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08Technology · Chennai · 2024
Spiceorb
A startup floor that can become a 2× startup floor.
Year
2024
Area
9,500 sq ft
Duration
8 weeks
Sector
Technology
The brief
Spiceorb is a Chennai startup planning to double headcount in eighteen months. They needed a workspace that worked at thirty people on day one, sixty in year two — and didn't require a rebuild in between.
The challenge
We sized infrastructure for sixty: AV trunks, MEP, cable trays, vendor lists. We furnished for thirty using a single-SKU family that scales by purchase order, not by re-design. Expansion bays are taped on the floor at handover, not hidden in a follow-up project.
At a glance
Spiceorb specifications
- Total area
- 9,500 sq ft
- Workstations on day one
- 30
- Capacity at full expansion
- 60
- Programme
- 8 weeks
- Future expansions planned
- 2
Outcomes
Outcomes — Spiceorb
- 01Wiring and AV trunks pre-sized for the next two expansions
- 02Furniture taken from a single SKU family — replacements arrive in days
- 03Eight weeks from contract signature to first standing meeting
The build
Spiceorb gallery
Materials & specification
Spiceorb — materials and specification
- ·Plug-and-play modular furniture (single SKU family)
- ·Exposed-deck ceiling for fast reconfiguration
- ·Carpet tile flooring for spot replacement
- ·Demountable glass meeting rooms
- ·Loose furniture in social zones (no fixed millwork)
Team & credits
Spiceorb team and credits
- Design lead
- ARCSPACEX (Arun)
- Project lead
- ARCSPACEX (Abhijith)
- Furniture
- Single-vendor partnership
Frequently asked
FAQ — Spiceorb
What does "plug-and-play furniture" mean in practice?+
A single SKU family (desks, screens, storage) bought from one vendor. Adding twenty more positions takes a purchase order, not a redesign.
Eight weeks from contract — how realistic is that for a 9,500 sq ft fit-out?+
Realistic when the brief is locked, the SKU is decided, and the studio runs design and build under one contract. Each of those was true here.
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