The architecture of an organizational building tells a story, in addition to attracting visitors, bringing people together and shielding against elements. Same is the case with JEC-P. It is designed to spur action, by marrying opposites—combining thought and action; masculine and feminine; and technology and tradition. It evokes an Indian past rich with traditions and inventions, and provides a suitable playground for further innovations. It is, in fact, a showcase of architectural shift for an India at 75. It rejects Cartesian linear imagination of a Le Corbusier, or the Ionic Greek columns brought in through the west. It departs from the ornate buildings post-independence that continued a colonial tradition and takes exception to the 60s imagination of Louis Kahn, where India’s architecture was consigned to brick-built traditions. Lines of the building are uncluttered, inviting us to drop our differences and come together for democratic action. Long glass windows in the multipurpose hall glint with transparency, and the clean texture of its walls symbolizes friction-free enterprise

The building is planned in such a way that it can anticipate unknown corners Middle India will have to navigate in its journey ahead, confident in the company of a 300-year-old Banyan tree. Its spiral, clean curvature represents new exponential aspirations of Middle India, while hinting that the path ahead will be anything but straightforward. Its sweep originates from and embraces the giant Banyan tree, which acts as a fulcrum, providing JEC-P both- balance and contrast. And serves as an organic lens—focusing attention and energy of the main building, visually, spiritually and environmentally.