Office design has evolved beyond mere looks and size as companies reassess their workspaces for hybrid work, talent battles, and global centers. During a conversation with The Economic Times Digital, Aditya B. Yamsanwar, Director of Team One Architects (TOA), spoke about his over 25 years of experience in commercial environment design and elaborated on how the modern workplace serves as a strategic business asset. He explains how businesses in various industries leverage their spaces to achieve tangible results in areas like culture, collaboration, productivity, retention, and brand image, while also highlighting the common and expensive errors that both SMEs and established companies make in their office designs. Edited excerpts.
Economic Times (ET): You've spent over 25 years designing commercial environments. What is the single biggest shift you've seen in how organisations think about space today versus when you started?
