Volume thinking
Reading a home in three dimensions instead of two — noticing the unused air above wardrobes, doorways and cabinets, not just the floor on the plan. The mental shift behind every vertical Extend move.
Look up, not just down
We see floor plans, so we think in floor area and miss the metre of empty wall between the cabinets and the ceiling. Indian homes have always looked up — the atta loft is centuries old. Western small-space content rarely does.