The Leo Burnett Mumbai headquarters was a workplace design project asking what it means to build a space that reflects how creative people actually think and collaborate, beyond how a conventional office assumes they do.

Delivered at Busride Design Studio between 2021 and 2022, the project reimagined the headquarters of one of Mumbai's most established creative agencies as an anti-hierarchical workspace for the post-COVID era. The brief was to create an environment where complex creative workflows could be embedded in the spatial mechanics of the space itself. Where the architecture would actively support the non-linear, collaborative, and sometimes solitary nature of creative work.

The Rhizome Framework: The spatial concept was organised around a rhizome framework, a non-hierarchical, networked spatial logic that resists the fixed zones and rigid hierarchies of conventional office design. Rather than a floor plan organised around departments or seniority, the rhizome framework created a series of interconnected environments, each with its own character and purpose, navigable in multiple ways depending on how you work on any given day.

Zone-by-zone design resolution was developed across the full floor plate, with particular attention given to the Conservatory zone — a light-filled, landscape-integrated space designed as a counterpoint to the more focused work areas. Coordination with specialist consultants covered services, landscape, and lighting integration throughout.

The project was featured in Architectural Digest India in 2022, covering the work that I led as a primary designer on the project.