The O2: Chill

Chill – Relax in an multi-sensory interactive environment. --
Anchoring the open plaza midway through the Entertainment District is Chill, a color changing inflated fabric lounge structure perched atop a sensuous landscape of upholstered felt and stacked plywood. The hybrid structure was designed as a meshing of three "bubbles," with each zone given over to a different sensory experence. A continuous exterior form is created by using small amounts of pressurised air to float a diaphanous canopy over chambered interior fabric bubbles. The color-changing skin is lit by LED lighting both sewn into the air-filled chambers and also integrated into the wooden landscape structure below. The Entry Bubble contains a ring of Listening Cocoons - cozy upholstered niches where visitors can sit in pairs and plug headphones into multiple available audio streams. The Performance Bubble is adjacent to the Cocoons and houses a stage/dance floor equipped with lights, DJ table, PA system, and multichannel wireless audio loops to cater to "Silent Discos." Perimeter lighting responds to sound waves with changes in color and intensity. The Audio Landscape is a terraced felt hillside, dotted with glowing headphone jacks. Each jack allows visitors to plug into different music streams using provided headphones.