Spasm Design Architects has designed 'There is No Planet B', a conceptual pavilion designed to stand at the NCPA for the three-day-long ADFF in Mumbai.

As storytelling mediums, both film and architecture become frames of reference for experiential settings.

"We chose to frame the most prominent tree on the campus, the Bodhi, through architectural expression, while using the almost animated liberty of film to articulate the story of an ancient Indian building type, the Chaitya," said Spasm Design.

All architecture is formed by either the addition or reduction of mass – this aspect of manipulating mass is an act akin to adding or removing frames to build a scene in filmmaking.

"We are rendering the story of heavy mass architecture, but lightly, almost as though one has X-ray vision," added Spasm Design.

This project has been longlisted in the installation design category of Dezeen Awards 2025.

Studio: Spasm Design Architects
Project: There is No Planet B