David Mackay Award for Engineering and Sustainability
For this final award, unusually, and perhaps a reflection of the increasingly mainstream character of sustainability, we have no less than four highly commended projects as well as an overall winner. Each of the commendations are of a particular aspect as follows:
Highly commended for engineering-led design: Ray Dolby Centre
Ray Dolby Centre, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge
The Ray Dolby Centre is a world-leading research facility delivering stringent technical performance, and a public-facing hub for collaborative work and study. Central to the emerging Cambridge West Innovation District, it represents a leap forward for science in the UK.
Client: The University of Cambridge
Main Contractor: Bouygues UK
Architect, Interior Designer and Lead Consultant: Jestico + Whiles
Technical Architect: Jacobs
Civil, Structural and Vibration Engineer, Fire Engineer, Acoustic Consultant: Ramboll
M&E Engineer, AV Consultant, IT/Security Consultant, BREEAM Assessor: Hoare Lea
Landscape Architect (excluding JJ Thomson Gardens): Plincke
Cost Manager: AECOM
Project Manager, NEC Supervisor, Principal Designer (CDM): Currie & Brown
Accessibility Consultant: David Bonnett Associates
Catering Consultant: Tricon
Lighting Designer: Studio Fractal
Planning Consultant: University of Cambridge Estates Division
Public Artist: Troika
Art Consultant: Contemporary Art Society
Image credit: View inside the public wing atrium towards reception from level 2. © Kilian O’Sullivan
Photo of documenting solar panel installation with video as part of ongoing education resources. Copyright Cambridge Building Society.
Judges citation:
“This project successfully addressed the challenging brief for specialist research facilities, with the design informed and supported by its exacting users, and requiring both contemporary and potential future needs to be anticipated. As a result it will be both long-lived, adaptable and with high environmental performance through its operating life.”
