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Join us to explore the future of Cambridge.
Exhibition _ Water, Land & Living: Towards a Sponge Cambridge
Drawing on the idea of ‘Sponge City’, the exhibition brings together international examples and practices alongside local rain garden and climate resilient projects across Cambridge
Drought and Flood: The new normals for the Cambridge landscape
A public talk and discussion on designing for climate resilience through projects and practices in Cambridge
Walking with Water in Common
What does it mean to notice a stream that is sometimes visible, sometimes hidden, yet shapes where and how we live?
This walking workshop invites you to get to know Hobson's Brook from a new perspective, both its visible presence and hidden absence in Cambridge. Together we will engage creatively with the river, discover ways that water connects us, and explore how we might care for water collectively.
Thinking with community-led design and research practices we ask: How can collective making on-the-move be a methodology for knowing, caring, relating and prefiguring worlds with/as more-than-human agencies and communities?
The workshop is co-led by Gustav Nielsen and Violeta Tsenova of the Community Design Research Lab (CDRL), and Clara Todd of Water Sensitive Cambridge (WSC), with support from the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH) at the University of Cambridge.
Read more and register here https://luma.com/78mjmtzz
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Zine-making Workshop 02
Join artists Dauda Ladejobi and Steve Lawes for a fun zine-making workshop with collage and lino cut, to explore an inclusive urban future for North Cambridge
Zine-making Workshop 01
Join artists Dauda Ladejobi and Steve Lawes for a fun zine-making workshop with collage and lino cut, to explore an inclusive urban future for North Cambridge
Walking Tour: an inclusive future in North Cambridge
Join artist Dauda Ladejobi to explore the urban space in North Cambridge through a walking tour
Let's Talk About the (Urban) History of North Cambridge
Join local historian Antony Carpen to explore the history of urban development in North Cambridge
Up in the Air - A history of High Rise Britain
Public book talk
14/04/2026
17:00 - 18:00
Up in the Air tells the story of Britain’s multistorey council housing from its beginnings to the present day.
Across the decades, the high rise has symbolised the welfare state for better or worse.
Holly Smith takes the residents’ perspective, capturing the human side of high-rise Britain.
Dr Holly Smith is a historian of architecture and protest. She is a Fellow at St John’s College, University of Cambridge.
Link to register: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/up-in-the-air-a-history-of-high-rise-britain-tickets-1986536583397
Layers of Cambridge: clay and printmaking workshop
Join artists Marion Stuart and Hannelore Smith for a creative workshop about Cambridge
What's Your Mill Road?: mapping workshop and sharing event
Come join us for a hands-on community mapping event and know more about Mill Road neighbourhood
Let’s Talk About: The Greater Cambridge Development Corporation
Join us for a public discussion about the government’s consultation on establishing a Development Corporation for Greater Cambridge
How Resilient is Cambridge: FOOD
How Resilient is Cambridge, our new event series that asks how the climate crisis will affect our city, kicks off in a fortnight with an evening focusing on food
Circular Design Workshop: Drawing Imagined Futures
A free workshop for architects and designers who use drawing, meditation, and group discussion to build imagined futures of balance
Talk: Active Urbanism
Join us for a workshop and talk to explore the concept of Active Urbanism
Map survey: What's Your Mill Road
Join us at the Mill Road Winter Fair 2025 for a map survey, exploring how local residents experience, use, and imagine Mill Road
Architecture Studio Public Crit
Join a live Y2 Architecture crit as students present ideas for the council block south of the Grafton Centre, bounded by East Road, Norfolk Street, and St Matthew’s Street
Let's Talk About the Local Development Plan
Join us for a public talk and discussion about Cambridge Local Development Plan
Healthy Greater Cambridge Report launch
Join us for the launch of the Healthy Greater Cambridge Report!
The 2025 Marshall Professor Inaugural Lecture: Tina Saaby
Join us on Wednesday 15th October from 5pm in the Elena Hall at Jesus College for the Inaugural Lecture by Tina Saaby
Built Utopias
A new community of practice meeting, exploring what can contemporary construction learn from traditional building techniques and collaborative exchange of skills.
Community Map Makers Workshop: Session 3 at The University of Cambridge
Join us for our awesome 'Map Chats' - these are in-person workshops where you can create your own map and explore your community
Community Map Makers Workshop: Session 2 at Mandela House
Join us for our awesome 'Map Chats' - these are in-person workshops where you can create your own map and explore your community
Let's Talk About Soil in Cambridge
Join us for a conversation about soil, farming and community gardens in Cambridge
Pop-up Talk: two climate-resilient landscape projects in Abbey
Join us for a talk with Daniel Lee on two climate-resilient landscape projects in Abbey
siteseeing film screening: Six Inches of Soil (2024)
Join us on Wednesday, 9 July, at 5:45pm at the Cambridge Room for the film screening of 'Six Inches of Soil ' (2024)
Let's Talk About Homelessness in Cambridge
Join representatives from the town council and local charities for a thoughtful conversation about homelessness in Cambridge
The Cambridge Room Repair Café
Join us for another repair cafe session in July, in collaboration with the Cambridgeshire Repair Cafe network.
siteseeing film screening: Kiss the Ground (2020)
Join us on Wednesday, 2nd July, at 5:45pm at the Cambridge Room for the film screening of 'Kiss the Ground' (2020)