The space that was left over

The deshpande center opened, the other day on the 6th of february, 2009. Among the best feedbacks for the project was from Gururaj 'Desh' Deshpande, who commisioned the project. He said to me, that the best part of the project was the space underneath - the space left over.

In a way, the project is about that, the left over space. Highly programmed, sometimes monofunctional spaces such as the auditorium, training halls etc, are configured around an unprogrammed core, an unbuilt space that constantly adapts to multiple uses. It serves as a spill over for the desh cafe, or could be pre function area or even an exhibition space. the list is endless.

The initial presentations was very much about the formation of this sectional core space, and I am happy that they like it...

Some images of the project could be viewed at :

http://picasaweb.google.com/thirdspacebgm/DeshpandeCenterForSocialEnterprenuershipHubli?feat=directlink#