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equitable opportunities of view, scale and space situation were created for over three hundred users. No private toilets attached to cabins but instead common and distributed wash areas were also an outcome of such philosophy. If specific functions demanded acoustic privacy, the transparent partitions were introduced to break down the barrier value. Spatial organization even within the singular open office organization bring an element of surprise through sequential unfolding of views by strategic placement of objects and spatial elements along the movement route at nodal positions from the entrance lounge. Ceiling modulations also help accentuate work zones from circulation. The workstations, while for functional convenience were polarized in their mutual proximity, they were as such not isolated by zoning but instead spread out all through the floor plate. To break the monotony of space condition and formality of work environment, the workstations are arranged in different ways and in even more varied finishes and formats, offering informality and choices of work situations. For example in addition to linear workstation with see through glass tops, there are opaque, bright colour top desks placed in different arrangements to offer multiple combinations of clustering, orientation and scales of grouping. Yet another variation is the format change for work postures, from desk based to sofa based as well as even bean bags. These help break the formality and monotony set by standardization and rigidity of location. Informality is also enhanced by providing recreation area as a pantry, dining, library, music station, board games sport and Gym facilities. Graffiti on the back painted glass wall surfaces as well as ideation through brain storming on such disbursed installations has been integral to space syntax. There are also interactivity and involvement brought in through indulgence in display boards, digital screens and spontaneous lounges. Concern for eco-friendly work environments: Within a ‘touch me not’ and indifferent to environmental concern envelop created by the architectural construct, a number of opportunities are explored in space design for possible interventions of environmental sustainability. The first bold step is to create practically the entire internal periphery of the floor plate next to windows amounting to nearly as green belt with live plantation indoors. While the periphery takes the shrubs like and, the entrance lounge with additional exposure to outdoors has small trees like Champa. (Temple trees). Choice of vegetation and their density is governed by solar orientation, negligible maintenance needs and endurance to the indoor conditioned environment. Natural light is put to the optimum use by zoning of activity spaces to periphery, open plan organization and detailing of partitions with visual transparency. The bulk of work stations is organized along the perimeter zone next to window within reach of natural light. The passive functions such as server, services and storage as well as closed in functions like