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Hadid, for instance, has envisioned six apartment structures characterized by alternating bands of glazing and solid striations that occasionally extend outward to form balconies. Meanwhile, Studio Daniel Libeskind has designed a contemporary arts museum featuring a squat, torqued volume with a green roof; the building will serve as the threshold between the redeveloped site’s northern edge and Fieramilanocity’s extant pavilions.

Cybertecture integrates technology, multimedia, intelligent systems and user interactivity to create customizable living and working spaces that focus on experience. The Cybertecture Egg takes this principle working theme a step further with ‘cybertecture health’ - interactive features that monitor occupant’s vital health statistics, like blood pressure and weight. In keeping with the focus on health and wellness, users can customize their views with real time virtual scenery. The oblong office building incorporates passive solar design to decrease heat gain and lower energy loads. An elevated garden also moderates temperate by using natural vegetation to assist with cooling the building envelope. The Cybertecture Egg will use solar photovoltaic panels and rooftop wind turbines to generate onsite electricity. Water conservation will be managed with a greywater recycling system that will harvest water for irrigation and landscaping. It is also said that we can see this futuristic “Cybertecture Egg” building by the end of 2010. So, let’s wait and see…