2024-12-03T13:31:33-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/150050046/how-6-successful-women-in-architecture-planning-and-engineering-joined-forces-to-win-the-cambridge-to-oxford-connection-ideas-competition Ellen Hancock 2018-02-19T15:48:00-05:00 >2018-07-13T15:15:32-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/j1/j1exjl3s0hhdum4v.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The VeloCity team met through <a href="http://clubpeloton.org/pedelle-faqs/" target="_blank">PedElle</a>, a charity cycling endurance event open to female riders working in the property industry. Each successful in their own right, they decided they wanted to work together combining their expertise in architecture, design, engineering and town planning - a place-making competition developing the corridor that spans Cambridge, Milton Keynes, Northampton and Oxford, seemed the perfect opportunity.&nbsp;</p> <p>I recently met with the team to find out more about how they work together collaboratively and what made their entry stand out. Since we met they have gone on to win the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150040676/velocity-win-the-cambridge-to-oxford-connection-ideas-competition" target="_blank">'The Cambridge to Oxford Connection: Ideas Competition'</a>, cementing their exciting future working together. </p>