A regional headquarters that had to feel senior on day one.
Meridian's Pune office is the firm's second-largest, housing underwriting and risk teams whose work rarely faces a client directly but underwrites every decision that does. The space needed to feel every bit as considered as the flagship, without its budget.
A tight capital budget and an existing shell with low floor-to-floor heights meant the usual gestures of institutional weight — tall ceilings, deep stone reveals — were simply not available.
Delivering an institutional feel within a materially constrained budget
Working around a low floor-to-floor height that limited ceiling treatments
Matching the flagship office's brand language without duplicating its material palette
Housing dense underwriting teams without a cramped, transactional feel
Continuous wainscot and skirting lines draw the eye along the floor plate rather than up, making a compressed ceiling height read as intentional.
Laminate and veneer finishes were matched in tone and grain to the flagship's solid stone and timber, preserving the brand read at a fraction of the cost.
Underwriting teams sit in long shared benches with acoustic screening between clusters, keeping density high without feeling like a call center.
