the cross fertilisationo f ideas, academics UNIVERSITY AND CITY rubbing shoulders with other disciplines in the h ostelrieso f cen tral Cam bridge. The Next Thirty Years Surely it would be disingen uo us to pre-
sum e that the co flee ba rs of the n e w The University o f Cambridge is Faculties will reproduce this kindo f ad expanding and will continue to expand hoc socialisation? into the foreseeable future. This was the University expansion westwards m ust message given by David Todd-Jones, the learn from the south Cambridge experiD ire c tor o f Es tate Ma n a g e m e n I, o n Tuesday the 16tho f March toa packed e n c e o f the n e w A dde n b ro o kes s ite where an unprepossessing conglomeraMo Ile r Cen tre Iecture thea trea I the Cambridge Forum forthe Construction tiono f buildings generatea daily influx Indus try (CFCI) se m ina r “Ca mb ridge o f vehicles which swamp thesite and the University Buildings". The University has surrounding residential area. The master man y buildings througho ut Cambridge plan sho uld take up the challenge preand b y way of illu s tra tion we we re sented by Cambridge City Council in the *
sh o wn currenI developmenI proposals for both the old and new Addenbrookes sites.
During question time it became apparthat the Estate Management Department, asa democratic institution, leaves fundraisin g for ne w b u ildings, decisions on re-location, and the man a gem en I o f departm ental b uildings to the individual Faculties. Ho we ver they ackno wledge theirneed fo r a m aster p la n to coo rdina te expa n siono n the west Cambridge sites and it would seem that negotiafions to appointa consultant for this work are wella dvanced. Most architects endeavour to work within their client's brief and cost constraints appertaining toa ch osen site. Fe w ge I the opportunity to ch oose th e site. Th ese factors place considerable on us on the client's brief and it sho uld go witho ut sa ying that good buildings need good clients as we II a s g o o d a rch iI ec ts. It behoves Cambridge University to be a good client. ent
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quarterly reviewof current architectural, urbanist and environmental Issues and events in the Cambridge area produced by theCambridge Association of Architects. The views in this newsletter are those of the individual contributors and noto f the Association.
Cambridge University lies at the heart o f the city enabling students to walk or bicycle between their Colleges, Faculties and the river. Mention was made during
the seminarof the importance Qlaced on
depo s it dra ft Ca m b ridge L o caI Plan which calls for an extensiono f the city's cycle route network and links with longer dista nce c ycle rou tes. The Un ive rsiIy needs to acknowledge the importanceof the city infrastructure and use its po wer an d in fluen ce to imp ro ve co mm u n icati”ons throughout Cambridge. Providinga citywide cycleway network wo uldbe a magnanimous gesture for the University to make towards the city!
Anne Cooper