“Winds Through Layers” is a mixed-use community centre project, by Muzahid Islam, addressing Dhaka’s growing need for socially connected and environmentally conscious urban living.
Raimund Abraham’s “House Without Rooms,” an unbuilt project that reimagined architecture as a realm of ideas. It challenged conventional notions of space, focusing on symbolic “archetypal stations” rather than functional rooms.
The Terraces, Indore, by L.S.Vaswani Architects is an environmental filter, an analogy for synthesis & analysis. The vision behind this project is to uncover ‘the relationship of buildings, landscape & climate’ transforming the impact of commercial development in the ecosystem of a city.
The prime objective of the Thakurli Railway Station redevelopment is to enhance and enforce strong connectivity for both the motorized sector and pedestrianized sector.
The vision for the proposed development on this site focuses on creating a “live, work, shop, play” 24 x 7 destination.
The collection of select unbuilt works by Gautam Bhatia is an exploration by him to propose elastic ideas of architecture that explore different approaches to public and living spaces.
The Living Factory, designed by Elija Halil Architecture + Design, redefines urban sustainability by integrating clean industry, energy production, and housing in London, turning a building into a living, air-purifying, and resource-generating ecosystem.
Redeveloping Youth Hostel, Art Gallery, and Café, Old Nasik, by The Cave Laboratory for research, architecture, & planning is a mixed-use redevelopment combining youth hostel, art gallery, and café, respecting traditional architecture while embracing modern needs through stepped, courtyard-centred design.
Unbuilt Ideas is a platform dedicated to exploring the untapped potential of architecture and design. Curated by Rajesh Advani, it brings together essays, conversations, ideas, and publications that spark dialogue, inspire creativity, and push the boundaries of conventional thinking.
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Rupali Gupte is an architect and urbanist based in Mumbai, Professor at the School of Environment and Architecture (SEA) and a partner at BARDStudio. Her work often crosses disciplinary boundaries and takes different forms – writings, drawings, mixed-media works, story telling, teaching, curation, walks and spatial interventions.
Her works include extensive research on contemporary Indian urbanism with a focus on architecture and built environment; tactical practices; housing; and urban form. In 2013, she co-founded the School of Environment and Architecture (sea.edu.in). SEA is envisaged as an experimental academic space for research and education in architecture and urbanism. She has a wide range of publications, has delivered lectures and been on juries across the world. Her works in collaboration with her partner Prasad Shetty, have been shown in several exhibitions including the 56th Venice Biennale, X Sao Paolo Architecture Biennale, Seoul Biennale of Art and Architecture, at Manifesta 7 in Bolzano, at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona and at galleries such as Project 88, Devi Art Foundation and the Mumbai Art Room. She has recently curated an exhibition involving artists and architects titled ‘When is Space? Conversations in Contemporary Architecture’ at the Jawahar Kala Kendra.
