‘The Map Department in Cambridge contains some 1,000,000 maps, both British and foreign, several thousand atlases and other ancillary material. The average annual intake is about 30,000 items and over the years the accumulation of variant editions recording the changing landscape has become a particularly valuable feature of the collection. The Legal Deposit Libraries Act, which entitles the library to claim a copy of every new British publication, applies to maps as well as printed books.’ (Cambridge University)
The Site:
Located on a car park immediately west of Cambridge Library, where the current map department is cramped into one of the smaller wings, thus requiring a replacement, purpose-built map library and depository within the immediate context of the existing library.
On the very north extent of the site are four 'solar trees', solar panels, that require rights to light. They are 3m high, so need to be taken into consideration, i.e. I shouldn't design a two-storey building in front of them that would block out sunlight. They power 10% of the library's annual electricity needs.
View looking east towards the University Library:
View north looking onto the west of the site, onto the Cambridge Real Tennis club:
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