Airtime came to INTERSTICE Architects looking to establish a brand presence in an environment which embodied their user culture in a way that shunned the pedantic and instead embraced the spontaneous and dynamic.

Taking yourself away, being in a separate environment and exploring new worlds of social interaction is at the core of the Airtime experience.

INTERSTICE borrowed imagery from iconic, highly sensual environments, hybridized with the extremely artificial. Borrowing from Flash Gordon, NASA, dreams of portable environments, personal bubbles, and space capsules, the firm proposed creating situational rooms within the larger office environment which sponsored meetings, collaboration, unprompted discussions, play, brainstorming, and escapism.

Within the monotonous floor plate of the speculative office space, the design focuses on creating a rain forest, a Buck Rogers inspired bio-pod, a grotto, and a war room conference enclosure borrowing super graphic camouflage from World War II naval vessels all the way to desert storm digital patterns.

In total, eight separate environments were designed centering on dining services, reception, meetings, and break-out lounges which are all unique bubbles within the larger field of individual work stations.