Workplace programme
The brief consolidates three offices into one headquarters. Enclosed phone booths, four-person pods, meeting rooms, lounges and pantry settings provide a range of places for concentration and collaboration.
Consolidating three Klang Valley offices into a shared workplace at the former Coca-Cola site in Shah Alam.
The brief
Consolidate offices while supporting hybrid work and a shared F&N identity.
The response
A choice of settings organised around joy, hybrid working, flexibility and excitement.
The brief: bring three offices together
F&N’s One Office initiative consolidated three Klang Valley offices at the former Coca-Cola production site in Shah Alam. The ambition extended beyond a change of address: the workplace needed to connect departments, accommodate hybrid working and express a shared identity.
The strategy: a future-proof workspace
DMZ’s proposal framed the workplace around four design pillars: joy, hybrid working, flexibility and excitement. These principles guided the atmosphere and the mix of spaces, balancing operational needs with the different ways people gather, focus and exchange ideas.
Joy and excitement: give the workplace character
Light, colour and open social settings establish a welcoming atmosphere. Heritage references connect the interior to F&N’s history, while café spaces and informal meeting areas add variety to the working day. The intent is to give the office a recognisable personality and places where colleagues can connect.
Hybrid and flexibility: support a choice of settings
Private phone booths support virtual calls, while enclosed booths provide settings for smaller discussions. Meeting rooms, collaborative zones, lounges and pantry areas offer different degrees of privacy and interaction. These choices allow the workplace to accommodate both concentration and shared activity.
Everyday life: work alongside social and shared activities
A demonstration kitchen, gym and fitness room, informal lounges and prayer facilities broaden the activities supported by the headquarters. Their inclusion places everyday needs alongside the workspaces, contributing to a more varied workplace experience.
A small detail with a strong identity
Repurposed F&N beverage bottles form a meeting-room sign. Rotating the bottles reveals “Vacant” or “In-Use”. This simple interaction connects wayfinding, reuse and brand memory at a scale people encounter throughout the day.
How the idea was resolved.
Plan coordination
The Edition 2 construction plan identifies individual phone booths, four-person pods, pantry storage and adjacent building services. These elements bring private calls, small-group work and refreshment into the same workplace programme.
Brand detail & reuse
Repurposed F&N beverage bottles form a manual meeting-room availability sign. Rotating the bottles changes the message between Vacant and In-Use, turning a familiar product into a useful interface.
Health & building interfaces
The profile records touchless entrance and lift controls, antibacterial work surfaces and robotic duct-cleaning provisions. These form part of the workplace’s hygiene strategy; no measured health or productivity outcome is asserted.
Project decisions documented in DMZ company profile, Edition 2. Programme-wide methods and design studies are identified where applicable.
Project photography supplied by DMZ, September 2026. Design background: DMZ company profiles, Editions 1 and 2 (2025).
