Acoustic Walls for a Workplace in Motion

Acoustic Walls for a Workplace in Motion

At Uber’s New York office, Gatsby, Vertigo and Plain Wall Coverings made from ARCHISONIC® Felt bring acoustic comfort and distinct surface character to seating, meeting and focus areas.

Uber’s New York workplace brings the pace of a technology company into the density of Lower Manhattan. Located at Silverstein Properties’ 3 World Trade Center and designed by IA Interior Architects, the new offices support many ways of working within one vertical urban setting: informal exchange, focused meetings, client-facing conversations and the quieter moments between scheduled work.

Across the project, Impact Acoustic wall treatments appear in three different ways. Gatsby gives a shared seating area a more graphic presence, Vertigo adds calm and depth to a larger meeting room with views across the New York skyline, and Vertigo with Plain Wall Covering creates a more contained acoustic backdrop in a smaller discussion niche.

A graphic wall for shared seating

In the seating area, Gatsby Wall Covering turns the wall into an active surface. Its intersecting geometry adds movement and visual texture, giving the space character without relying on additional decoration.

This kind of area carries many small sounds at once: informal conversations, movement, coffee, laptops and short pauses between meetings. Gatsby brings acoustic absorption into the vertical plane, close to where people sit and gather.

The result is a wall treatment that feels expressive, but still purposeful. It gives the seating area a clear identity within the wider workplace.

A softer niche for smaller exchange

The smaller discussion niche uses a quieter combination of Vertigo and Plain Wall Covering. Here, the acoustic treatment becomes more intimate. The textured and plain surfaces work together to create a more contained setting for remote meetings or focused work.

This is where the flexibility of ARCHISONIC® Felt becomes visible. The same material family can move from graphic pattern to linear relief to plain acoustic surface, depending on what the room needs.

One material family, different spatial roles

In the United States, Habitat Matter supports architects and designers in sourcing, specifying and coordinating sustainable acoustic materials for interior projects. In this workplace, that role is visible in the way different wall treatments are brought together as one coherent acoustic material strategy.

Gatsby, Vertigo and Plain are all made from ARCHISONIC® Felt, our lightweight acoustic material made from 100% PET with 60% certified post-consumer content. Its soft surface, precise cuttability and broad colour palette allow acoustic wall treatments to become part of the interior language rather than a separate technical layer.

At Uber New York, the wall coverings support different kinds of workplace interaction. Some walls add energy. Others create calm. Some simply make a smaller space easier to use.

Together, they help the office move between openness, focus and exchange with a consistent acoustic material language.

Location: New York City, USA
Design: IA Interior Architects
Premium Partner: Habitat Matter
Photography: Aaron Thompson