Botanic Place aims to be an exemplar of sustainable development optimising environmental, social and wellbeing aspects whilst ensuring that it remains a building of long life that is fit for and adaptable to the future.
Located within the City of Cambridge, Botanic Place is positioned at a key junction that forms a nodal point and gateway between the historic centre of Cambridge and its mainline national rail station.
The prominent location next to Cambridge University Botanic Garden means the site has an opportunity to both draw upon views out from site to create a place special to be within, and to create new views from surrounding areas into the site.
The design of Botanic Place proposes a campus comprising two new office buildings, the retained Botanic House and the refurbished Public House. All are set within public spaces and extensive landscaped gardens and planted roof terraces. The new public realm creates places for people to sit and enjoy the new ‘boulevard’ of trees.
There are also enhanced cycling provisions with spaces for around 1300 bikes in a double height facility and associated end of ride facilities.
It will be the first new build BREEAM “Outstanding” rated office building in the city centre, and the first building of its kind to put the well-being of its users, the local community and its neighbours at its heart, inspiring and enabling the dynamism, spirit of innovation and invention that thrives in Cambridge to flourish.
