Comment
Draft North East Cambridge Area Action Plan
Representation ID: 54082
Received: 04/10/2020
Respondent: Mrs Anne Wildman
The assumption seems to be that the apartments will be in blocks, what about graduated shapes if you have to make the building so high? Sorry I know I have seen examples of this kind of urban building in both Copenhagen and Holland but can't recall where. If you look at the buildings in Hammarby Sjöstad, they are 'blocky' but have outdoor space in good sized balconies, breaking up the outline. And there is a lot of variety in the buildings.
The current height of buildings is not reflected in current Cambridge buildings. There is a great opportunity to do something other than what has been done in recent urban building around Cambridge (CB1, Eddington, Addenbrookes etc). They are very bland and quite honestly, not somewhere anyone I know would like to live. Where is the individuality and flair that you often see in new urban building in other countries? There is a wonderful opportunity that seems to be being squandered here and it could make a great place to live. But not high density blocks!
The assumption seems to be that the apartments will be in blocks, what about graduated shapes if you have to make the building so high? Sorry I know I have seen examples of this kind of urban building in both Copenhagen and Holland but can't recall where. If you look at the buildings in Hammarby Sjöstad, they are 'blocky' but have outdoor space in good sized balconies, breaking up the outline. And there is a lot of variety in the buildings.
The current height of buildings is not reflected in current Cambridge buildings. There is a great opportunity to do something other than what has been done in recent urban building around Cambridge (CB1, Eddington, Addenbrookes etc). They are very bland and quite honestly, not somewhere anyone I know would like to live. Where is the individuality and flair that you often see in new urban building in other countries? There is a wonderful opportunity that seems to be being squandered here and it could make a great place to live. But not high density blocks!