Green Design in the Age of Terror Attacks

December 1, 2008

While Americans were giving thanks last week, Mumbai, India suffered a terrorist attack that exposed ill-prepared emergency-response teams. (As reported in the Wall Street Journal, India’s Army commandos were armed with hand guns and scooter helmets, while terrorists had machine guns and grenade launchers.)  

As Mumbai vies to become a world financial center, such security issues may deter tenants from pioneering green buildings such as the Cybertecture Egg (designed by Chinese firm, James Law Cybertecture International). Merging geometric sophistication with green technology, the Cybertecture Egg will lie close to the ground, capture solar energy and have a sky garden. In light of the attacks, the year ahead may be troubling for global capital investment in Mumbai, including the Cybertecture Egg… still hoped to be the crown jewel of Mumbai’s central business district.