Alternatively, stagecoach in bedford operates a bus from gloucester green bus station to cambridge, castle street every 3 hours. Cambridge oxford link urban design fletcher priest. Ideas competition launches for oxford to cambridge rail line. Ideas competition the concept was developed as a collaboration between jennifer ross of tibbalds planning and urban design.
Key principles of the concept with diagrams as appropriate. Velocity wins growth arc ideas competition national. A team of architects, planners and engineers has won a contest seeking ideas for how the uk government could instigate growth in the cambridgemilton keynesoxford corridor, with plans to. The national infrastructure commission today confirmed the shortlist for the cambridge to oxford connection. Why are you holding an international ideas contest to reimagine the cambridgetooxford growth corridor. Ideas competition the cambridge to oxford connection. All uk shortlist announced for cambridgetooxford growth corridor placemaking competition. Cambridge to oxford connection competition winners national infrastructure commission announces winner of the cambridge to oxford connection. The property market within the cambridgemilton keynesoxford corridor. The competition will link cambridge with its traditional rival, oxford the national infrastructure commission and malcolm reading consultants have launched an ideas competition that calls for forwardthinking, imaginative proposals to integrate sustainable placemaking with development and new infrastructure. Our submission is one of 4 from 58 entries shortlisted in a. Cambridge oxford connection national infrastructure commission. The cambridge to oxford connection ideas competition was run by malcolm reading consultants on behalf of the national infrastructure commission. The competition is the start of a design process with the aim of creating architectural ideas for an ambitious landmark building.
The growth corridor is an important economic region of the country, but the lack of sufficient and suitable housing is holding back the areas potential for. Ideas competition 1017 our submission is one of 4 from 58 entries shortlisted in a national infrastructure commission nic competition seeking visionary development typologies across the cambridge. The nic teamed up with malcolm reading consultants to launch the cambridge to oxford connection ideas contest. The case for its creation is examined in a strategic study for the cambridge milton keynes oxford corridor, published by national. A new national park, an archipelago of linked places, a series of urban campuses and a reimagining of the 21stcentury village are the shortlisted design solutions for the cambridge to oxford growth corridor. The national infrastructure commission and malcolm reading consultants have revealed an online gallery of the four final design concepts for the cambridge to oxford connection. Subsidiary reports recommended the development of the oxford to cambridge line as part of an outer freight ring route from cambridge to ashford kent via oxford, reading and tonbridge, keeping freight flows away from london. The aim of the competition is to gather, showcase and promote imaginative responses to integrating placemaking with the proposed infrastructure projects across the cambridge milton keynes oxford corridor, and including northampton. Velocity wins competition for development of oxford and cambridge. Archinect this month ran an interview featuring our mane course tutor sarah featherstone with velocity, her multidisciplinary team of 6 successful women in architecture, planning and engineering who won the the cambridge to oxford connection. The twostage competition will now see four multidisciplinary teams develop detailed concepts appropriate for the cambridge milton keynes. We also explore how our vision might evolve over time and seek to articulate how we might secure its delivery through the.
Ideas competition is the allwomen team behind velocity. Ideas competition is aimed at broad multidisciplinary teams of urban designers. This freetoenter, twostage ideas competition is seeking forwardthinking, imaginative proposals to integrate sustainable placemaking with development and new infrastructure. Submissions from international teams and students are welcome. Information on the finalists is available on the competition website. Velocity chosen for oxford to cambridge growth competition. This twostage competition is seeking inspirational yet realisable visions for the future of development within the arc encompassing four of the uks fastestgrowing and most productive centres. Ideas competition 6th december 2017 the national infrastructure commission nic and malcolm reading consultants mrc today announced the velocity team led by tibbalds planning and urban design. The competition follows on from the oxford station masterplan which originally outlined the layout, functions and scale required for a future gateway station at oxford. We are excited to announce that fletcher priest has been shortlisted in the cambridge to oxford connection ideas competition. Focusing on six villages situated to the south east of one of the new stations on the oxford to cambridge rail link, velocity advances a placebased vision for reimagining the 21stcentury village. Through the competition, the commission will be seeking visionary ideas for development typologies across the cambridge milton keynes oxford corridor, which includes other important centres such as northampton. A team of architects, planners and engineers has won a contest seeking ideas for how the uk government could instigate growth in the cambridgemilton keynesoxford corridor, with plans to revitalise six villages by adding housing, and a network of cycling and. The cambridge to oxford connection ideas competition is being promoted as an opportunity for broad multidisciplinary teams of urban designers and other specialists to create conceptual proposals that creatively link new infrastructure with sustainable placemaking.
