Cambridge Science Park
An exterior campus precedent by Allies and Morrison demonstrating how low-rise office architecture can integrate with restored wetlands and open public green space.
- What we like about this project
- The central retention pond acts as an active focal point and ecological buffer directly adjacent to working spaces.
Materials
- precast-concrete
- timber
- glass
- native-planting
- corten-steel
Visual identifiers
- central-pond
- campus-masterplan
- low-rise-pavilions
- waterfront-landscape
Style tags
- contemporary
- landscape-led
- biophilic
- contextual
Visual tags
- campus
- masterplan
- waterfront
- public-realm
- landscape-integration
- biophilic
- Geometry
- Low-rise pavilions and mid-rise office blocks are arranged around a central wetland pond and landscaped parkland, establishing an open campus typology.
- Facade system
- Precast or stone gridded facade on the right block; timber-clad sawtooth roof pavilions in the background.
- Structural guess
- Concrete frame for the main office block; mass timber for the pavilion roofs.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled landscape transitioning to three- to four-story office architecture.
- Lighting
- Soft, overcast daylight casting gentle shadows and creating calm reflections on the water surface.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and green, bridging high-tech workspace with natural wetland ecology.
- Environmental context
- A suburban science park setting featuring a restored natural water body, wetland plantings, mature trees, and landscaped green corridors.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the water edge, the low buildings open up through generous glazing and colonnades that dissolve boundaries between workspace and park.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating window bays on the main office block anchor a horizontal campus composition balanced by vertical timber roofs.
- Style reading
- Contemporary campus architecture with landscape-led masterplanning
- Program
- Science and technology research park
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- urban
- Materials
- precast-concrete, timber, glass, native-planting, corten-steel
- Visual identifiers
- central-pond, campus-masterplan, low-rise-pavilions, waterfront-landscape
- Style tags
- contemporary, landscape-led, biophilic, contextual
- Visual tags
- campus, masterplan, waterfront, public-realm, landscape-integration, biophilic
- Geometry
- Low-rise pavilions and mid-rise office blocks are arranged around a central wetland pond and landscaped parkland, establishing an open campus typology.
- Facade system
- Precast or stone gridded facade on the right block; timber-clad sawtooth roof pavilions in the background.
- Structural guess
- Concrete frame for the main office block; mass timber for the pavilion roofs.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled landscape transitioning to three- to four-story office architecture.
- Lighting
- Soft, overcast daylight casting gentle shadows and creating calm reflections on the water surface.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and green, bridging high-tech workspace with natural wetland ecology.
- Environmental context
- A suburban science park setting featuring a restored natural water body, wetland plantings, mature trees, and landscaped green corridors.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the water edge, the low buildings open up through generous glazing and colonnades that dissolve boundaries between workspace and park.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating window bays on the main office block anchor a horizontal campus composition balanced by vertical timber roofs.
- Style reading
- Contemporary campus architecture with landscape-led masterplanning
- Program
- Science and technology research park
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- urban