Brooklands
View all projectsBrooklands is a new workplace campus in Cambridge, containing the city’s first major Net Zero Carbon office building. Two buildings B1 and B2, frame a central garden courtyard linked by a colonnade, forming a new route and lending a collegiate character. Achieving an EPC rating of A+ and surpassing the 2025 RIBA Climate Challenge and LETI 2030 space heating and cooling targets, B2 is designed to high fabric performance standards, maximising solar collection with roof PVs and integrating air source heat pumps. Siemens Digital Industries Software is one of the first tenants to move in, having pre-let 40% of the space. B1 and the wider project are due to complete in early 2025.
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The buildings frame a sheltered courtyard garden, overlooked by roof terraces for tenants to enjoy.
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Context
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The form and massing responds to the site’s transitional nature from residential Clarendon Road to the commercial buildings of Hills Road.
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A sawtooth roof form adds character while maximising south-facing roof area for PVs and moderating solar gain.
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The dramatic height of the top floor interiors with views across the surrounding neighbourhoods.
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View from Clarendon Road. Building B2 responds to its residential context with a two-story massing, transitioning up to five stories with a stepped back form.
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West elevation along Clarendon Road
- City
- Cambridge, UK
- Use
- Workplace
- Client
- M&G and Wrenbridge
- Status
- Current
- Size
- 9800 sqm
- Environmental credentials
- EPC A+, Net Zero
- Collaborators
Structure: Ramboll
Services: Couch Perry Wilkes
Landscape: Barton Willmore
Ecology: MKA Ecology
Acoustics: Ramboll
Planning: Barton Willmore
Quantity Surveyor: Stace
Sustainability: Couch Perry Wilkes
Fire Engineer: MLM
Contractor: SDC
Flood and Drainage: Ramboll
Air Quality: Ramboll
Daylight and Sunlight: DLC
Wind and Microclimate: RWDI
Townscape: Barton Willmore
Transport and Highways: Vecto
Archaeology: Albion Archaeology
Aboricultural Consultant: Haydens