2. INTRODUCTION:
•Office interiors create first impressions, they influence our perceptions of a company and help reinforce or change
preconceived ideas. Design consciousness, as a result, is on the increase and the office no longer means a cluttered and
ignored environment.
•Office interiors create first impressions, they influence our perceptions of a company and help reinforce or change
preconceived ideas. Design consciousness, as a result, is on the increase and the office no longer means a cluttered and
ignored environment.
•A good office environment makes for efficient functioning and inculcates the right attitude among the staff. A pleasant
working environment is the management’s way of showing it cares about its employees.
PROBLEM STATEMENT
•The office must impress a visitor and at the same time be conducive for him to the business.
•With the introduction of IT, computer, etc, furniture design which is suitable to the human body has become an important
RESEARCH TOPIC
design criterion.
PROBLEM STATEMENT:
The idea that the working environment can be enjoyed rather than suffered is new.
Theories of workplace control typically have little to say about freedom. The workplace is often understood as a totalizing
environment, saturated with obvious and subtle forms of coercion, so the struggle for freedom is best confined to realm of
leisure, or more typically, left off the agenda entirely. Yet emergent neo-normative control theory posits that freedom is now
the defining element of the contemporary workplace.
In this study, I offer a partial challenge to neo-normative theory by showing that workplace freedom has a tendency to
extricate itself from the contractual social relation and reinvent itself in ways that suggest a more pure form of gift.
3. Research Questions:
The complex relationship between the built environment and human behavior has a very important role to play in the design
of the office interiors. The scope of this study is to understand the relation between work place architectural interiors and its
effect on employee productivity.
Objectives of the study:
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
1. To study development of offices in the Indian scenario, the basic functioning and planning aspects of an office
environment.
2. To understand the elements of office interiors.
3. To understand the contemporary scene of office interiors.
4. To understand how an office space can be made ergonomically satisfactory, creative, motivational and dynamic working
environment through the medium of interiors, without compromising on the disciplined environment of the office.
4. Methodology:
•Collect relevant information from the guide and other related people to formulate the basic objectives of the study.
•Literature revue of office interiors and its components through:
•Library study
•Architectural journals
•Articles, etc.
•Meeting professionals in the field of office interior design, employees and clients to understand the elements of the office
design and their effect on the users.
•To study the contemporary work environments, through case studies.
METHODOLOGY
5. GOOGLE – EMEA ENGINEERING HUB
KEYWORDS Creativity, fun, employee
satisfaction, engagement
KEY FEATURES Inspiring work environment that
fosters creativity Ratings based on 10 reviews/year. Ratings as of 3/9/12. Rating Scale:
ORGANIZATION Google/Carmenzind Evolution 5=very satisfied, 3=OK, 1=very dissatisfied.
LOCATION Zurich, Switzerland Google Culture:
Google is a high-energy, fast paced work environment. Google
SECONDARY CASE STUDY
GOOGLE, ZURICH, SWITZERLAND employees work hard, yet have fun at the same time. In Google
(DESIGNERS:COMENZIND EVOLUTION) office, workspaces are full of individuality, and the atmosphere is
relaxed. .Googlers can play beach volleyball, foosball, videogames, pool
Net lettable floor area: 12,000m2
tables, table tennis, or even roller hockey on the campus, which makes
Number of work stations: 800
this young population feel like they are still at a college campus rather
Architects: Camenzind Evolution than being in an office.
Location: Zürich, Switzerland Google Benefits:
Project Team: Stefan Camenzind, Tanya Ruegg • sports facilities
Client: Google Inc. • healthcare facilities
Google has long taken an innovative approach to its • 20% creative time program
workspaces. The Zurich office is not alone in providing an • Transportation services
outstanding work environment for employees. Other Google • 11 free gourmet cafeterias
workplaces around the world also offer many perks to • Employee lounges
employees including free, high quality food and a relaxed and • Massage services
positive work environment designed to foster creativity and • Informal meeting pods
innovation among workers. This desirable work environment • Bright, well lit and inviting spaces
makes the company very attractive to potential employees. • Personal recreation services such as Gym, Sports facilities, etc.
What makes the Google office so Googly?
1. Color
2. Design that encourages play
3. Using the Third Space within the office
4. A better cafeteria keeps you working
6. INDIA GLYCOLS LIMITED
KEYWORDS Employee satisfaction, Employee
Satisfaction (marked IGL
engagement, green building
out of 10)
KEY FEATURES Energy consciousness Google
0 5 10 15
ORGANIZATION India Glycols Ltd.
