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Project
DNV GL Technology Centre

Location:
Singapore

Interior designer
Aedas Interiors

COMMON GROUND
When a global giant in risk management brings together various business arms
at one address, the interiors are likely to foster engagement all round

Mergers invariably spark changes that may
include relocation along with a close study of work
practices and requirements.
Such was the case when Norwegian firm
Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas (DNV), a company
involved in a wide variety of international risk
assessment and advisory roles across a range
of industries, merged with German-based
Germanischer Lloyd, to become DNV GL.
With the need to relocate to a new seven-storey
office tower in Singapore, the expanded company’s
fit-out had to combine several elements, including
a green agenda and a strong sense of coming
together. When interior design company Aedas

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Interiors came to the DNV GL Technology Centre
project, the client’s goal was to achieve a workplace that would reflect the firm’s proud heritage,
its diverse businesses, and its sense of unity
as a global company, says project designer
Steven Shaw.
“Aedas Interiors spent several weeks with the
different business groups and the leadership team
to understand what this meant and how it could
be applied to the new building, which had to bring
together several business groups previously spread
across a number buildings.
“During this period, it became clear to the design
team that a key part of the company’s social culture

These pages:The fifth-floor
reception lobby of the new head
office of global giant DNV GL is
intended as a common point of
entry for all staff. High-visibility
stairways lead to other floors.
A 3-D MDF board above the
reception picks up on the water
and waves of the company’s
previous logo, creating an eyecatching feature.