the pearl

proj overview

the pearl is a speculative spherical city designed to house 50,000 inhabitants within an 800-meter-diameter enclosed structure. the project is organized around modular, mixed-use urban clusters that integrate housing, work, services, and leisure, avoiding rigid functional zoning inspired by jane jacobs' theories on urbanism. cluster of varying densities: low-density, industrial, and high-density, are distributed within the sphere according to environmental and infrastructural needs, while logistics and support modules operate as non-residential systems. by combining compact urbanism with large internal voids for circulation, light, and public space, the project proposes the city as a cohesive, adaptable organism rather than a collection of isolated buildings.