Hyderabad, September 24: James Law, the cybertect from Hong Kong who’s making waves across the globe with his unique and unconventional building designs packed with high technology, suggests adoption of latest technology to overcome civic problems like flooding of drains and traffic chaos that plagues the Twin Cities.
“I’ve been to quite a few world class cities and am quite impressed by the planning of Hyderabad and its infrastructure, especially in the new districts.
But the city needs to go for automation to grow into a truly intelligent city,” Law said in an interview with Expresso.
Explaining automation, he says sensor-based flood gates can be installed which will detect rain and open automatically to drain out the water. For designing effective systems for traffic management, pollution check etc, nodal point technology can be used wherein hi-tech poles are located at various points in the city to collect data.
For example, if the data shows that 10,000 cars ply in a particular area, accordingly the road width and traffic management can be planned. Depending on the data on emission levels in
industrial areas, controls can be imposed, he explained.
The cybertect also has some plans for the city airport. Though he is happy with its overall plan, Law feels the traffic has outgrown the plan. Given an opportunity, he wants to make an extension by adding a new terminal to the airport.
“The design of the existing conventional building is too tight. Through cybertecture, it can be made more hitech with better and faster security check-in, cleaner and more efficient, spacious and interactive for the users,” he feels.
The airport, being a window to the world for Hyderabad, should give a taste of the city to visitors, he says.
Law is keen to employ students from India to work for him on various projects.
“Students are the future. The company always supports and encourages students to build a better future and better India,” he reveals.
Replying to a question if he would be interested in collaborating with any educational institution in India, especially after the JNA and FAU architecture school principal expressed his desire to have such an arrangement with him, Law says he is game provided the proposition is good.
Having visited the city twice, James Law has a wish, “I’m quite interested in taking up a project in the city if someone comes up with a proposal.”
–Agencies–