Key Worker Housing, Eddington

Cambridge, United Kingdom, Europe

Completed · Residential · Key-Worker Housing District · Temperate · 2019

Ten pale-brick housing blocks providing 264 homes for university staff in the new Eddington district of North West Cambridge. The scheme is served by a district heating network and a non-potable water system fed by harvested rainwater and bioswales, designed to Code for Sustainable Homes Level 5. It was shortlisted for the 2021 RIBA Stirling Prize.

Innovation highlights

• District heating across the neighbourhood
• Dual non-potable water network for washing
• Rainwater via bioswales to a balancing lake
• Code for Sustainable Homes Level 5

Innovations in the catalogue

• Neighbourhood-Scale Non-Potable Water Network
• District Heating From a Shared Energy Centre
• Bioswale SUDS Feeding a Balancing Lake

Client / Developer

University of Cambridge

Architect

Stanton Williams

Type

Key-worker housing district

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