A substantial new research facility at Addenbrookes Hospital on the southern edge of Cambridge.

The buildings and landscape are organised around two new public routes: a vehicular route running east-west and a pedestrian and cycle way running north-south. The whole site is wrapped in a screen composed of native structure planting, mitigating the bulk of the building and extending and linking existing wildlife corridors.

At the centre of the scheme, the shared surface of a new entrance courtyard, straddling the new access road, is defined by square paving blocks and formal tree planting. From here, the eye is drawn along a strong axis toward the glazed lobby of the Research Centre and beyond over a calm reflecting pool and a broad sweep of grass to the road at the edge of the site.

The new buildings are arranged to enclose a peaceful courtyard with a shifting linear pattern emanating from strongly expressed building columns. This pattern is formed by rows of narrowly pleached trees and reinforced by trims of pale concrete in the ground plane.

To the east of the new buildings is a new green open space for public recreation. Planting has been chosen for habitat value, with the multi storey car park partially concealed by closely planted screens of fast-growing aspen.