Atmosphere
first
We design for the body, not the brief. Light, scent, sound and material are composed as one instrument — tuned to a single feeling before a single object is chosen.
Experiential & Sensory Design Studio · London
Beautiful is the method. Memorable is the metric.
A London experiential and sensory design studio. We design and build environments that engage every sense — architect-led, from the first feeling to the final build.
Enter
The practice
We work where architecture meets atmosphere.
From the first concept to the final build, we design environments that do more than look good — they change how a place feels to be in. Light, sound, scent, texture, temperature, the way a body moves through a room: the details most studios treat as finishing touches are the ones we start with.
The result is space that lands emotionally and holds up structurally — because it was designed by architects who also know how to build.
What we do
Concept → deliveryExperiential & immersive environments
Attractions, brand worlds and installations people step inside and remember.
Sensory & atmospheric design
Light, sound, scent and material composed as one experience.
Scenic design & fabrication
From concept and CNC-cut formwork to installed, fire-compliant builds.
Exhibition & event design
Cultural, corporate and festival environments, concept through delivery.
Spatial & concept design
Architect-led design for spaces that need to feel like something.
2025 · Global launch — 15 locations
Grey Goose — Altius
2023 — 2025 · Site-wide creative
We Out Here — The Grove
2025 · Stage design
GALA — Joy Main Stage
2025 · Immersive activation
Red Bull Selector — Boomtown
2025 · Premium hospitality
Red Bull — Suzuka
2024 · Interior & rebrand
Jazu — Hi-Fi Sound Bar
2024 · Capsule launch
Peak Performance — Max Palm
Nine worlds · 2023 — 2026Every project, in full →
Our mission
To make feeling the most valuable asset a brand owns.
We compose experiences people cannot forget — and cannot stop talking about. Return is the point.
ElevationDistinctionReturn
Trusted
by
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The Studio
Totality
the moment everything aligns
In an eclipse, totality is the instant the sun is fully held — light, shadow and atmosphere in perfect alignment, and the corona finally visible. It is also how we work.
Enter Solaris is one studio holding concept, space and sensation as a single discipline. No hand-offs between the people who imagine and the people who build. The thinking that begins as a feeling ends as a fabrication drawing — and survives intact the whole way through.
The Collective · Personal Narrative
Six minds, one totality.
Iunia M. Borsa
Founder & Creative DirectorFounded Enter Solaris and sets its creative direction — an AA-trained architect (RIBA Part 2) holding concept, space and sensation as a single discipline.
20+
Global activations
3
Continents reached
7
Years of practice
5
Senses engaged
Atmosphere
Brand
as world
Every project becomes an inhabitable world. Identity stops being a logo and becomes a place you can stand inside — and never quite want to leave.
Feeling, not
just aesthetic
We chase the moment a guest can't explain why a room moved them. Engineering the ineffable — then proving it in dwell time, recall and return.
End-to-end sensory design, from the first feeling to the final build.
Enter Solaris · Experiential
A strategic sneak peek. The full scope, deliverables and case logic live on the services page. Explore all services →
How we work together
Four ways in.
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.
A peek at how we engage. The full scope, deliverables and pricing logic live on the services page. Explore all packages →
Designing a space that holds the body? Solstice by Solaris runs a parallel set of packages for wellness architecture, retreats and hospitality — from spatial strategy to full guest-journey design. Visit Solstice by Solaris →
Let's Talk
Have a space that needs to be felt?
Tell us what you're making. We'll tell you how we'd bring it to life.
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