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 & 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 in 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 & glass with cane, jute & fabric. The cabins beyond these partitions are sculpted in recycled plywood strips collected from various other sites, undulating in plan & section simultaneously. The tables, credenzas & 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 & casual seating spaces. The reception space is monolithic with fiber board panels created like concrete planks.
The table & 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 in collaboration with a light manufacturer for the office. All the walls are finished in lime plaster without cement.
All the furniture, lighting, partitions & ceilings were constructed & fabricated on site with a skilled team of workers, made from sustainable materials.
The paper tube office, designed for the Vibrant Group is a series of volumes with varied textures, materials & compositions of paper, cane, jute, fabric, recycled plywood, lime plaster & terrazzo flooring forming distinct individual spaces that simultaneously merge into each other.
Team:
Architect: Sanjay Puri Architects
Client Name: The Vibrant Group India
Lead Architect: Sanjay Puri
Design Team: Madhavi Belsare, Payal Raut, Subodh Amin
Consultants:
Interior design Consultant: Sanjay Puri Architects
MEP consultants: Sanjay Puri Architects
Lighting consultant: The Light Boy
Photo credits: Mr. Vinesh Gandhi
Contractors:
Carpentry: Shyamlal Vishwakarma, Fine Art
Civil: Royal services
Painting: Sadanand Decor
Electrical contractor: I-Net services
Hvac: Teamwork services
Material Used:
Suppliers:
1. Flooring: Haique
2. Wooden flooring: Greenlam
3. Carpet flooring: India carpets
4. Paint: ICA Pidilite, Flexstone
5. Bathroom Fixtures: Aquant, Studio nuance, Cretekala
6. Furniture: Custom made on site by local carpenters
7. Planters: Studio palasa
8. Glass: Bharat glass
9. Veneer: Euro
10. Laminates: Euro Laminates
11. Hardware: CNR, Hafele
12. Concrete panels: Hey concrete
13. Blinds: Mac
14. Custom lights: Olie lights, Paper tube lights made on site by carpenters
