Aura, Great Kneighton
CAMBRIDGE - COMPLETED 2017
Winner RIBA East Award 2018
Winner Civic Trust Award 2019
Winner Evening Standard New Homes Award 2016
Winner Housing Design Awards 2013
Following the successful delivery of Phase 1 (Abode), BBUK worked with Tate Hindle Architects for Phase 2, (Aura) at Great Kneighton which comprises 229 homes over 5.2ha and forms part of the masterplan to develop 2,300 new homes, 40% of which are affordable.
BBUK designed a formal pocket park and community orchard which sit in the center of the site, whilst a more natural linear park runs down the western edge, with an existing hedgerow at its heart. The streets and public spaces have SUDs features, rills, rain gardens and an attenuation pond, which contribute towards the ecological strategy whilst providing linear street side plantings throughout the site. BBUK were subsequently appointed to work on a further four parcels of housing on the Great Kneighton site.