus Madingley Road Park and Ride lies to the south of Eddington The Ridgeway a cycle and pedestrian path runs through the site from Girton to Storey s Way 10 Eddington has road access to Madingley Road on its south side and Huntingdon Road on the north east side 16 History edit2009 Area Action Plan adopted by Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire District Councils This states North West Cambridge will create a new University quarter which will contribute to meeting the needs of the wider city community and which will embody best practice in environmental sustainability 16 February 2013 Outline planning permission for North West Cambridge development 17 June 2014 Name of Eddington announced in honour of Sir Arthur Eddington who lived and worked nearby Other names announced within North West Cambridge are open spaces Brook Leys and Storey s Field and residential areas Ridgeway Village and Gravel Hill 9 18 September 2016 University of Cambridge Primary School adjacent to Eddington is officially opened although its first intake of children started in September 2015 This is the first operational unit of the North West Cambridge development 19 June 2017 Swirles Court student accommodation for Girton College is completed It is named for Bertha Swirles Lady Jeffreys a Girton alumna 20 July 2017 the first residents move in to Eddington 21 September 2017 Sainsbury s and Argos stores open 22 Go Whippet bus service U commences services to Eddington 23 An open day was held at Eddington with speeches from the University Vice Chancellor Leszek Borysiewicz and local MPs Heidi Allen and Daniel Zeichner Future development editEddington will include 700 residences for key workers at the University 325 rooms for postgraduate students the market square with Sainsbury s and local shops the energy centre and the health centre 24 and a hotel 25 The North West Cambridge Development is planned to eventually contain 3 000 homes accommodation for 2 000 postgraduate students and 100 000 m2 1 100 000 sq ft of research facilities 1 The energy centre will be used to produce electricity as demand grows 10 References edit a b c North West Cambridge a model for affordable urban housing The Guardian 10 September 2017 Retrieved 11 September 2017 a b Take a tour of Eddington Cambridge s newest neighbourhood Cambridge News 2 September 2017 Retrieved 13 September 2017 Clare Melhuish University of Cambridge North West Cambridge Development A new urban district on former green belt land UCL Urban Laboratory Retrieved 25 October 2017 Decision Notice 11 1114 OUT PDF Cambridge City Council 22 February 2013 Retrieved 10 September 2017 permanent dead link Going underground unique way to recycle North West Cambridge Development 26 July 2017 Archived from the original on 10 September 2017 Retrieved 10 September 2017 Rowan Moore 10 September 2017 North West Cambridge a model for affordable urban housing The Guardian Retrieved 10 September 2017 Exemplary sustainable practice North West Cambridge Development 2015 Archived from the original on 12 March 2015 Retrieved 10 September 2017 North West Cambridge Sustainability Statement PDF September 2011 Archived PDF from the original on 10 September 2017 Retrieved 10 September 2017 a b New local centre to be named Eddington North West Cambridge Development 26 June 2014 Archived from the original on 10 September 2017 Retrieved 10 September 2017 a b c d e North West Cambridge The birth of city s new community Cambridge Independent 24 December 2016 Retrieved 11 September 2017 Longair Malcolm 13 April 2015 Bending space time a commentary on Dyson Eddington and Davidson 1920 A determination of the deflection of light by the Sun9s gravitational field Phil Trans R Soc A 373 2039 20140287 Bibcode 2015RSPTA 37340287L doi 10 1098 rsta 2014 0287 ISSN 1364 503X PMC 4360090 PMID 25750149 Home archaeology co uk How to design a primary school where learning has no limits The Guardian 17 March 2015 The architectural wonders vying for the RIBA Stirling Prize BBC 16 September 2021 Retrieved 16 September 2021 Western Edge Winter Horbelt Commission Contemporary Art Society Retrieved 13 September 2017 a b North West Cambridge Area Action Plan Cambridge City Council Retrieved 27 October 2017 Outline Planning Consent North West Cambridge Development Retrieved 27 October 2017 Naming North West Cambridge Development Archived from the original on 23 August 2017 Retrieved 11 September 2017 Official Opening of the Primary School North West Cambridge Development 26 September 2016 Archived from the original on 10 January 2017 Retrieved 10 January 2017 Girton College embraces Eddington North West Cambridge Development 12 June 2017 Archived from the original on 10 September 2017 Retrieved 10 January 2017 First residents move into Eddington North West Cambridge Development 7 July 2017 Archived from the original on 10 September 2017 Retrieved 10 January 2017 Chris Elliott 6 September 2017 Sainsbury s opens at Cambridge s newest suburb Eddington and it s got a pizza oven Cambridge News Archived from the original on 6 September 2017 Retrieved 10 January 2017 Universal 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