Shortlist announced for cambridge to oxford connection. A cluster of villages within walking and cycling distance was the winner of a competition to find innovative ways to transform the vital cambridgemilton keynesoxford growth arc. Pancras station, and london kings cross in around 2h 6m. Ideas competition was an integral part of the commissions response to the governments brief. The public were invited to comment on the teams strategies by emailing the competition organisers. The focus for the competition is the arc encompassing four of the uks fastestgrowing and most productive centres. You can take a train from oxford to cambridge via london paddington, paddington, kings cross st. Results were announced by the national infrastructure commission and malcolm reading consultants on tuesday 22. Oxford to cambridge 4 ways to travel via train, bus. The cambridge to oxford connection july 3, 2017,aest damian holmes. Ideas competition october, 2017 our submission is one of 4 from 58 entries shortlisted in a national infrastructure commission nic competition seeking visionary development typologies. Thursday, aug 3, 2017 2 pm bst this freetoenter, twostage ideas competition is seeking forwardthinking, imaginative proposals to integrate sustainable. Ideas competition was launched in june and encouraged people from across the infrastructure sector to.
Velocity wins growth arc ideas competition national infrastructure. Big ideas for a big subject, were pleased to be shortlisted for the cambridge to oxford connection. Landscape design competition june 20, 2017,aest damian holmes. We were discussing creating a team and utilizing the network of people we met of our annual cycling trip, pedelle. The oxford to cambridge expressway is a proposed gradeseparated dual carriageway between the a34 near oxford and the a14 near cambridge, via or near milton keynes. Care housing oliver chapman architects with images. Gallery of mobo architects win competition to design. National infrastructure commission announces winner of. Ideas competition integrating placemaking with infrastructure in one of the uks leading growth regions with one works, akt ii, planitie, tyrens and max fordham. Ideas competition designing buildings wiki share your construction industry knowledge. Ideas competition 2017 122017 estates gazzette how to use networks and influence change article on velocity. Stations are important civic buildings and should be destinations in their own right and inturn successful pieces.
The competition is focused on the cambridge milton keynes oxford arc, which currently is home to leading tech hubs and universities, as well as some 3. Sarah featherstone featherstone young, kay hughes khaa, annalie riches. Shortlist announced in growth corridor ideas competition. Nic announces winner of cambridge to oxford connection. It also considers how the vision might be delivered over time and the key actions and interventions that would need to be taken to make it happen. Velocity wins competition for development of oxford and. The national infrastructure commission and malcolm reading consultants has launched an ideas competition that calls for forward thinking, imaginative proposals to integrate sustainable placemaking with development and new infrastructure. The national infrastructure commission nic and malcolm reading consultants mrc today announced the velocity team led by tibbalds planning and urban design as winners ofthe cambridge to oxford connection. Oxford is changing and much of this new focus hinges around the new. A large marshalling yard was to be built at swanbourne, and a flyover at bletchley.
Through the competition, the commission was seeking visionary ideas for development typologies across the cambridge milton keynes oxford corridor, and. Shortlisted designs for the cambridge to oxford connection. Velocity wins ideas competition for development of oxford and cambridge region. Ideas competition came through i sent her the brief and she said why not. Velocity shortlisted for the cambridge to oxford connec. The twostage open competition was organised by londonbased competition specialists malcolm reading consultants mrc. Ideas competition 3 in so doing we seek to communicate a new longterm strategy as to how the village might be reimagined and what are the key ingredients that comprise such a vision. Ideas competition forms part of the commissions response to the governments brief. Velocity chosen for oxford to cambridge growth competit. The national infrastructure commission and malcolm reading consultants has announced the shortlist for the cambridge to oxford connection. Cambridge to oxford connection competition by mrc, english design ideas contest. Cambridge to oxford connection competition earchitect. Rediscovering the varsity line the cambridge oxford railway. For the scientists, the industrialists, the engineers, the academics and the 1.
All uk shortlist announced for cambridgetooxford growth. Ideas competition is the all women team behind velocity. Ideas competitionwas an integral part of the commissions response to the governments brief. There were 58 entries, with four shortlisted for the final round. We are pleased to announce that our planning and design teams across our reading, cambridge, london, bristol and southampton offices, have made it onto the stage 2 shortlist for the the cambridge to oxford connection. Velocity chosen for oxford to cambridge growth competition 061217 new concept village centres on walking and cycling we are delighted that the national infrastructure commission nic has announced our velocity team as winners of the cambridge to oxford connection. We are delighted that the national infrastructure commission nic has announced our velocity team as winners of the cambridge to oxford connection. During most of that time, they were the only two universities in england and wales, making the rivalry more intense than it is now the university of oxford and the university of cambridge, sometimes collectively known as oxbridge, are the two oldest universities in england. Rivalry between the universities of oxford and cambridge is a phenomenon going back many centuries. Velocity shortlisted for the cambridge to oxford connection. Stretching around miles from cambridgeshire, via the southeast midlands to oxfordshire, the cambridge milton keynes oxford corridor forms a ribbon around the north and west of londons green belt. Ideas competition the cambridge to oxford connection july 3, 2017,aest damian holmes competition, design, featured, landscape architecture, news the corridor that spans cambridge, milton keynes, northampton and oxford defines one of the most productive and fastestgrowing knowledge networks in the united kingdom. The proposal aims to establish this route by linking existing roads and building new ones.
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