Studio X designed Eastern Pacific Shipping’s Singapore headquarters as a high-performance workplace.
A 10,000 sqft workplace for one of the world’s largest privately-owned ship management companies, shaped by a culture built on high-performance, endurance, and competitive drive.
Process
Pre-Concept
Concept Design
Schematic Design
Detail Design
Tender Documentation
Tender Management
Construction Support
Guideline Package
Post-Completion Review
Eastern Pacific Shipping is one of the largest privately-owned ship management companies in the world, with a 60-year track record, a managed fleet of over 35 million DWT, and a deep commitment to decarbonisation and the green transition of global shipping. When the opportunity arose to expand their presence at Millenia Tower in Singapore, Studio X was appointed to consolidate their headquarters into a single, purpose-built workplace environment.
The brief was to create a space that genuinely reflected the culture of the business - a company defined by operational discipline, physical competitiveness, and a drive to outperform. EPS sponsors elite sporting teams including Movistar Team and Atlético Madrid, and runs a biennial company-wide endurance challenge in which its global workforce collectively covers hundreds of thousands of kilometres on foot and by bike. This is not a business that treats wellness as a line item. It is embedded in how they operate.
Studio X developed the concept from beginning to end and managed overall site delivery across an eight-month programme, working closely with the client throughout. The result is a workplace that strengthens internal culture, supports staff wellbeing, and presents a clear, disciplined identity to both employees and external stakeholders.
One of the main working floors - workstations in clean parallel runs, breakout within arm's reach, views across Singapore at the perimeter.
A fully equipped gym with a full-time personal trainer, anchored by an artificial skylight that runs the full length of the ceiling.
A bike storage niche, lined with a tactile foam composite to protect both bikes and building fabric.
A dedicated cycling studio overlooks the Singapore skyline, fitted with professional training equipment and graphics of legendary climbs including Ventoux and Galibier.
A rotunda anchors the central circulation, with a series of vitrines presenting the shirts of sports clubs in EPS's portfolio including Movistar Team, and Atlético Madrid.
Divider screens were fabricated from reclaimed single-use plastic recovered from three EPS vessels - CMA CGM Monza, Olympic Bay and Mount Tourmaline. Each panel carries a small brass plaque naming its donor ship.
The open workplace floor is organised as a clear, efficient field of workstations, with views across Singapore and breakout areas positioned naturally within the plan.
The pantry serves as a shared social hub for the floor, providing an informal space for staff to gather, pause and reset during the working day.
A generous staff pantry sits within the circulation of the floor, designed as a casual meeting point rather than a secondary support space.
One of the main open working zones, with a deep blue acoustic felt ceiling and lighter blue services above, upwardly illuminated to create height and atmosphere.
A satellite office for the firm's leasing subsidiary, using the same material language at a reduced scale.
A secondary arrival area, with open lounge for staff collaboration.
From a bare shell, we introduced open working floors, meeting rooms, staff development facilities, a professional-grade cycling training suite, and a gallery of sporting brands reflecting EPS’s commitment to competitive sport.
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Selected views
A collection of images documenting the completed fit-out across the working floors, cycling studio, rotunda gallery, training room, and specialist spaces.
(Approach)The workspace had to feel like the company - disciplined, ambitious, built to perform. Every design decision connects the space back to how the business operates.
The cycling studio is elevated above the gym floor with storage integrated below. Maps of legendary climbs sit on the windows, framing the Singapore skyline behind the gradient profiles of Ventoux and Galibier.
Set within the 270-degree window bay on the 37th floor, the gym is anchored by an artificial skylight that runs down the centre of the ceiling. Using nano-optical technology to replicate the spectral qualities of natural sunlight, the skylight casts realistic directional light onto the gym floor and transitions seamlessly through morning, daytime and evening cycles.
Combined with panoramic views across Singapore, the effect transforms what could have been a utilitarian fitness room into a space that genuinely elevates mood and energy - a place the team wants to be in, not just pass through.
The workplace is organised around a central rotunda - a gallery of sporting brands that connects the two primary office zones, the gym, and the changing facilities.
Progress
A record of the project as it developed on site, capturing key construction milestones from first fix through to completion.
The gym space takes shape, with the artificial skylight housing being installed along the centre of the ceiling.
Testing the mechanism of the integrated floor storage beneath the raised cycling studio platform.
Testing the spacing of the acoustic ceiling panels and reviewing the transition between the deep blue felt and the painted services above.
Chris Lambe
General Manager
Eastern Pacific Shipping
Studio X quickly understood the culture of our business and translated it into a workplace that genuinely reflects who we are.
Their approach went far beyond decoration - combining strong design thinking with a pragmatic understanding of how a global firm operates.
Layout plan
Detail drawing of the trellis screen dividers designed to hold the reclaimed plastic panels.
Elevation study of the screen divider assembly, showing panel arrangement and mounting detail.
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