Objective 1: To capture the history and tradition of the Sit
Object
The New Museums Site Development Framework Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)
Representation ID: 30694
Received: 01/09/2015
Respondent: Rabbi Jeffrey Newman
If the university truly wishes to 'create a window into the site's history' they must do it without destroying its most important buildings.
If the university truly wishes to 'create a window into the site's history' they must do it without destroying its most important buildings.
Object
The New Museums Site Development Framework Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)
Representation ID: 30696
Received: 01/09/2015
Respondent: John Sinton
The need for the university to promote 'working and learning' is not disputed. To do otherwise is to destroy the university.
But to attempt that by the effective destruction of buildings with tremendous historical and scientific significance - and demolition of the ground level facades effectively destroys them - is no less certainly destroying the university, as any meaningful connections to the past are shamelessly discarded.
The need for the university to promote 'working and learning' is not disputed. To do otherwise is to destroy the university.
But to attempt that by the effective destruction of buildings with tremendous historical and scientific significance - and demolition of the ground level facades effectively destroys them - is no less certainly destroying the university, as any meaningful connections to the past are shamelessly discarded.
Object
The New Museums Site Development Framework Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)
Representation ID: 30707
Received: 05/09/2015
Respondent: Prof. Valerie Gibson
The old Cavendish is a world heritage site of enormous scientific importance. The proposal has been formulated without consultation with the scientists and historians who can advise on its scientific heritage. It would be a travesty to demolish even part of it without further consultation.
The proposal includes a "cut-through" through the ground floor of the old Cavendish building, which has great scientific world heritage. The proposal includes demolishing Rutherford's personal laboratory. Rutherford is one of many "giants of science" who worked in the Cavendish; Nobel prize winner and father of the picture of the atom we have today.
The proposal has been formulated without consultation with scientists and historians who can advise on its scientific heritage. The old Cavendish building is an excellent candidate for world heritage site, and in the very least should be reclassed as Grade I.
Please do not demolish any of the Cavendish without considering other proposals to re-purpose the building as a scientific heritage centre for public engagement.
Comment
The New Museums Site Development Framework Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)
Representation ID: 30736
Received: 23/09/2015
Respondent: Dr Shane Lawrence
A new purpose built building would be the ideal to hold the complete holdings of the Science Library either on the completed New Museums Site or even perhaps more ideally on a new site perhaps on the West Cambridge area of the University.
Please see attached document