A 6,500 sq. ft. Design & Build workplace for SCOR, designed to extend the organisation's OneSCOR culture into India through a people-centred planning strategy, flexible collaboration infrastructure and an integrated approach to global brand identity and local expression.

The project brief centred on establishing SCOR's first workplace in India while maintaining continuity with the organisation's global culture. Following an earlier collaboration with SCOR on its Singapore workplace, the design challenge was to translate the values and working principles of OneSCOR into a new geographical and organisational context. As the company's sole workplace presence in India, the Mumbai office needed to support employee interaction, focused work, visitor engagement and connection to the wider global organisation.

The planning strategy treats the workplace as an interconnected ecosystem of experiences rather than a conventional arrangement of workstations and enclosed support spaces. The reception transitions into an informal lounge environment, replacing a formal visitor threshold with a more open and accessible arrival experience. This approach establishes the intended character of the workplace from the point of entry.

A dedicated display installation featuring artefacts and objects collected through employees' personal experiences introduces an element of collective identity. The installation integrates individual contributions into the workplace environment, allowing personal narratives to become part of the organisation's spatial expression.

The central coworking and townhall space functions as the primary shared environment. Its flexible configuration accommodates informal collaboration, team interactions, knowledge sharing and larger group gatherings. Positioned as the social anchor of the office, it supports multiple modes of engagement while reinforcing visibility and accessibility across the workplace.

The surrounding functional programme provides a complementary range of settings for focused and individual work. Meeting rooms, phone booths and a dedicated library offer varying degrees of privacy and concentration, enabling employees to select environments according to their work requirements. This distribution of collaborative and enclosed spaces supports a flexible working ecosystem without compromising individual productivity.

The cafeteria is conceived as a social destination within the workplace. A distinctive ceiling feature, warm lighting and welcoming seating arrangements establish a separate spatial identity while supporting informal interaction and everyday team engagement.

Brand integration is achieved through a restrained combination of corporate and contextual elements. SCOR's brand colours are incorporated as accents, supported by interactive team walls and a global presence map that reinforce the Mumbai office's relationship with the wider organisation. Subtle regional references introduce local character, balancing international brand consistency with the context of the Indian workplace.

The completed office translates SCOR's OneSCOR culture into a spatial framework that accommodates both collective engagement and individual work. Through its flexible shared spaces, employee-led installations, differentiated work settings and integrated brand expression, the project establishes a workplace that connects a new local team with the organisation's global identity.