CSMP - Eddington CS

Question 1

What is place inequality like within Eddington?

Answer 1

Low

Question 2

What was the demographic of Eddington in the past?

Answer 2

Settlers included solider from the Roman Empire -> Roman period

Question 3

What was the socio-economic characteristics in the past?

Answer 3

• Forest cover cleared for rectangular paddocks to pen cattle - seasonal migration inwards
• Agriculture based
• Roundhouse, pit-wells, granary setting -> occupied by mixed farming communities

Question 4

What is evidence of wealthy individual living in Eddington in the Roman times?

Answer 4

• Roman Villa -> mediterranian oak furnishing -> flow of resources

Question 5

What are the cultural characteristics in the past?

Answer 5

Roman influence (major settlement)

Question 6

What are the features of the natural environment?

Answer 6

• Flat land
• Veteran Oak Tree boundary between Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire -> 400 yrs

Question 7

What does the Oak Tree represent on a cultural and national scale?

Answer 7

• Honoured in the late Queen Elizabeth II’s platinum jubilee as a national network of 70 Ancient Trees
• Planted around the time of Queen Elizabeth I’d reign

Question 8

What is the demographic of Eddington like presently?

Answer 8

• Working age: 85%
• Age<15: 7%
• 48% white, 33% Asian

Question 9

What is the population of Eddington made up of?

Answer 9

• University keyworkers
• Postgraduates
• Eventually 8500 residents

Question 10

What are the socio-economic characteristic presently?

Answer 10

• Affordable housing for key workers to rent -> reduce housing shortage
• High-end private housing -> 5 bedroom terraced housing
• Knowledge based economy -> 100,000 sq/m of academic and commercial research space -> research hub of Cambridge
• Postdoc Centre -> prof. and social interactive hub at Uni -> funded by research grants

Question 11

How much could terraced housing go for?

Answer 11

£1.4 million

Question 12

How much could a 2 bedroom apartment go for?

Answer 12

£600k

Question 13

How many postdocs will the Postdoc Centre accommodate?

Answer 13

> 4000

Question 14

What will the Postdoc Centre enable?

Answer 14

• Hot-desking
• Entrepreneurship
• Establishment in careers

Question 15

What are the cultural characteristic of Eddington presently?

Answer 15

• Storey’s Field Centre -> space for community groups to open to general public + Eddington resident
• Postdoc Centre -> sense of community between researchers
• Market square & public art -> community events + shops + social spaces -> artworks, poems, patterns inspired by Cambridge
• Roman festival day

Question 16

How is there a positive sense of place and strong sense of community?

Answer 16

• Excellent planning & architectural design
• Culture linked to built environment

Question 17

What are the political characteristics?

Answer 17

• Eddington Residents’ Association -> volunteer run neighbourhood organisation planning events for diverse pop
• North West & West Community Forum, run by Cambridge City Council -> discuss with resident, councils and developers how developments are moving forward

Question 18

How was Eddington developed?

Answer 18

Through Cambridge investment

Question 19

What are characteristics of the built environment?

Answer 19

• Close to M11 a former Roman Road -> 10 min drive from Cambridge Science Park
• Storey.s Field Centre ->bring community together -> concerts, weddings, Zumba classes
• Primary School - OFSTED outstanding rating -> outdoor space to promote outdoor learning

Question 20

What is phase 1 of the built environment?

Answer 20

• 700 homes for University staff
  -250 postgraduate student rooms
• 700 market homes
• Health centres
• Hotel
• Sports pitches
• Water recycling system

Question 21

What is phase 2 of the built environment?

Answer 21

• 1500 homes for Uni staff
• 1500 private houses
• Accommodation for 2000 postgrads

Question 22

What is the later phase of the built environment?

Answer 22

• Mixed use development -> spaces for commercial and academic research
• Care village

Question 23

How will sustainability of the built environment be achieved?

Answer 23

• All homes to be built to Code for Sustainable Homes Level 5
• Solar panneling
• Centralised energy centre
• District heating network for water

Question 24

What are characteristic of the natural environment?

Answer 24

• 1/3 of the site as a public open space for sports, informal recreation and ecological use
• Stormwater recycling schemes -> water from roofs collected + stored
• Brook Leys Lagoon attenuates surface runoff -> sustainable urban drainage system - 6 million litres of water

Question 25

What are some of the present flow of ideas inward?

Answer 25

• Development won the Masterplanning - Future Projects Award at Work Architecture Festival 2014 - global scale
• Key worker housing designs shortlisted for prestigious Stirling Prize - global scale

Question 26

What are some of the present flow of people inward?

Answer 26

• Storey’s Field Centre draws general public to gather for events - regional scale
• Affordable housing for keyworkers attract talents from across the world to work - global scale

Question 27

What are some of the present flow of money & investment inward?

Answer 27

• Phase 1: £350 million investment by Cambridge University - regional scale
• High-end private housing: paying service charge and estate charge - national scale