District East is an ambitious, nature-led life sciences development in Cambridge. The mission is to attract world-class innovation by designing a masterplan that inspires researchers and entrepreneurs, while ensuring that it remains open to the surrounding community. This contaminated brownfield site will be healed using regenerative landscapes designed as places for human interaction. The vision is to allow science to be seen and celebrated and to inspire and benefit local communities. With no formal edges, all of the buildings – from labs to cafes – will be placed in a landscape that respects existing neighbourhood routes. 

The team will describe key goals of the project which include:

• how to bring a contaminated, brownfield site back into use within the city 
• delivering a unique workplace offer for the life-sciences industry in Cambridge
• working with potential occupiers on the balance between operational energy demand and efficiency goals
• refining the range of potential performance, dependent on use, management regime and tenancy