THE ELEMENTAL OFFICE

In a building you'd barely notice, BASICS Architects craft a headquarters that rewrites the rules of corporate design

- Krupakshi Mehta

You wouldn't guess it walking up to the building—part warehouse, part office—but the top two floors of this mixed-use complex on the outskirts of Delhi house a surprisingly chill corporate headquarters.

Designed by BASICS Architects for Fybros, a company that deals in electrical solutions, the office manages to sidestep every cliché you’d expect from a 36,000 sq ft corporate in a 1,80,000 sq ft building setup.

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The headquarters spans the top two floors of the South tower and is accessed via a separate entrance from the ground-level warehouse. A pre-reception at the stilt level filters foot traffic before leading into a double-height main reception space lit by south-facing glazing.

This atrium becomes the anchor for the office, with both floors opening into it and connected via a metal-and-wood staircase that reads more sculptural than structural.

The plan accommodates 150 workstations alongside executive offices and other divisions. Amenities include a town hall, boardroom, showroom, guest suites, a temple and two dining areas—one a café, the other a larger cafeteria with breakout capacity.

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