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Workplace / One Za’abeel
IMI at One Za’abeel.
An executive workplace with acoustics and MEP coordination at the heart of the brief.5,000 sq ft across Offices 801 and 802, designed, approved, built and furnished by one team around a fixed move-in date.
Approved design · concept visualisation
One Za’abeelOffices 801 / 802, Dubai
5,000 sq ftExecutive office floor
20Sit-stand workstations, 6 enclosed offices
28 weeksBrief to handover
8 Dec 2024Handed over, as planned
AED 4.2MAED 840 / sq ft · design, approvals, fitout and FF&E
Project context
The people, the building, the project.
Before the drawings, the real world: IMI’s team, One Za’abeel, a fixed move-in date and a client who stayed involved while the office was being built. IMI Middle East took Offices 801 and 802 in the tower, and reviewed the work on site through construction and the furniture mock-up.
The building
One Za’abeel · Offices 801 / 802
A premium tower fitout with its own review, access, technical and inspection requirements.
Client on site
Reviewed while it was being built.
The client stayed involved through construction, site reviews and the furniture mock-up.
- Client
- IMI Middle East
- Building
- One Za’abeel, Dubai
- Scope
- TurnkeyDesign, approvals, fitout and FF&E
- On site
- Late Aug – Dec 2024
- Client reviews
- 26 Sep · 4 Nov · 12 Nov
Project film
See the finished workplace in motion.
A short film through the completed IMI office at One Za’abeel, from the arrival and the open work floor to the meeting rooms, the social space and the wellness room. It is shot in landscape and set to music, with no voice-over, so the space can speak for itself.
Space planningFifteen rounds, then into the rooms
Space planning
Fifteen rounds before one plan was locked.
The IMI layout went through fifteen planning rounds before the final plan was signed. Room relationships, privacy, daylight, circulation, workplace functions and the social and wellness brief were all moved round by round, until six offices, 20 workstations, a boardroom, a wellness room and a kitchen sat where they worked best.
15planning rounds
From the as-built floor to the final signed layout. Three of the rounds are shown below as key plans; the third is the layout the client approved and signed.
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Privacy + daylight
Glazed acoustic rooms preserve privacy without blocking daylight.
Wellbeing
Wellness, shower and focus rooms were planned as core functions.
Social space
The kitchen and lounge were planned as a genuine destination.
Explore the final plan
Move through the rooms of the final plan.
Select a room to open its design view.
Reception / arrival
The first impression and circulation threshold into the workplace.
The gallery
The finished office, photographed.
IMI’s office at One Za’abeel as handed over: reception and the lounges, the boardroom and meeting rooms, the open work floor with its sit-stand desks, the glass-fronted corridor, the social space and the details. Choose a space, step through it, and open any photograph full screen.
The boardroom 
The work floor and the company wall 
Lounge behind glass 
Glass offices along the corridor 
Team table and screen wall 
Sitting area by the window 
Boardroom, the screen wall 
The social space, counter and pendant lights 
Sit-stand desks under the timber ceiling 
Glass-fronted rooms and planting 
Lounge chairs and stone table 
Meeting room, timber wall and screens 
Lounge seen through glass 
The entrance door 
Tables in the social space 
Boardroom table 
Workstations 
The corridor and curved glass 
Workstations and green wall 
Workstations 
Workstations by the window 
Boardroom chair, detail 
Stone coffee table, detail 
Ring pendant lights under the timber slats 
Stone wall, detail
25 photographs of the delivered office.
How the layout was plannedThe brief
The office had to work before it had to impress.
IMI needed focused work, private meetings and time together on one floor. The brief set six enclosed offices, 20 sit-stand workstations, a boardroom, a wellness room and a full kitchen and social space, with acoustic privacy and climate control in every closed room built into the technical design from the start.
Kitchen · concept visualisationWhat the floor holds
- 6 enclosed officesPrivate rooms for focused and confidential work.
- 20 workstationsSit-stand positions on the open floor.
- BoardroomThe most privacy-critical room on the floor.
- Wellness roomA quiet room to step away from the desk.
- Kitchen and social spaceA real place to eat and meet, not a leftover pantry.
Design
The office, designed in 3D first.
Once the plan was locked, every space was designed and rendered before the build began: the entrance and reception, the open work floor, the boardroom and the phone booths, the offices, the social lounge and the kitchen, and the wellness room. These are the design renders; the finished office is photographed in the gallery above. Choose a space, step through it, and open any render full screen.
The office entrance 
The office, seen from the lift lobby Reception 
The boardroom 
Phone booth 
Private offices 
Executive office 
Social lounge 
Lounge Kitchen 
Wellness room 
Wellness room
12 design renders, each labelled render.
The finished officeKey office featuresFour short clips, with the data
Key office features
Four decisions that shape how the office works.
Four short clips show the decisions behind acoustic privacy, switchable glass, ergonomic furniture and wellness.
Acoustics + privacy
Double-glazed acoustic glass
Privacy-critical rooms, including the boardroom, sit behind 99 mm double-glazed acoustic partitions: open to the eye, closed to sound.
