By Marina Correa
Photography: Sebastian Zachariah; courtesy the designer
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Light takes on a metaphorical
quality for growth at Mumbai-based KIFS Securities office, designed by principal
designer Amee Vora of Fourth Dimension…
Located at Lotus Business
Park in Jogeshwari, Mumbai, the 5,000 sq ft office is divided into parts:
executive floor and arbitrage or trading floor, each with independent access;
and areas common to both, such as restrooms, pantry, dining etc.
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The reception, office
administration, senior management and executive cabins, meeting rooms and MD’s
office are located on the executive floor with access controlled entry, while
the arbitrage floor features workstations and limited storage drawer pedestals
as the nature of business is mainly online.
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The major challenge here
lay in the site’s disadvantageous south-facing orientation, and the solution
lay in filtering the quantum and intensity of light into the workplace. The
architect has used jaali screens to
ensure a charming aesthetic and has applied silhouette blinds to keep off harsh
sunlight from entering the office through interplay of materials and light.
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Throughout the day, with the
shifting incidence of the sun, chiaroscuro elements play out, animating different
spaces and inspiring users to newer and greater heights. Energy is conserved as
natural light is discerningly harnessed and juxtaposed with artificial fill
light for a heightened aesthetic that bestows the ambience with a feel-good,
enriched ambience, augmenting the brand image and the fundamentally-necessary
goodwill and trust, so important for a Securities company.
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Whether it is the design of
the glass and CMC-cut leather sandwiched partition in the reception, inspired
by amoeba - a symbol of organic growth; or the design of the meeting rooms,
which embody within them a Zen-like calm (because a calm mind propels the body
with an infinite energy towards growth) – the architect has intricately woven
symbolisms of ‘growth’ into the DNA of spaces, where ‘light’ becomes the medium
for the message.
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