Opening the story…
PAKISTAN STATE OIL / KARACHI
PSO House · 8th-floor rehabilitation. A connected workplace, from the shared desk to the quiet pause.
Follow the working day01 / ARRIVE. MOVE. CONNECT.
Arrival & circulation
A broad central route connects glazed rooms, shared desks and places to stop. Long views make the different parts of the floor visible.
Explore all 50 photographs
The dark overhead grid runs through the centre of the floor. Glass, planting and changes in wall finish distinguish the adjoining settings while the continuous polished floor connects them.
Shared workspace
Repeated workstations sit beneath linear lights. Green screens and planting give the shared floor its own identity.
Explore all 50 photographs
Desk dividers and chairs establish a consistent rhythm across the floor. The low partition height preserves views between work groups and towards the glazed rooms at the edge.
Meeting & focus
Glass separates a smaller working room from the open floor. Frosted bands provide a visual screen while keeping a sense of the space beyond.
Explore all 50 photographs
The same green chair colour appears on both sides of the partition. This repeated detail connects two work settings even as the glazed wall gives the meeting room its own boundary.
02 / ROOMS FOR DECISIONS
PSO House · 8th floor / The conference room opens to a broad city view.Meeting & focus
The long table runs beside the windows. Daylight, timber and a continuous view across Karachi give the boardroom a clear spatial direction.
Explore all 50 photographsA long window wall sits beside the table, with roller blinds and repeated pendants above. The photograph records daylight as a visible part of the room’s composition.
A long window wall sits beside the table, with roller blinds and repeated pendants above. The photograph records daylight as a visible part of the room’s composition.
Meeting & focus
A dark ceiling panel aligns with the table. Pendant lights, a timber backdrop and a large display gather attention around the meeting.
Explore all 50 photographs
A recessed ceiling feature and wall lights give the table a defined setting. The view brings together several scales of light, from the broad ceiling glow to the smaller pendants.
A recessed ceiling feature and wall lights give the table a defined setting. The view brings together several scales of light, from the broad ceiling glow to the smaller pendants.
Meeting & focus
The executive office combines a substantial desk with visitor chairs and a media wall. Dark joinery and warm upholstery balance the large glazed edge.
Explore all 50 photographs
A broad desk faces the visitor chair, with low storage and a screen along the side wall. Dark wall panels and timber tones set this room apart from the shared green workstations.
A broad desk faces the visitor chair, with low storage and a screen along the side wall. Dark wall panels and timber tones set this room apart from the shared green workstations.
03 / THE SPACES BETWEEN TASKS
Informal spaces
A lounge, coffee point and games tables introduce an informal setting alongside the working floor.
Explore all 50 photographs
A coffee point, screen, dartboard and varied seats gather several informal activities in one area. Timber fins and green ceiling elements give this part of the floor its own character.
Informal spaces
Two upholstered chairs face a chess table. A different scale of furniture makes a different kind of conversation possible.
Explore all 50 photographs
The arrangement is deliberately small: a table, two seats and planting behind. Its colour and scale offer a clear change from the regular rows of workstations.
Informal spaces
Two chairs and a low table frame a small pause at the edge of the floor. The city remains part of the interior experience.
Explore all 50 photographs
The small table and two chairs make space for an informal exchange. The city glazing remains the dominant backdrop, with the polished floor reflecting the setting below.
04 / READ THE DETAILS
Material & detail
Vertical timber fins mark the lounge without making it disappear from the surrounding floor.
Explore all 50 photographs
The full-height vertical rhythm separates the lounge visually from the route outside. Gaps between the fins retain views of seating, colour and light beyond the screen.
Material & detail
A slim wall fitting sits against grooved timber. The detail brings a smaller, warmer rhythm to the room.
Explore all 50 photographs
The narrow fitting makes the fine vertical pattern of the wall easier to read. Beside it, the window frame and diagonal daylight introduce a contrasting geometry.
Material & detail
Planting occupies the boundary between working settings. Leaves, pale joinery and green task chairs repeat across the floor.
Explore all 50 photographs
The close view layers a timber planter, task chairs and a glazed partition. The transition is made through several small elements rather than a single opaque dividing wall.
05 / THE BUILDING AROUND THE PROJECT
Building context
The glazed atrium provides context for the building that holds the workplace. This photograph is separate from the eighth-floor rehabilitation.
Explore all 50 photographs
Stacked glazed volumes and projecting floor edges reveal the scale of the wider building. This photograph is context for the rehabilitation collection, not a claim that MESA designed the atrium.
Building context
Lifts, roof structure and vertical openings establish the scale of PSO House. This is building context; the atrium is not presented as MESA’s rehabilitation work.
Explore all 50 photographs
The vertical lift shafts lead the eye towards the roof grid and upper levels. This is existing-building context, shown separately from MESA’s eighth-floor rehabilitation interiors.
From project to delivery: a complete turnkey journey by MESA.
The Evolving Workplace ↗The new sixth–seventh-floor project: design informed by experience.
All 50 photographs ↗48 interior views and two building-context photographs, each with a caption and a closer reading.
Fourth-floor design proposal ↗A separate PSO project, presented as a design concept.
The visual journal ↗Original MESA Instagram posts and proposal imagery.
FROM THIS FLOOR TO YOURS
Every project begins with something worth asking.
WORKPLACE REHABILITATION / MESA
Start with the people, the place and what needs to change.
Discuss your workplaceMESA / THINKING. CLARITY. DESIGN. ADAPT. MANAGE.