Awards: Round Four, November 2005: cb1 Cambridge Station Area Regeneration
cb1 Cambridge Station Area
Regeneration
Cambridge
Client
Ashwell Property Group PLC
Artist
To be confirmed
Project partners
Richard Rogers Partnership
Andy Thompson, Director, QuBE
Peter Tullin, Director, Arts & Business East
David Wright, Director, Commissions East
PROJECT Award
Visionary Award £15,000
Value of design phase
£30,000
Project description
Ashwell Property Group PLC is leading the £750million,
twenty-four acre redevelopment of the area around Cambridge Station
road area. cb1 is described as the ėlargest ever regeneration scheme
to take place within Cambridge.' Designed by the Richard Rogers Partnership,
it will achieve a huge improvement in the quality of the area as a whole
and of the public realm in particular and provide a fitting gateway
to the city. PROJECT will enable the appointment of
a Lead Artist to become an active and creative part of the design team
and promote an integral approach to high quality design across the development;
to comprise over a thousand homes, commercial space, health and leisure
facilities, an hotel and conference centre, community archive and museum,
restaurants, bars, retail, a multi-storey car park, a new public square
and park and a new transport interchange.
Further details
Paul Thwaites, Chief Executive, Aswell Property Group PLC
Tel: 01223 443340 e-mail: [email protected]