Client: Cambridge Assessment
Contractor: Bouygues UK
Location: Cambridge
Duration: 52 weeks
Value: £1.4m
Our brief was to design, fabricate, finish and install architectural metalwork, security fencing and auxiliary fabricated items for a project that was to bring all Cambridge Assessment’s staff under one roof - from 11 different locations spread across the city.
Called The Triangle, this new international headquarters, was on what was previously Cambridge University Press’s Edinburgh Building on Shaftesbury Road Cambridge, to the South-East of Cambridge city centre.
The project included us designing and installing:
We had to overcome various challenges, including its proximity to a nearby conservation area and varied layouts of the buildings. We were also required to create an external façade designed to break up the scale of the building and develop an inviting main entrance of a lower height than the rest of the building and a landmark feature at the gateway into the city. In addition, we had to be mindful of the university’s character while implementing landscaping to soften the building form, provide navigation pointers around the site, and create bio-diverse, healthy and inviting leisure spaces for staff and visitors.
Our remit following the architect’s brief was to provide Bouygues UK with sample materials and designs comprising of:
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