Corporate workplaces

Offices need surfaces that look planned. Acrylic solid surface suits reception desks, workstations and counters, and its joins are hard to see. Fluted panels add texture to walls and partitions.

Overhead, WPC baffle ceilings give open offices and meeting rooms a strong linear pattern. Carpet lets you zone a floor plate by colour and laying pattern, and wooden flooring goes into cabins and conference rooms.

Reception is where an office is judged first. Acrylic solid surface comes in 6 mm and 12 mm sheets, so a desk can run as one long piece. Fluted panels are shown in 116 designs, 12 to 26 mm thick, and Stone Skin is a 2 mm veneer of real stone for the wall behind the desk.

Corridors and open floors reward repetition. Carpet tiles are 500 x 500 mm squares, so colour and direction can change from one zone to the next. WPC baffles come in three profiles, 50 x 50, 50 x 75 and 50 x 100 mm, and four wood-grain shades. Wooden flooring is laminate or engineered wood, in straight, V-groove and herringbone planks.

Specifiers usually ask for three things: samples of the shortlisted finishes, the catalogues, and a viewing of the materials side by side. Catalogues are shared on WhatsApp, the full range can be seen at the Choolai showroom, and samples can be sent to offices in Chennai. A sample request holds up to 12 samples.