CommercialWorkplace
FORJ designs office fitouts for professional firms, growing teams and corporate head offices, planned around how the team uses the space day to day. We look at headcount, meeting rooms, quiet work, storage, staff areas and visitors, then develop the interior and documentation around the agreed plan.
When the office no longer fits the business
Current headcount, expected growth and attendance patterns set the desk count. It is a planning decision made with you, not a fixed ratio.
The mix of room sizes follows how meetings actually happen, from two-person calls to client presentations.
Focus rooms and quieter zones, placed away from kitchens and main circulation.
Kitchens and breakout areas placed where teams already cross paths, so they get used.
Reception and meeting suites that receive visitors without sending them through the workfloor.
Storage, lockers and furniture planned as part of the layout, including what can be kept.
Partitions, ceilings, floors and joinery worth keeping are identified early, to reduce cost and disruption.
Relevant experience · Workplace
A full-floor law office in the Melbourne CBD where timber, stone and reeded glass give each room privacy without closing it off from the light.
Designed by Sam Fossati in a previous role, before FORJ was established.
Planning
Open-plan work areas sit at the centre of the floor, surrounded by private offices, so people move between the two through the day. Changes in carpet and custom overhead lighting mark the shared zones, and a full floor brings natural light to every working area.
Context
SBA Law has advised Australian businesses and private clients since 1947. This project fitted out a full floor of about 1,500 square metres in the Melbourne CBD for the firm's team.
A CBD law office with an industrial base and a restrained material palette. Timber flooring carries warmth through the floor, polished stone to reception gives the arrival more weight, and reeded glass provides privacy while keeping light moving between rooms.
Arrival
Visitors are met by a stone reception desk under a pearlescent feature pendant. Reeded glass to the meeting rooms gives client meetings privacy while keeping the light.
In the kitchen, planting is integrated into the overhead lighting to make the staff area a place people will actually use. A long stone island gives every team a reason to gather at the break.
Partitions
Timber panelling and glazed partitions keep sightlines open while maintaining acoustic separation between rooms.
Projects marked Relevant experience: Designed by Sam Fossati in a previous role, before FORJ was established.
BuiltRelevant experienceA workplace that retains the industrial character of the building while lifting the standard of finish.
BuiltRelevant experienceA head office for an Australian lighting company, planned as a route from a marble-floored meeting room, through lit archways, into a flexible product gallery.
BuiltRelevant experienceAn office for a digital consultancy, planned around in-person collaboration, with light timber, planting and a quieter version of the brand's green.
Considering a commercial tenancy? Here is what we would test before committing to the space, from planning and circulation to existing fitout and services.
What a business can realistically review, plan or upgrade before the financial year closes, and what is better planned now and built after June.
We start with current headcount, expected growth and how often people are in the office, then test the desk number against meeting demand and quiet work. The number is agreed with you, not taken from a ratio.
Often. Existing furniture is reviewed in the first stage, and pieces that suit the new plan are included in the furniture layout alongside anything new.
Staged construction is planned and managed by the builder. The design can be developed to suit a staged programme if the business needs to keep working through the fitout.
Send us the floor plan, the headcount or a short description of what is not working. We will review it and let you know whether a test fit is enough or the project needs a full design scope.
