Scott Brownrigg designed 1000 Discovery Drive at Cambridge Biomedical Campus completes

A new five-storey multi-occupancy life sciences facility at Cambridge Biomedical Campus (CBC) has recently completed with Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust confirmed as first tenant.

Designed by Scott Brownrigg for campus developer, Prologis UK, 1000 Discovery Drive forms part of a world-class, expanding life sciences and biotech ecosystem at Cambridge Biomedical Campus which brings together clinical, academic and commercial excellence.

The new speculatively developed building brings 103,000 sq ft of new state-of-the-art laboratory, office and amenity space to Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Photo: Prologis

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will occupy 23,000 sq ft space at 1000 Discovery Drive, housing an ultra-modern histopathology unit which will provide diagnostic pathology services, supporting clinical trials and biotechnological research into a range of diseases.

A series of carefully curated internal and external communal spaces enhanced by the Cambridge Biomedical Campus’s widely praised on-going public art strategy will add valuable amenity for new and existing occupiers across the wider campus.

With a new café and collaborative break-out spaces to enhance occupier and visitor experience, landscaped green spaces to encourage biodiversity, and cycling and associated facilities to support green commuting.

To align with Cambridge Biomedical Campus’s 2050 Vision, 1000 Discovery Drive has a BREEAM ‘Excellent” rating and is carefully designed to provide future flexibility in how the building can be occupied and operated.

Jason Lebidineuse, Director at Scott Brownrigg said: “We have celebrated the entrance to the building with a two storey cut-out supported by a striking red abstract structural tree. This opening of the façade is symbolic of the collaboration not just between building tenants but with the wider globally significant cluster of clinical healthcare and life science R&D companies at CBC. This project has been a delight to work on with a fantastic open collaboration between, Prologis, the design team and contractor.”

Felicity Hayward, Project Director at Scott Brownrigg said: “1000DD has been designed as a flexible, speculative laboratory building. The concept of flexibility is articulated in the elevations, allowing the tenants to ‘plug and play’ and utilise spaces on the floorplate for a wide spectrum of life science uses.”

Andrew Blevins, Head of Life Sciences at Prologis UK, said: “1000 Discovery Drive represents the best of everything that the Cambridge Biomedical Campus has to offer, providing an opportunity for clinical, academic and commercial excellence to sit side-by-side, under one roof.”