Customer: AENA, Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport
Architect partner: Circalle
Year: 2022
Location: Madrid, Spain
The installation is organised around two seating registers within one connected area. Nova C Lounge forms the core of the zone. Its sweeping ergonomic form is designed for the kind of extended rest a long-haul passenger needs before boarding. Integrated armrests curve upward to form small tabletops at regular intervals, so the seating functions as a place to put things down without leaving the chair.
Nova C Back extends the zone's capacity along its perimeter, offering an upright alternative for passengers who want to sit without fully reclining, or who are waiting alongside companions using the lounge seats. The two types of seating work as a coherent whole with two distinct offers.
Planters define the boundary of the zone without enclosing it. Their curved forms follow the same spatial logic as the seating, giving the area a soft threshold against the terminal's wider circulation. Leaf Lamp Trees rise above the composition, their branching forms and birch bark trunks introducing a vertical presence that the terminal's architecture does not carry on its own. The wool felt leaves diffuse the lamp's light softly, reducing the ambient noise that reaches the zone from the concourse.
The installation created a spatially distinct rest zone within Terminal 4 Satellite. The reclining lounge seating, integrated charging, and soft acoustic properties of the Leaf Lamp Trees address the specific conditions of long-haul departure in a single composition. There is no requirement for the kind of structural intervention that would have closed the area during installation.