Habitat Design & Arts. Renovation expert of operational workplaces.
A Noida-based commercial interior design and build firm — since 2009, 1,000+ delivered workplaces, and the founding organisation behind WURKSPACE. This is the practice that built the operating system.
Seventeen years of real workplace delivery.
The chapters that shaped Habitat's methodology — and, eventually, WURKSPACE.
- 2009MilestoneHabitat founded in Noida
Habitat Design & Arts is established as a commercial interior design and build practice serving Delhi NCR corporates.
- 2011MilestoneBest Design & Build Firm — Times Research
Habitat is recognised as Best Design & Build Firm by Times Research; the award is presented by cricket legend Kapil Dev.
Award · Kapil Dev - 2012MilestonePartnership with Kingsmen, Singapore
Habitat becomes the India partner of Kingsmen — the Singapore-headquartered design and build group — bringing international delivery standards to Indian workplaces.
- 2015MilestoneMaruti NEXA pilot project
Habitat is entrusted with the development of the Maruti Suzuki NEXA pilot showroom — shaping the retail identity that rolled out nationally.
- 2017Milestone500 projects delivered
Habitat crosses the 500-project milestone across corporate, educational, hospitality, retail and industrial workplaces.
- 2020MilestoneRenovation Redefined published
Ajay Jain publishes a practitioner's reference on planning and executing workplace renovation in live operation.
- 2022Milestone1,000 projects delivered
Habitat crosses the 1,000-project milestone — 4.2M+ sq. ft. of renovated and newly built workplaces across India.
- 2023MilestoneWURKSPACE & Gentrify founded
Two decades of practitioner experience are codified into two new ventures — WURKSPACE (the workplace operating system) and Gentrify (workplace renovation specialists).
- 2026MilestoneWURKSPACE launched
WURKSPACE goes live for the wider industry — planning, procurement, execution and closeout, unified in one operating system.
Where 4.2 million sq. ft. has gone.
Habitat's delivery is heavily weighted toward corporate and educational workplaces — the two sectors that most demand renovation without disruption.
Multi-floor headquarters renovations in live operation. Boardrooms, CEO floors, trading rooms.
Universities, schools, academies. Classrooms, labs, libraries and campus modernisation.
Ministries, PSUs and institutional bodies. Compliance-heavy, protocol-sensitive delivery.
Facility upgrades with MEP, safety and compliance overlap. Zero downtime execution.
Store networks, showrooms and hospitality interiors — templated, brand-aligned rollouts.
Commercial guest rooms, executive housing and residential facilities for large campuses.
Selected work.
A visual glance at the types of environments Habitat renovates in live operation. Client identities are anonymised where required.
What Habitat does.
A system-driven, execution-first practice built around defined outcomes, realistic budgets and reliable timelines.
Interior planning, BOQ preparation, estimation and project scheduling aligned to budget and timeline.
Integrated design and build for interior renovation — a single point of responsibility from planning to handover.
Structured evaluations of running interiors to identify renovation needs and improvement opportunities.
Modular furniture, seating, carpets, lighting, ceilings, partitions, pantry, AV/IT — coordinated with overall layout.
Execution-only partner for architects, design consultants and PMC firms, with reliable on-site delivery.
Pre-construction planning, disciplined execution and post-handover support to keep spaces performing over time.
Corporate groups and educational institutions.
Habitat works with a broad base of corporate, hospitality, retail and industrial clients, alongside leading educational institutions — including:
Partial client list. Logos shown as monograms pending brand permissions.
What clients say about delivery in live operation.
Voices from administration, facilities and programme leaders who lived through Habitat's renovation-in-operation methodology. Named references available on request.
Habitat renovated our operational HQ floor-by-floor without stopping a single business day. The team planned every shutdown around our calendar — that is rare in this industry.
They delivered our campus expansion on the budget we approved and on the semester date we needed. Habitat's programme discipline is what set them apart from the design-only firms we spoke to.
From concept to handover, one team owned the outcome. No finger-pointing between designer, contractor and PMC — because there wasn't any. That is Habitat's real product.
Habitat's renovation-in-live-operation methodology gave us confidence to refurbish our flagship showroom without a revenue blackout. Rollout across other locations followed the same playbook.
Testimonials shown are paraphrased summaries from post-project reviews; named client quotes are available under NDA on request.
The team behind Habitat.
Architect (B.Arch, 1997). 25+ years across architecture, renovation and project execution. Founder of Habitat and of WURKSPACE.
Founder Director. Oversees finance, governance and business development with a focus on structured, sustainable growth.
30+ years in administration, estate management and institutional operations. Strengthens education-sector and large-organisation delivery.
"Renovation Redefined"
by Ajay Jain.
A practical reference for administrators, facility heads and leadership teams responsible for upgrading workplaces and institutional infrastructure.
The book focuses on planning clarity, execution risks, stakeholder coordination and the decision-making frameworks that determine whether renovation projects succeed or fail.
Talk to Habitat.
For workplace renovation, turnkey execution or a conversation about how Habitat's practice shaped WURKSPACE.