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Are we still designing workspaces for a way of working that no longer exists?

In our latest feature, I speak with Studio IAAD about the Conscient Infra Sales Lounge in Gurgaon - a project that challenges the conventional idea of fixed layouts and rigid zoning.

What emerges is a more fluid, adaptive approach - where spaces are designed to shift, respond, and evolve with changing needs.

For us at Design Connect, this is where the conversation around design needs to move - beyond surface and into systems.

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Conscient Infra Sales Lounge: Designing for Fluidity Within Constraint At Gurgaon’s Grand Hyatt Tower, Studio IAAD rethinks the sales office as an adaptive spatial system — where experience, work, and movement operate as one continuous environment. Perched on the fourth floor of the Grand Hyatt Tower along Golf Course Extension Road, Gurgaon, the Conscient Infra Sa...

Can an off-grid home be more than just an escape?

Long Lake Cottage in Muskoka suggests it can.

Instead of treating nature as a backdrop, the project rethinks how architecture can work with landscape, climate, and everyday living -- through careful planning, material choices, and spatial strategy.

At Design Connect, we go beyond surface-level features to unpack what makes projects like this truly relevant.

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Long Lake Cottage: Rethinking the Off-Grid Retreat in Muskoka Set within Ontario’s wilderness, Dubbeldam Architecture + Design crafts an elevated, off-grid dwelling that balances accessibility, material continuity, and an immersive relationship with landscape. In an era where remote living is often aestheticised rather than meaningfully resolved, Long Lake C...