Journey into the future

The Helios Experience is a museum experience at Portlantis, the innovative experience centre by the Port of Rotterdam.

For this project, I had the privilege of creating both the spatial and lighting design for this immersive journey into the future. 

The experience features a futuristic façade, a state-of-the-art laboratory, and a cutting-edge prototype of a flying vehicle, giving visitors a glimpse of the future of the Port of Rotterdam. Including automated sliding doors and motion-sensing chairs to spatial audio and dynamic lighting that shifts with the experience. Every element has been carefully designed to transport visitors into a fully immersive flight over the harbor of the future and even take them underwater!

The use of real materials like stainless steel, mirrors, felt, and leather makes the experience truly multi-sensory — not just to see and hear, but also to feel.