La ‘cyber architettura’ del visionario progettista alla guida dello studio James Law Cybertecture International di Hong Kong studia l’equilibrio tra spazio e tecnologia al fine di una integrazione del mondo architettonico con le nuove tecnologie digitali.
“Gli edifici del XXI secolo – spiega James Law – saranno differenti da quelli del XX. Non più solo di cemento, acciaio e vetro, si vestiranno anche di nuovi intangibili materiali appartenenti alla tecnologia e alla interattività. Solo riconoscendo ciò, si potrà aprire la via ad una nuova forma di architettura detta Cybertecture”.

Il progetto di Mumbai rappresenta una commistione di architettura iconica, progettazione ambientale, sistemi intelligenti e ingegneria.
Il progetto trae ispirazione da un’idea di mondo inteso come ecosistema in grado di consentire l’evoluzione della vita. Riproducendo la forma di un pianeta, l’edificio immaginato da James Law intende dare forma ad una nuova “terra”, ad un nuovo ecosistema riservato a coloro che abiteranno la struttura.

Leggermente allungato, il “pianeta” assume la forma di un uovo inclinato da un lato. Una scelta non solo estetica, ma che risponde anche all’esigenza di proteggere l’edificio dai raggi solari.
L’innovativa struttura che disegna il “guscio” dell’uovo crea all’interno ampi spazi liberi da pilastri con arcate sino a 30 metri di luce.


In the 21st Century, buildings will be different from 20th Century, they are no longer about concrete, steel and glass, but also the new intangible materials of technology, multimedia, intelligence and interactivity. Only be recognizing this will bring a new form of architecture to light ¬namely a “Cybertecture”.

This project is a “Cybertecture” building that brings together Iconic Architecture, Environmental Design, Intelligent Systems, and New Engineering together to create the most innovative building for the city of Mumbai and for India in the 21st Century.

The concept was inspired by looking at the world in terms of the planet being an ecosystem that allows life to evolve. The concept for this building is rather like planet earth, where a sustainable ecosystem is derived from an integrated and seamless Cybertecture that is evolving to give the building’s inhabitants the very best space to work in. The analogy to the form of the building is for the beautiful planet form to “land” on our site in Mumbai, and create a new Cybertecture ecosystem for people who will use this building.

The form of the architecture is one that symbolizes with optimism about the future and of the 21st Century. The symbolic “planet” form is further stretched to cater for 15 levels of accommodation, derived a “Egg” shaped building. This “Egg” is further orientated and skewed at an angle to create both a strong visual language as well as to alleviate the solar gain of the building. By using this “Egg” shape, compared to a conventional building, this building has approximately 10-20% less surface area. The architecture is sleek and computer designed, with engineering that creates a building of extremely high quality and geometric sophistication. This building will act like a “jewel” for the new Central Business District of Mumbai, and a worthy neighbor to the esteemed neighboring buildings of the district. Within the building, an innovative structure derived from the skin of the egg creates up to 30m spans of columnless floors. Also within, innovative Cybertecture Technologies empower people to work in a better way.