Baker Hughes didn't want an oil-and-gas office. They wanted Energy Forward made into a place.
The Brief
Baker Hughes was establishing a GCC in Bangalore under their Energy Forward brand positioning. The brief asked for a workspace that expressed technological optimism rather than industrial heritage — the design language had to look forward, not back. High-density benching, sit-stand capability and a strong branded statement in the entry zone were core requirements.
The Challenge
55,000 square feet in 90 days. The branded statement wall and the custom acoustic ceiling baffles — both manufactured items — had to be designed, produced and on site within a timeline that left no room for revision rounds.
What we designed
Designed to the five conditions of the Performance Climate.
Ground
High-density sit-stand benching with geometric carpet and a wood-slatted planter wrap at the entry — the entry sequence announces the brand before the wall does.
Air
Custom curved acoustic baffles on the ceiling absorb ambient noise across the open benching area without the visual weight of a full suspended ceiling.
Light
Linear lighting tracks run the length of the benching zone in the brand's teal accent, reinforcing the Energy Forward palette without requiring additional graphic intervention.
Flow
The entry zone with the brand wall and wood-slatted planter creates a deliberate decompression moment before the workfloor, so the team transitions rather than arrives directly at their desk.
Focus
Enclosed meeting rooms and a smaller boardroom cluster at one end of the floor, keeping client and leadership meetings away from the open benching noise.
What we built
The branded statement wall elements, the custom curved acoustic baffles and the wood-slatted planter surround were all manufactured at Jigani. The bespoke ceiling baffles were the critical path item — fabricated in a parallel manufacturing track while the structural ceiling and MEP were being installed on site.
- check_circle CUSTOM CURVED ACOUSTIC CEILING BAFFLES — IN-HOUSE
- check_circle BRAND STATEMENT WALL ELEMENTS — CNC FABRICATED
- check_circle WOOD-SLATTED PLANTER SURROUND
- check_circle SIT-STAND BENCHING PROGRAMME
"Energy Forward is not a slogan. It is a room. That is what integrated delivery buys you: a space that carries the brand into the future. "
Baker Hughes
