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sandwiched between Trumpington Street and Tennis Court Road, a narrow but busy route separating the site from the elegant Downing College. Henderson notes that the university, when needing to expand, has tended to resort to sites on the edge of town, but that students attending the Judge wanted to be “in the heart of the historic centre.”
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The new extension embraces the contrasts with the existing John Outram building (pink) and the original 19th century former hospital (yellow)
Following winning a limited design competition, the architects faced the daunting task of adding an extra 60 per cent of space to the already densely-packed site. Henderson admits, “it wasn’t very clear where the additional 60 per cent of space was going to come from”. The practice won the Stirling Prize for another project for the University of Cambridge in 2012, the Sainsbury Laboratory, an achievement which stood them in good stead for being appointed to tackle further challenges with the client. (Stanton Williams are also working with the University on its new development in north west Cambridge.) The architects realised the majority of the new space for the extension could be provided along Tennis Court Road, although two early 20th century nursing hostels, converted to student accommodation for Anglia Ruskin University, would need to be demolished.
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Form & materials
In developing the form of the new 5000 m2 extension, named the Simon Sainsbury Centre after the man whose Monument Trust provided funding towards the new building and, together with Sir Paul and Lady Judge, funded the 1990s development. The key aim was to “fully integrate it with the former hospital building”. This was partially driven by the tight site, but also an imperative to help the new teaching spaces, open circulation and meeting areas to blend with the existing accommodation. Interleaved with the 19th century former hospital building and the Outram building – the main entrance for the whole school remaining in the former hospital building – the new addition resolves a conflict. On one hand, the three key ‘layers of history’ remain expressed – in several areas architecture from three different centuries is juxtaposed – and the generous structural grid of the former hospital defines the proportions of the adjoining floors of the new extension.
On the other hand, the new extension embraces the contrast between the somewhat showy Outram building and the original, more sober former hospital, and aims to create a “unified identity”. Adding to the similarity of proportion at the lower levels
ADF AUGUST 2018
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