Kjellander Sj枚berg, Haworth Tompkins, Alison Brooks Architects, Bell Phillips and Feilden Fowles appointed for 48ha development in city鈥檚 north east

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The Core Site in north-east Cambridge, seen from the north.

Stirling Prize-winners Haworth Tompkins and Alison Brooks Architects are among a cast of big names appointed to work up proposals for a new 5,000-home neighbourhood in north east Cambridge.

Developers U+I and TOWN have appointed Swedish practice Kjellander Sj枚berg Architects to masterplan work on the 48ha neighbourhood, earmarked for the site of Anglian Water鈥檚 Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant.

Other high profile practices who are part of the team include Bell Phillips, 5th Studio Architects, Nooma Studio and Feilden Fowles 鈥� named Architect of the Year in 2001 by 黑洞社区鈥檚 sister title, 黑洞社区 Design.

In addition to the Anglian Water site, delivering the new neighbourhood will also require the redevelopment of a golf driving range, a depot and commercial buildings. As well as new homes, there will be new schools, shops, workplaces and parks based on the 鈥渇ive-minute neighbourhood鈥� principle. It will be served by the Cambridge North Station, designed by Atkins, which opened in 2017.

U+I creative director Martyn Evans said the Kjellander Sj枚berg-led team had been appointed in recognition of its 鈥渂road and deep expertise鈥�, including international exemplar projects and 鈥渋nvaluable鈥� local knowledge.

鈥淲e鈥檙e looking forward to this collaboration producing a world-class scheme which will become a blueprint for the delivery of new urban districts across the UK,鈥� he said.

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The Core Site in Cambridge is earmarked for 5,000 new homes

Kjellander Sj枚berg founding director Stefan Sj枚berg said the masterplan area 鈥� known as the 鈥淐ore Site鈥� 鈥� was a rare chance to shape the future of the university city.

鈥漈he Core Site is a real opportunity to engage with Cambridge; to envision an amazing place that is inclusive, sustainable, and anchored into its unique heritage and local character with connections to the adjacent Fen landscape,鈥� he said.

鈥淚t鈥檚 a once-in-a-lifetime chance to shape an inspiring example of future neighbourhoods based on the principles of the five-minute city 鈥� where everything is near, and walking and biking are the priority.鈥�

The design team said it plans to spend the remainder of the year gathering community input for the masterplan and engaging with local authorities. A planning application is expected to be submitted towards the end of next year.

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