Creating Connections

Fidelity International’s new office space mirrors the company’s values and culture while conceiving a new social environment

- Shristi Nangalia

​​​​​​Fidelity International’s new office in Gurgaon is a creative and functional workplace. The former office of this global asset management company, which has been in India for over 17 years, was designed in the traditional style. Thus, with the new workplace, the challenge was to bring the company’s diverse employee groups together and to create a space that appeals to millennials.

“During the design process, the pivotal goals were to fuel innovation and create a social work environment that promoted and supported collaborative experiences. Additionally, the new office space needed to reflect Fidelity International’s values, culture, purpose and attitude,” said Sunil Dhawan, director, Corporate Services, Fidelity International.

SWBI Architects were given charge to design the over 2.5 lakh square feet space, which, across nine floors, would accommodate 2,400+ employees.

For the global financial services organisation, the idea of an open, globally connected, technologically powered office with no hierarchy and no cabins, not even for the country head, took root. Every aspect - right from the spaces designed for global collaboration and fostering innovation to co-located, cross-functional teams - was decided on the basis of employee feedback and usage.