LOCATION Noida, Uttar Pradesh IGL Culture:
A dynamic work environment brings out the best in each of us. The
INDIA GLYCOLS OFFICE, NOIDA scenic environs of the IGL campus, coupled with other facilities such as
ARCHITECTS: Morphogenesis a huge playground, a club with various indoor games and a swimming
BUILT UP AREA: 3, 91,700 sq ft pool makes the IGL campus / colony an extremely pleasant place that
PRIMARY CASE STUDY
The office design for the corporate office for India Glycols offers a unique environment for all-round professional and personal
embodies the issues concerning the workplace today, and growth.
explores the paradigm of the office space as a social activity. IGL Benefits:
Sited in a non-contextual suburban area of Delhi, the •Gym facilities are available from 6am to %pm for employees, on
setting, led to the development of an introverted scheme that weekdays only. Not accessible on weekends.
would address environmental and socio-economic issues •Multi-purpose hall is available to employees for birthday
from first principles. celebrations, hosting events for clients, etc.
The entire office functions without artificial lighting during •Table tennis rooms are available to employees during working
the day. Large, continuous glass facades allow maximum day hours, for refreshment breaks.
light into all office spaces, as the corporate building has been •Guest rooms are available for company employees from other
designed as a green building. branches of the country.
There is no concept of Third Spaces within the office. The •Facilities of Medical Emergency Rooms, Building Monitoring
color scheme barely varies from white and cream colors Systems, Rain water harvesting, etc.
within the bull pen. •Library available to employees on need basis only, mostly used by
According to a questionnaire conducted, the employees of senior executives for leisure time.
IGL feel the need for more such recreational spaces within
the office. Also, the general consensus is that dull, colorless
spaces cause the employees to feel tired and listless during
the day.
Game Changers
•Colors
•Third Spaces within the office
•Comfortable, flexible modular furniture
7. Google, Zurich IGL, Noida
EMPLOYEE Designed having its employees completely Designed having its employees completely
INVOLVEMENT involved in designing process. Creating an involved in designing process. Creating an
employee friendly environment was an important employee friendly environment was an important
criterion of the design brief. criterion of the design brief.
COLOR Overwhelming palette of colors used in every Promotes a disciplined, no-nonsense atmosphere
space. by sticking to white for its interior spaces.
ENERGY Office landscaping is limited to need and A green building design. Naturally, office
CONSCIOUSNESS requirements as per the floor theme. landscape is an integral part of the structure.
ART Art works as an inspiration and mood-lifter Art works as an inspiration and mood-lifter
element have been used. element have been used.
GRAPHICS Use of graphics to reflect the nature of their work Use of graphics to reflect the nature of their work
ANALYSIS
. .
Comparing the Google office and India Glycols Ltd, the lacking recreational facilities and spaces act as a game changer. The
vibrant, colorful interiors and theme designed floors of Google office’s working areas are a complete contrast to the colorless
interiors of the IGL bull pen. A wide variety of comfortable, flexible and movable furniture equipment in the Google office for
employees allows the users to relax, take a break, refresh and start afresh. The provision of Third spaces within the office also
acts as a perk, as employees can take their work to a more comfortable, vibrant environment to allow the creative juices to
flow.
Game Changers:
•Colors
•Third Spaces within the office
•Comfortable, flexible modular furniture
8. TOWARDS THE HYPER-DIVERSE WORK FORCE
What will tomorrow’s workforce look like and what will it want?
The living workplace will be no longer a building, but will more closely resemble a service or a set of
facilities that focus on the requirements of different users and contexts—factors that are particularly
difficult to predict. Creating truly future-proof workplaces therefore requires the management of
uncertainty, achieved through flexible, open facilities that can adapt to workforce fluctuations as well as
diverse and ever changing user requirements.
WORKPLACES AS FLUENT NETWORKS THAT CONNECT PEOPLE AND SPACES
How do changes in technology and lifestyles shape future working arrangements?
•In the future, workplaces will no longer be isolated, closed entities. Buildings and facilities will be
increasingly opened for public access and virtual applications extend the reach of the company far
beyond traditional boundaries.
•Facilities will be extended for public use and local services will be integrated into workplace design,
CONCLUSION
creating an ecosystem that caters for a variety of users and processes.
•To compete with home offices and the like, physical spaces will have to provide benefits that go
beyond face-to-face access to people. They will have to be places where people actively want to go;
places in which people prefer to work.
A GROWING NEED FOR COLLABORATION, CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION
How can changes in corporate culture influence future value creation?
Facilities that foster well-being, such as on-site gyms, sleeping rooms, flexible working hours and home-
office opportunities will have positive effects on the creativity of employees and the levels of
productivity they can achieve.
What do the above trends mean for the workplace of tomorrow?
•A need for greater flexibility and the smart integration of virtual and physical facilities.
•The Living Workplace will be a network of entities that constantly changes.
•A place that utilizes technologies to enable flexible working, which offers spaces that are open, The Living Workplace –
adaptable and that cater for diversity. Incorporating people, space
• Workplace strategies always need to respond to an organization’s specific requirements. and technology
•The Living Workplace is about offering opportunities that reflect the future needs of the organization,
the employees that will occupy a space and the type of interactions that will take pace. To learn from
these insights it is vital to carefully analyze an organization’s requirements, to develop a workplace
strategy that is both future-proof and sensitive to the unique characteristics of an organization.
