Hills Road, Cambridge
Type residential, offices, retail, restaurant, community
Size 156 units; 3600 sq. m. (38,750 sq. ft.) office; 1,300 sq. m. (14,000 sq. ft.) retail
Client Pace Investments ( Cambridge)
Status planning permission granted
Scheme description
Formation Architects have received planning permission for this mixed use scheme on a key site in the centre of Cambridge. The site is bounded by the University Botanic Garden at an important junction between the station and the historic core of the city.
The design proposes a series of perimeter blocks forming an internal public space at the heart of the scheme. The residential component comprises 156 apartments and mews houses of which 63 are affordable contained in 5, 6 and 7 storey buildings many with views over the Botanic Garden.
The office element is contained in a 7 storey "lens shaped" building which provides 600m² (6460 sq. ft.) floorplates per floor, a size of rental space that is in great demand from the media and biotechnology sectors in Cambridge. This building commands the junction and together with urban landscape improvements will create a recognisable new place in the city.
