Start with how the organisation works
One Office consolidated three offices into a headquarters in Shah Alam. Edition 2 records approximately 4,500 square metres and a workforce of more than 500 employees. Completed in 2022, the project used a “Future Proof Workspace” strategy to address changing work patterns, cross-team interaction and corporate identity.
Match the seats to the attendance model
The profile describes 300 seats supporting more than 500 employees, with most staff attending two days a week. Department-based hot-desking formed part of that operating model. Meeting rooms, shared workstations, collaboration zones and quieter settings provide different choices within the overall plan. These figures describe the case-study model, not a universal workplace planning ratio.
Published technical layout excerpt from the One Office case study. The source drawing carries a plumbing/services overlay; shown here to discuss the relationship of work settings, not as construction guidance. Edition 2, PDF page 20.
Make the social spaces part of the plan
A Kopitiam-inspired co-working lounge acts as a social centre. A Heritage Lounge close to the boardroom provides a pre-function setting while presenting the company’s product identity. These spaces give informal conversations a place within the workday and connect organisational culture to the physical layout.
The Kopitiam-inspired workplace setting illustrated in the One Office case study. Edition 2, PDF page 20.
Provide settings for different kinds of concentration
The completed workplace includes individual phone booths, enclosed booths for small discussions, meeting rooms, shared work areas and informal lounges. The mix responds to different tasks rather than asking every activity to happen at one workstation. The plan excerpt retains the services information printed in the original source; it is not a standalone furniture or construction issue.
Carry the brand into an everyday interaction
Repurposed F&N beverage bottles form a rotating meeting-room sign. Turning the bottles reveals “Vacant” or “In-Use”. The detail combines room status, familiar product imagery and a tactile interaction, showing how a small element can reinforce the identity established by the larger spatial concept.
Beverage bottles rotate to display “Vacant” or “In-Use” on the meeting-room sign. Edition 2, PDF page 21.
Adapted from DMZ Portfolio Edition 2, PDF pages 19–21. Drawings, studies and photographs are reproduced from the original case study.