PROJECT : STUDIO IN MUMBAI PROJECT TYPE : INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE, INTERIOR DESIGN THE OPEN CONFERENCE-STYLE LAYOUT OF THIS SMALL STUDIO REFLECTS A PHILOSOPHY AND CULTURE OF OPENNESS AND COLLABORATION THAT DEFIES CONVENTIONAL HIERARCHIES AND DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN TEAM MEMBERS WITHIN THE WORKPLACE AND ENCOURAGES EQUAL PARTICIPATION FROM ALL MEMBERS OF THE STUDIO. THE OFFICE INFRASTRUCTURE, EQUIPMENT, POWER & IT CONDUITS AND WIRING ARE DELIBERATELY KEPT UNCONCEALED TO SERVE AS AN HONEST REMINDER OF THE INDISPENSABLE ROLE THIS INFRASTRUCTURE PLAYS IN OUR WORK AND PRODUCTIVITY AND OUR INESCAPABLE RELIANCE ON IT. THE MATERIAL PALETTE IS KEPT LIGHT TO AMPLIFY THE ABUNDANT DAYLIGHT POURING IN FROM THE LONG STRETCH OF WINDOWS. LIGHT BROWN WOOD, WHITE LAMINATES AND PAINT CREATE A BACKDROP THAT IS SUBTLE BUT WITH A FEW MOMENTS OF DEPTH AND FOCUS PROVIDED BY THE BLACK ACCENTS. THE ORIGINAL CONCRETE CEILING IS LEFT BARE TO CREATE A RAW, BRUTALIST AESTHETIC NOT ONLY TO OPTIMIZE THE VOLUME OF THE STUDIO BUT ALSO AS A NOD TO THE CULTURE OF OPENNESS & TRANSPARENCY.