Unbuilt Architectural Concepts and Design Explorations

Our practice at Thirdspace is rooted in the belief that every design, whether built or unbuilt, is a necessary iteration in our thinking process. This collection of speculative projects allows us to push boundaries without the constraints of a client brief, serving as a proving ground for the concepts we apply to our broader body of work.

Take the House with Three Gables, for instance. This project explored how to utilize a suburban site gradient to create a sunken courtyard garden, protected by a complex, glazed roof structure. While not constructed, the research into the relationship between the sunken court and the upper level living areas informed how we now approach light and volume in our private home designs.

Similarly, our work on Coilspace, a student hostel concept, became an exercise in social architecture. We were interested in how circulation corridors could function as social hubs rather than just transactional pathways. By visualizing the facade as a grid of active student spaces, we tested theories of public and private living that are relevant to all our high-density residential projects.

We document these explorations through sketches, balsa wood models, and 3D diagrams because the act of making is how we clarify our intent. These unbuilt ideas remain part of our studio archives, often finding new avatars or informing the structural decisions we make in our active projects across Pune, Belagavi, and beyond. This is the Thinking Hand at work—a constant cycle of research that ensures our built work is grounded in deep experimentation.