Corporate Cool

HDFC ERGO General Insurance’s office in Mumbai takes a departure from clinical corporate spaces. Created by architect Ninad Tipnis of JTCPL Designs, it not only fosters productivity and ease of functionality within its walls but also gives equal importance to maintaining a youthful and vibrant atmosphere.

- Alifiya Mehamdabadwala

HDFC ERGO General Insurance and architectural firm JTCPL Designs have a long association, having collaborated on many of their offices in the past. So, when it came to their new office at Bhandup in Mumbai, they once again called upon architect Ninad Tipnis. The proposed service centre facility spread over an area of 40,000 sq ft was to have complete in-bound and out-bound call centres, training rooms, meeting rooms, workstations, cubicles for middle management, cabins and a fully functional cafeteria. There was also a requirement for ancillary critical functions such as server rooms, electrical rooms, a control room, BMS, etc. Since the population of the facility was young and energetic individuals with an intense and demanding work life, Ninad was posed with the task of designing a space with an invigorating environment.