Mosaico Tiles Create Sunrise and Sunset at Garden City Regional Airport

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Angad Yadav Mar 11, 2026

Garden City Regional Airport needed a new terminal that could handle growing passenger volumes and larger aircraft while presenting a modern “Gateway to Kansas.” The HNTB-designed building uses expansive glass, double-height spaces, and long sightlines to create an open, contemporary travel experience. Those same hard surfaces, however, raised concerns about noise build-up in ticketing, security, and hold-room areas.

Vision

The project team wanted the terminal to feel distinctly rooted in western Kansas, where big-sky sunrises and sunsets define the landscape. Instead of treating long circulation walls as blank backdrops, HNTB envisioned them as immersive feature walls that could be seen from the curb and experienced up close as travelers move through the building. The goal was to combine regional storytelling, visual wayfinding, and acoustic performance in a single design move.

Design Intent

The landside wall would capture the energy of sunrise in warm reds, magentas, and deep purples, greeting passengers as they arrive and ascend the main stair. Airside, a companion wall would shift to cooler blues, grays, and sandy tones, evoking a calm sunset along the concourse and hold room. Both walls needed to read as bold, pixelated horizons—abstract enough to feel modern, but clear enough to immediately signal “sky” and “place” from distance and up close.

Solution

Our Mosaico modular acoustic felt tile system was used to translate HNTB’s sunrise and sunset concepts into large-scale, sound-absorbing mosaics. Each “pixel” of the artwork was mapped to a specific tile size and PoshFelt® color, creating a detailed layout that installers could follow like a kit-of-parts. The felt tiles deliver meaningful sound absorption in the terminal’s hard-surfaced volumes while acting as vibrant feature walls that anchor the architecture and guide travelers from dawn at arrival to dusk at departure.

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