JLL helps create world-leading sustainable and inclusive workplaces for Firmenich

The JLL Market Advisory team worked with the client to renegotiate the lease and the JLL Work Dynamics business, Tétris Design and Build, developed a design solution inspired both by the chemistry used by Firmenich to develop unique tastes and smells and the vibrant culture of South Africa. Customized spaces, designed using circularity principles to reduce waste and maximize the natural setting, enhance wellbeing and performance across the laboratories and offices. Sustainability features throughout, from energy efficiency, EV charging, clean energy generation and battery storage solutions, to water harvesting systems, air quality and acoustic measures.

Tétris supported Firmenich with the delivery of a holistic design-and-build solution that considered the entire eco-system of our workspace. Tétris breathed new life into Firmenich’s dated Midrand (Johannesburg) office, in collaboration with Firmenich’s Global Workplace Solution’s division whose focus was to provide employees with a great workplace experience. Tétris completely stripped down the cellular type office space and made way for an open plan layout, aligning with an entirely different way of working. From the start it was clear that Tetris based their overall design on sustainable best practices, which transcended the design and significantly contributed to the project achieving a 6 Star Green Star World Leadership rating from the Green Building Council of South Africa.

Ashley Sams
GWS Workplace Manager -SSA, FIrmenich (Pty) Ltd