The Office Pod Has Been Reinvented Meet Silen Space Gen 2
Some products get updated. Others get rethought entirely.
Silen Space Gen 2 is the latter. This week, our partners at Silen officially launched their second-generation acoustic booth range, and it’s not an upgrade to the previous generation. It’s a complete rebuild from the structural platform up.
We’ve been following this development closely. Here’s what it means for the Greek workplace.
Why This Launch Matters
The conversation around office design has shifted. Hybrid work didn’t just change where people work, it changed what they need when they come in. Employees come to the office expecting focus, privacy, and comfort that matches or exceeds what they have at home. Open-plan spaces, however well-designed, can’t deliver that on their own.
Acoustic pods have become a serious part of the answer. But most pods on the market still treat privacy as the only metric. Silen’s Gen 2 asks a harder question: what does a pod need to do for the person sitting inside it for three hours straight?
The answer, apparently, requires rebuilding everything.
What’s Actually New in Silen Space Gen 2 Acoustic Booths
A structural platform built for longevity
The entire pod was re-engineered on a new aluminum frame, reducing total weight by up to 20% and making some components up to 50% lighter. This matters for installation, for relocation when the layout changes, and for long-term acoustic reliability, which is now built into the structure itself, not dependent on perfect installation.
Integrated castors mean the pod can be repositioned across the office in minutes.
Certified two-way acoustic privacy
Gen 2 delivers certified premium noise reduction in both directions, with no sound masking required. The acoustic performance is structurally secured, meaning it holds up through relocation and reassembly, something most pods can’t guarantee.
Ventilation that takes air quality seriously
Airflow runs at up to 2× typical office standards, with a Boost mode that refreshes the pod’s entire air volume in seconds. For anyone who’s ever stepped into a stuffy pod mid-afternoon, this is not a minor detail.
Control built-in as standard
A new Control Panel comes standard across the range, allowing users to adjust ventilation and switch between lighting modes, ambient for deep focus, face-lit for video calls, without fiddling with apps or add-ons.
Designed to evolve, not be replaced
This is the Gen 2 differentiator that matters most for buyers: the structure is fully retrofit-ready. Interior and exterior finishes are swappable. Technology can be upgraded. The pod is designed for a 20-year lifecycle, which makes it a capital asset, not a procurement line item.
Silen’s New Acoustic Booth Models
Space Call — Compact footprint for quick calls and video meetings. Fixed or height-adjustable table, integrated barstool, certified acoustic privacy. Dimensions: 110 × 110 × 228 cm.
Space Work — More room for longer solo focus sessions. Pairs with Silen seating or your own chair, height-adjustable desk options, refined interior acoustics. Dimensions: 145 × 110 × 228 cm.
Space Meet 2 — Built for two. Interviews, 1:1s, confidential conversations. Integrated sofa configurations, monitor mounts, full accessory support. Dimensions: 238 × 110 × 228 cm.
All three share the same structural platform, the same ventilation performance, and the same retrofit-ready architecture.
What This Means in Practice
For facilities and operations teams, Gen 2 addresses the two headaches that follow every acoustic booth purchase: what happens when the layout changes, and what happens in five years when it feels dated.
For architects and interior designers, the design language is intentionally restrained, with refined proportions, neutral enough to work with any high-end interior without competing with it. A specification that holds up over a 10-year project horizon.
Learn More
EKA Hellas brings Silen Space Gen 2 to the Greek market. For office projects that require acoustic solutions, whether it’s a consolidation, a new fit-out, or solving a focus problem in an existing space, we’re here to help find the right configuration.
Contact us to learn more.