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Privacy + lighting
Switchable glass and lighting controls
Glass that turns from clear to private at the touch of a control, with lighting and room controls built into the meeting rooms.
Switchable glassLighting controlRoom panels
Ergonomic workplace
Steelcase furniture on sit-stand desks
Sit-stand workstations with Steelcase task seating, set in the daylight on the open floor.
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Wellness
A fitness room with a shower
A rowing machine, an exercise bike, table tennis and a rain shower, so the team can move and reset without leaving the office.
Exercise bikeShowerWellness room
ProgrammeTwenty-eight weeks, as a sequence
Programme · done in the right order
Twenty-eight weeks, shown as a sequence.
IMI ran for 28 weeks from brief to move-in, with a handover on 8 December 2024. Design and approvals came first, then the build and the furnishing. The bars below show the work packages inside that programme, and the diamonds mark the dated client reviews on site, without turning the page into a spreadsheet.
28weeks
brief to move-in
brief to move-in
4Design
4Approvals
18Build
2Furnish +
move-in
move-in
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Move-in · 8 Dec
Design developmentBrief · planning · concept · technical
ApprovalsBuilding / consultant review
MEP worksFirst fix · HVAC · electrical
Civil buildPartitions · ceilings · core build
FinishesGlazing · joinery · floors
Furniture + equipmentFF&E · workstations · wellness
Testing + handoverSnagging · commissioning · move-in
Client reviews17 Aug · 26 Sep · 4 Nov · 12 Nov · 4 Dec · 8 Dec
Swipe the 28-week programme horizontally. Trade bars show sequence rather than construction-detail scheduling.
Behind the scenes
The build, on camera.
Clips from the IMI fitout at One Za’abeel, from the first walk of the stripped floor in August to the last fixings before the 8 December handover. The clip in the middle of your screen plays; tap Sound to hear it from the start.
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11 clips · on site and at the workshopHandover · 8 December 2024
InvestmentWhat it cost, and where it went
Investment
What it cost, and where the money went.
The IMI office cost AED 4.2M for design, approvals, fitout and FF&E, which is AED 840 per sq ft across 5,000 sq ft. That sits at the upper end of our published turnkey office band of AED 600–850 per sq ft, for an executive floor with acoustic glazing and climate control in every closed room.
Turnkey project value
AED 4.2MDesign, approvals, fitout and FF&E
Delivered rate
AED 840 / sq ft5,000 sq ft · design, approvals, fitout and FF&E
Project valueAED 4.2MDesign, approvals, fitout and FF&E
Selected package
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Layout preview · sample values, not project data
Cost by packageHover or select a package
Where IMI sits in the turnkey band
AED 600AED 850
IMI · AED 840 per sq ft, design, approvals, fitout and FF&E. Shell-to-occupied office fitouts start from AED 350 per sq ft.
A floor like this? Start with the size and the date.
IMI’s figure, not a quotation. Every project is priced on its own scope.
Full walkthrough
Walk the finished office, room by room.
The long version of this page: the completed IMI office at One Za’abeel, walked through room by room. The short project film is above.
Film · VimeoClient testimonial
Hear it from the client.
Fabian Munz, Managing Director of IMI Middle East, on the finished workplace and the experience of delivering the IMI office at One Za’abeel. He was on site with the team through the build, and moved into the finished office on 8 December 2024, the date the programme was built around.
“Great feeling walking into this beautiful office.”
QuestionsSize, cost, time, privacy
FAQs
Questions we get. Answered.
These are the questions office clients ask most about IMI at One Za’abeel: how big it is, what it cost, how long it took, how the plan was reached and how privacy was handled. Every answer uses verified project figures, and every price is stated together with the scope it covers.
How big is the IMI office at One Za’abeel?
The IMI office is 5,000 sq ft across Offices 801 and 802 at One Za’abeel, Dubai. It holds six enclosed offices, 20 sit-stand workstations, a boardroom, a wellness room and a full kitchen and social space.
How long did the IMI fitout take?
The full programme was 28 weeks from brief to handover. Design and approvals came first, site works started in mid-August 2024, and the finished office was handed over on 8 December 2024.
What did the IMI office cost?
AED 4.2M for design, approvals, fitout and FF&E across 5,000 sq ft, which is AED 840 per sq ft. That sits inside our published turnkey office band of AED 600–850 per sq ft, which covers design through to a furnished, working office.
How was acoustic privacy handled?
Privacy-critical rooms, including the boardroom, are enclosed with 99 mm double-glazed acoustic partitions. They keep conversations inside the room while the glass lets daylight reach the open floor.
How many layouts were tested before the plan was fixed?
Fifteen planning rounds were worked through before the final IMI plan was signed. Three key plans are shown on this page; the third is the layout the client approved and signed.
Did Fajr Interiors handle the whole project?
Yes. We delivered IMI as a turnkey project: design, building approvals, the fitout itself and FF&E, through to handover on 8 December 2024.
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