A research organization pursuing next-generation human interfaces, the Sony CSL interaction laboratory researches and develops user technology for what we call “real-world interfaces” i.e. user interfaces for the era in which digital equipment in the living environment is ubiquitously linked to the internet. In the concept we proposed for this project, we wanted the interaction lab’s new office floor to manifest the character of the lab’s research : to be an “experimental environment,” as opposed to merely providing work space for researchers. Among other things, we wanted the lab’s basic infrastructure to provide a “free-access” ceiling to which computers, sensors, projectors, and other equipment could be easily mounted and removed, and wall panels that could be used as whiteboards and projection screens to facilitate discussion among research staff. ILYA’s design team clearly understood the intent behind our experimental demands that departed from common design practices applied in offices to date, and created a collaboration that we felt transcended a simple client-design firm relationship. To this day, we continue work in the laboratory space that incorporates experimental systems, and this experiment continues to be of great interest to the human interface community and beyond.