ELEV -8 | ATMA House Ahmedabad

At ELEV -8 2025 Arunima Guha Pal - the head of RSP Mumbai spoke to Shravan Bendapudi of Gensler on how workplace strategies and flexibility come together to shape productive, sustainable, and adaptive environments.

Arunima Guha Pal at the ATMA House, Ahmedabad (P.C -ELEV8)

ELEV-8 is the annual design event curated by the publishing house - 'The Architects Diary'. The third edition of ELEV8 brought together a wide range of diverse professionals from the design world, including Manish Banker, Canna Patel, and Prashant Parmar, among others. The event took place at the Corbusier-designed "Millowners Association Building" - the ATMA house on the 2nd and 3rd of February 2025. The two-day gathering witnessed 25+ speakers, 8+ panel discussions, 5+ keynote speeches, and 200+ sheet displays, among other events. 

Kudos to all the organisers who put the gala event ELEV8 together! Panels that brought together peers from all facets of the Building Planning and Design world! A special mention to the way the event positioned social and sustainable design processes above all else! - Arunima Guha Pal - Associate Director - Mumbai, RSP India.

ATMA House - Le Corbusier created modern, exposed brick and concrete edifices for some of Gujarat’s wealthy in the early 1950s, changing the state's architectural landscape

Arunima Guha and other participants photographed at the venue (P.C -ELEV8)

Arunima Guha at the panel for workspaces with Shravan Bendapudi of Gensler (P.C -ELEV8)

The themes for the event revolved around the legacy of growing Indian cities and their collective action as a metropolis for business. Arunima and Shravan Bendapudi's panel discussion examined how innovative workplace strategies, flexibility, and local context create productive, sustainable, and adaptive environments.

Decision makers today embrace and include workplace strategies as a part of their organizational identity. Workplaces today address the changing needs of a fast-paced economy by embracing flexible design solutions.

While organizations seek to achieve the right balance between a conventional desk count and collaborative spaces, designers understand that an effective workplace strategy physically manifests an organization's work culture.