Accordia
Cambridge
This exceptional residential scheme close to the centre of Cambridge has been fitted densely into a site which formerly housed government offices and prefabricated WWII buildings.
High architectural quality by Feilden Clegg Bradley Architects (65%), Maccreanor Lavington (25%) and Alison Brooks Architects (10%) offers an exciting range of design, especially in the private housing. The significant number of affordable units (30% of the scheme) benefit from proximity to open spaces, have slow speed streets, communal play areas and external materials to match the private units.
The spatial variety of the surrounding neighbourhood - characterised by individual villas and denser Victorian housing, along with the spacious Botanic Garden nearby - has been convincingly adopted into Accordia, which delivers generous open space for walking and for play. The development, as yet incomplete, is set in a strong and protected green structure of magnificent mature trees, and its legible road layout displays an openness unusual in modern housing.
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