Eddington, Lot 1: North West Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

• Architect: WilkinsonEyre / Mole Architects
• Client: University of Cambridge
• Contractor: Bam
• Submitted by: WilkinsonEyre / Mole Architects

The University of Cambridge’s masterful and ambitious redevelopment of its former agricultural lands to the north-west of the city has already set a national benchmark for exemplary urban regeneration and city expansion. To all intents and purposes Eddington is a new town in its own right. Lot 1 includes 117 one- and two-bedroom residential key worker units arranged around a 2,000m² national chain supermarket, a landmark energy centre and a landscaped market square. Lot 1 has been broken down into a series of distinct buildings ranging from large flat blocks to terraced avenues, each one imposing a unique  neighbourhood character on its immediate surroundings. Units have been built to Code for Sustainable Homes level 5 and with their buff brickwork and planted courtyards they form a contemporary reinterpretation of traditional Cambridge vernacular.

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