Brooklands

Brooklands is a new workplace campus in Cambridge, containing the city’s first major Net Zero Carbon office building. Two buildings B1 and B2, frame a central garden courtyard linked by a colonnade, forming a new route and lending a collegiate character. Achieving an EPC rating of A+ and surpassing the 2025 RIBA Climate Challenge and LETI 2030 space heating and cooling targets, the buildings are designed to high fabric performance standards, maximising solar collection with roof PVs and integrating air source heat pumps. Siemens Digital Industries Software is one of the first tenants to move in, having pre-let 40% of the space.

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Two buildings at two scales frame the courtyard garden. The terraces in B2 overlook the tranquil space and enjoy views across the city.

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Context

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A welcoming entrance on Brooklands Avenue.

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B1 mirrors the pitched roofs of nearby terraced houses, overlooking the courtyard below.

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A new pedestrian route through the site links Brooklands Avenue and Clarendon Road.

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The dramatic height of the top floor, tracing the sawtooth roofline. Timber soffits add an element of warmth to this generous space with views across the surrounding neighbourhood.

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View from Clarendon Road. The larger building responds to its residential context with a two-story massing, transitioning up to five stories with a stepped back form.

City: Cambridge, UK
Use: Workplace
Client: M&G and Wrenbridge
Status: Completed
Size: 9800 sqm
Environmental credentials: EPC A+, Net Zero
Collaborators: Structure: Ramboll
Services: Couch Perry Wilkes
Landscape: Barton Willmore
Ecology: MKA Ecology
Acoustics: Ramboll
Planning: Barton Willmore
Quantity Surveyor: Stace
Sustainability: Couch Perry Wilkes
Fire Engineer: MLM
Contractor: SDC
Flood and Drainage: Ramboll
Air Quality: Ramboll
Daylight and Sunlight: DLC
Wind and Microclimate: RWDI
Townscape: Barton Willmore
Transport and Highways: Vecto
Archaeology: Albion Archaeology
Aboricultural Consultant: Haydens