Workplaces
SKS Corporate
A frosted glass ceiling that reads as a day-lit sky.
Durgapur, West Bengal · 2008 · Office interiors · 45 × 20 ft
The office measures only 45 × 20 feet. Along one side, a floating ceiling of frosted glass, just nine feet wide, framed in timber and lit from behind by artificial light, simulates a day-lit sky over the reception, the MD’s room and the conference room. It makes the narrow strip feel wider and gives these rooms the same soft, even light.
The rest of the width holds the other rooms: a personal resting room, a common toilet and a pantry. Partitions of horizontally banded frosted glass in timber frames let light and glimpses pass through while keeping each room private. Behind the MD’s table, a niche wall serves as the display wall.
The client’s affinity for traditional Japanese interiors led to extensive use of dark stained wood and veneers. The furniture is a special feature: one curved vocabulary in polished veneer, set against a warm orange wall.
The result is a calm, softly lit workplace in the busy industrial city of Durgapur.