Enter Solaris

ServicesEnd-to-end sensory design — from the first feeling to the final build.

We work where architecture meets atmosphere — five disciplines held as one practice, concept through to delivery on site.

PracticeConcept → delivery
DisciplinesFive, one studio
BasedLondon · worldwide
Availability2 commissions · Q3 2026

What we do

Experiential · Concept → delivery

Immersive environments for launches, touring activations and cultural brand moments — built to become the brand's reference point, not just its backdrop. We design the whole encounter, then build it to survive the tour.

What's included
  • Concept & experiential worldbuilding
  • Spatial & structural design
  • Fabrication & scenic build
  • Light, sound & scent integration
  • On-site delivery & show-calling
  • Post-event capture & legacy assets

Festival main stages, set design and performance environments engineered for awe — architectural form that reads from the back of the field and holds up under a full production load.

What's included
  • Stage & set concept design
  • Structural & scenic engineering
  • Technical & fabrication drawings
  • Production & supplier management
  • Lighting & rigging coordination
  • On-site install & delivery

Concept architecture, materiality and sensory zoning for permanent and temporary space — architect-led design for venues, retail and hospitality that need to land emotionally and hold up structurally.

What's included
  • Spatial strategy & zoning
  • Interior concept & direction
  • Material & lighting direction
  • Guest-journey & flow design
  • Technical documentation
  • Fabrication-ready handoff

The overarching vision and narrative — project-based or on retainer. We set the feeling a brand is chasing and the story it tells, then keep every touchpoint answering to it.

What's included
  • Creative strategy & vision
  • Narrative & brand positioning
  • Art direction
  • Experiential brand worldbuilding
  • Concept development
  • Retained creative partnership

The temporal, sensory layer that makes a space feel alive and a brand recognisable in the dark. Composed as one instrument — tuned to a single feeling before a single object is chosen.

What's included
  • Lighting & atmospheric design
  • Sound & music direction
  • Signature scent design
  • Sensory identity systems
  • Multi-sensory choreography
  • Sensory brand guidelines

How we work together

Four moves · Listen → Hold
01 / Listen

Discover

We start with the feeling, not the floorplan. The brief, the brand, the body in the room.

02 / Compose

Concept

Sensory architecture — spatial narrative, material logic, light and scent schema.

03 / Build

Deliver

Renders, design bible and fabrication-ready handoff. Or we build it ourselves, on site.

04 / Hold

Sustain

We stay with the world after launch — refresh, programme, protect the experience.

Not sure which way in?

Set the dials · find your fit

Slide each dial to where your project sits. We'll point you to the way in that fits best — the recommendation updates as you go.

Just exploring
Ready to build
A single moment
An ongoing world
Intimate & precise
Monumental & bold
Guide our team
Deliver it all
Understated
Full spectacle

Four ways in

Sprint · Concept · Build · Retainer
 01

Sensory Sprint

Concept & strategy · 4 weeks

£6k – £9kFixed fee
  • Sensory brief & mood architecture
  • Three spatial concept directions
  • One hero concept render
  • Written narrative & next-step brief
  • Kick-off workshop included
Begin a Sprint
 02

Spatial Concept Design

Full design package · 4–8 weeks

£15k – £35kScale-dependent
  • Everything in Sensory Sprint
  • Floor plans & spatial layouts
  • Material, lighting & scent schema
  • Full render set & design bible
  • Fabrication-ready handoff
Commission a Concept
 03

Experiential Build

End-to-end delivery · per project

From £40kProject-based
  • Full creative direction & design
  • Supplier, fabrication & site management
  • Light / sound / scent production
  • On-site delivery & show-calling
  • Post-event capture & legacy assets
Scope a Build
 04

Retained Creative Direction

Ongoing partnership · 12 months

£3.5k – £8kPer month · billed quarterly
  • Dedicated creative director
  • Quarterly planning & programming
  • Seasonal experience refreshes
  • Supplier oversight & brief management
  • One activation per quarter
Start a Retainer

Designing a space that holds the body? Solstice by Solaris runs a parallel set of services for wellness architecture, retreats and hospitality — from spatial strategy to full guest-journey design. See Solstice services →

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Let's design the moment they'll remember.