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New Delhi-based Urbanscape Architects has designed the NBFL,Office for Nature Bio-foods Ltd. in Sonepat, which was to remodel the office space of an industrial facility reflecting the ethos of a brand that produces natural bio-products.

The client brief was to project the brand’s ethos, while creating a workspace that would enhance employee well-being and augment efficiency. The biggest challenge was to marry the attributes of an industrial building with the brand ethos. The office is designed in an introverted composition to accommodate the intermittent movement of the employees. A visual filter is manifested in the façade, using brick jaalis on the façade that connect the users visually to the outside. The building mass is an amalgamation of urban structure and an earthen façade that develops a synergetic relationship in terms of aesthetics and functionality. A contrasting corrugated sheet façade seems to merge effortlessly with exposed brick. Semi-transparent and closed units animate the building with an interplay of shadows when seen from afar. The layout of services and structural hindrances are overcome with a balance methodology, while being relatively economically-efficient.

An all-inclusive process was adopted to harmonize the built with the surroundings – to merge seamlessly with the landscape. In the Conference Room, the volume is a solid mass raised above the ground to connect the users with the surrounding environment without compromising privacy.

An extension of the urban and earthy character echoes through the interiors of the office. The interior spaces boast a grandeur brought in through double-height partitions and surfaces that are clad with strand board. Double-height glazing works as partitions between the formal conference areas and the workspaces, maintaining visibility and allowing ingress of light in the office from one end to the other. The existing slab is punctured linearly at two places to make a visual and physical connection between the floors.