eddington is a mixture of developments.mmunity centre, school, hotel. the university was set out to develop as an extension of the city of cambridge and give an opportunity for all staff and students to come and live and be part of the success story of the university of cambridge. the development is one of the largest water recycling schemes in the world. all water on the roof is stored and collected and then carried through into the continuation point within the communal landscape court. to achieve the high demands for the daylight means that buildings become quite far apart. the building form is quite simple, one of the challenges was really, for us, to create an intimacy and sense of place. eddington overall is a fabulous concept and i am always bowled over by the fact the university's undertaking this project. the units are well spaced, well thought out, love the design, love the feel of it, it's actually quite a bit of a luxury to come here every day. when i visited a few months ago during the summer, i saw that the pe