Gone is the traditional reception area, instead, visitors are thrust straight into the heart of Toppr’s office where employees are immersed in coding and programming. The office located in Mumbai had high ceilings and lent itself perfectly to the industrial look that Purple Backyard had envisaged for the interiors. The office layout is fairly simple: central workspace surrounded by a service area, a breakout space and glass-walled cabins for meetings and for making phone calls.
The communal work tables may evoke a classroom layout but in effect are ideal space maximisers and useful in facilitating employee collaboration. For relief from their computer screens, employees can retreat to the far end of the room, where a cosy couch by the window offers a change of atmosphere. Kumpal Vaid created the no-frills, industrial look with the help of exposed brick walls that are simply coated with white paint, and left the ducting exposed and in its raw state. This was then balanced by wooden flooring to bring in an element of warmth, luxury and create an aura of professionalism.
