A Home on Land for an In-flight Entertainment Solutions Company

Designing for a particular product to be showcased in a company’s workspace presents opportunities to weave something concrete – the product – into the larger fabric of a workspace. Thales, a company developing cutting-edge aircraft connectivity and in-flight entertainment solutions for the aviation industry, asked A&D firm Ware Malcomb to help create an environment where both employees and clients can interact with the product and each other. In a new 61,000 square foot building on Thales’ Irvine, California campus, Ware Malcomb sought to create that space by transforming the work environment into a dynamic space for a diverse work demographic, in particular a younger generation of engineers. “We’ve worked with Thales for about 12 years previously, but this is a pretty big fundamental change for them,” said Ted Heisler, Vice President, Interior Architecture & Design of Ware Malcomb. The new building is more “open office” than Thales had ever previously …