Best New Neighbourhood
Highly Commended: Aylesborough Close
Aylesborough Close, Arbury, Cambridge CB4 2HS
Aylesborough Close has replaced 36 outdated council homes with 70 low-carbon council homes. Comprising one- to three-bedroom apartments across three low-rise buildings, every home has a private balcony or terrace.
Client
Cambridge City Council
Principal Contractor
Hill Partnerships Limited
Principal Designer
Hill Partnerships Limited
CDM Advisor
Aecom
Architects
BPTW – to planning
Feilden + Mawson – detailed design
Structural Engineer
Superstructures
Civil Engineer
Superstructures (Ingent)
MEP Consultant
QODA
Landscape Architect
Guarda
Fire Consultant
Affinity
Soil Investigation
Create
Topographical Survey
Randalls
Ecological Consultant
Applied Ecology
Archaeology
RPS Consulting
Sound Testing
At Space
Air Testing
At Space
Tree Surveys
Hayden’s
Acoustic Consultant
Cass Allen
Noise, Vibration & Dust
Cass Allen
Plant Noise Assessment
Cass Allen
Stopping Up Order
Create
MMP
RSK
Planning Consultant
Carter Jonas
UXO Survey
1st Line Defence
Part L App
Abbey Consultants
Temp Works Engineer
Independent House Design
Judges citation:
“In recent years we have seen a number of new neighbourhoods commissioned by Cambridge City Council to provide affordable homes for its tenants, and they get better and better. We particularly welcome the precedent these set for the creative remodelling of existing urban areas, a crucial skill we all need to learn. This project replaces a poor quality block of 36 flats with 70 new one, two and three bedroom apartments and a communal garden. The brick exterior follows the recently agreed Design Code for north Cambridge, and we commend its quality. The design is based on an all-electric ‘Cambridge variant’ of Passivhaus standards, which we hope will ultimately fully coalesce with Passivhaus.”
