Sanjay Puri Architects have designed a captivating and sustainable office space in Mumbai, India, known as OFFICE@27. This 4000sq.ft. office, located on the 27th floor of a new office tower, features a unique design that incorporates sustainable materials, sculptural elements, and a focus on creating a stimulating work environment. The office design is characterized by its use of paper tubes, recycled plywood, and lime plaster, creating a unique and textural ambiance that celebrates sustainable practices.
This 4000sq.ft. office is situated on the 27th floor of a new office tower in Mumbai, India.
The clients, building developers, had an extensive brief requiring 6 cabins, conference and discussion rooms, and seating for 36 employees.
The palette for the office includes a variety of sustainable materials, juxtaposed differently within each of the created volumes. Cabins skirt the perimeter, with open seating spaces forming the central volume.
The available height of 6 meters, a rare aspect of new office buildings, is retained in entirety.
A collage of paper tubes, treated with fire retardant coatings of different diameters, form a sculptural ceiling over the central volume. These are interspersed with tubular lights created especially for this office.
The 6m high partitions surrounding the central volume are designed in an abstract composition of wood and glass, with cane, jute, and fabric. The cabins beyond these partitions are sculpted in recycled plywood strips collected from various other sites, undulating in plan and section simultaneously. The tables, credenzas, and storage cabinets within the cabins are also constructed with plywood strips, lending a homogeneous sculptural look within each cabin.
The larger conference room has a paper tube light installation with different sized tubes suspended at varying heights.
A breakout space overlooking the city’s skyline is created towards the end of the office with a bar counter and casual seating spaces. The reception space is monolithic, with fiber board panels created like concrete planks. The table and benches are constructed with monolithic light weight foam concrete designed specifically for this office. Organic swirls in fabric form lights suspended in each cabin, designed for the office in collaboration with a lighting manufacturer. All of the walls are finished in lime plaster, without cement. All of the furniture, lighting, partitions, and ceilings were constructed and fabricated on site with a skilled team of workers, and are made from sustainable materials.
The paper tube office, designed for the Vibrant Group, consists of a series of volumes with varied textures, materials, and compositions of paper, cane, jute, fabric, recycled plywood, lime plaster, and terrazzo flooring, forming distinct individual spaces that simultaneously merge into each other.
About Sanjay Puri Architects
Sanjay Puri Architects have been ranked at number 32 on Archello’s list of Top 100 architects worldwide, and are listed in Archdaily’s list of Top 100 architects worldwide. They are also listed in the WA UK top 100 architectural firms, as well as the Architizer New York’s top130 architecture firms in the world.
With a current firm strength of 108, the essence of the firm’s design philosophy revolves around evolving design solutions that are contextual and sustainable, and creating spaces that explore spatial perceptions with new design directions forms.
The firm has won over 450 awards, including 300 International design awards. Recognitions include the CDA 2023 Paris Best Residential Project Worldwide, The LOOP Design Awards -Best Large architectural firm, The Best Completed Building – Production Energy & Logistics in the World Architecture Festival, Singapore 2023, The Best Housing Project worldwide in the World Architecture Festival, Lisbon 2022, and The LEAF Awards London, Best interior project 2021.
The firm, led by founding partners Sanjay Puri & Nina Puri, have won architectural projects in Australia, Spain, Montenegro, UAE, Oman, and Dallas USA, and they are currently involved in the design of projects in 36 Indian cities.
Sanjay Puri has served on the juries of the World Architecture Festival in Barcelona, Singapore, Berlin, Amsterdam, and Lisbon, being the first Indian architect to do so. He has also been a judge for The Architectural Review Awards, UK, Dezeen Awards, UK, The Plan Awards, Italy, Inde Awards, Australia, and has been a speaker at several international and national conventions. Sanjay is a registered member of the RIBA, UK, Society of American Registered Architects (SARA, New York), Indian Institute of Architecture (IIA), and Indian Institute of Interior Designers(IIID), and has been a part of the Heritage Conservation Committee, New Delhi.
Project Information:
Architect: Sanjay Puri Architects, Location: Mumbai, India, Year: 2024, Size: 4000 sq. ft.
