The Sidgwick Site is one of the biggest sites within the University of Cambridge. It is located on the western edge of Cambridge city centre, and is home to several of the university's arts faculties. The site is named after the philosopher Henry Sidgwick, who studied at Cambridge in the 19th century. The University of Cambridge is the second-oldest in the English-speaking world, after Oxford University. ... The city of Cambridge is an old English university town and the regional centre of the county of Cambridgeshire. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... Henry Sidgwick Henry Sidgwick (May 31, 1838 - August 28, 1900) was an English philosopher. ...
One of the least satisfactory aspects of the current form of the site is the lack of engagement with the adjacent streets of Sidgwick Avenue and West Road.
Issues of entrances and edges to the site need to be addressed both to respond to the different natures of each street and to create legible and safe points of entry to the SidgwickSite.
In the context of the early 1950's, the SidgwickSite represented a considerable advance in University campus planning compared with the rigidity and monotony of the pre-war development of the Downing Site, for example.