Orxa HQ, Bengaluru, India

Kumar La Noce has designed the new headquarters of Orxa Energies, an exciting startup in the EV space that produces high-performance electric vehicles, in Bangalore, India

Operating within an existing shell of a factory space in an industrial area of Bangalore, KLN has created a 30,000 sft workspace that combines offices, specialized R&D areas, manufacturing/production spaces as well as common areas  for exchanges of knowledge, creativity and innovation. 

Set across three floors the spaces are designed for a young workforce composed of mechanical and automobile engineers, designers, scientists and production workers. The intent was to encourage collaboration between the various teams: Manufacturing, Research, Creative by prioritizing multi-functional common areas with differing densities, characteristics and amenities. Freestanding meeting pods provide more private discussion spaces while Individual phone/zoom pods scattered around the workspace add another layer of communication spaces. On the first floor a series of circular stepped forms create the “Forum”, a playful cluster that can be used for townhalls, screenings, briefings or as casual meeting areas.

The interior architecture is structured around few but bold formal gestures, minimal and sculptural, using a restrained and industrial palette. A ‘façade’ made of panels of perforated steel in silver and lime green sweep across the entrance lobby announcing the arrival into Orxa HQ. Lime green stripes on the polished cement floor travel through the lobby and towards the production area, a direct reference to the startup’s core habitat, roadways, with superbikes gliding through the lobby and through to the testing track.

Location: Bangalore, India
Design Team : Bhavana Kumar, Nicola La Noce, Shivani Ghoradkar, Mithun MR
Site Area: 30,000 sft
Client: Orxa Energies
Status: Built
Year : 2023                                                 Photographs: Suryan Dang