How does an art maze work as a team building experience?

An art maze team building works through individual exploration journeys in a three-dimensional art installation where team members determine their own path without phones or watches. You go together as a team, but each experience the maze individually – which creates extraordinary conversations afterward. Everyone discovers different hidden rooms and has different sensory experiences, allowing you to get to know your colleagues from a new perspective. This offline experience lasts 30-90 minutes and stimulates creativity, trust and team connection in a way that traditional corporate outings cannot match.

What makes an art maze the perfect original corporate outing?

An art maze distinguishes itself from traditional corporate outings through its artistic and individual character. Where bowling or escape rooms often focus on group dynamics and competition, an art maze team building experience creates space for personal reflection and discovery.

What’s special about this approach is that you get to know your colleagues better by sharing your individual stories afterward. Everyone experiences the same spaces in a completely different way, leading to surprising conversations about courage, creativity and personal boundaries.

The offline environment plays an important role in this. Without the distraction of devices, space is created for true presence and awareness. Teams discover new sides of colleagues when they share their experiences about crawling through narrow passages, discovering hidden rooms, or experiencing surprising sensory moments.

How does the practical organization of an art maze team building work?

Each team building activity lasts between 30-90 minutes per person, depending on the location. In Tilburg the estimated time is between 30-60 minutes, while Utrecht takes 60-90 minutes. Teams are divided so that everyone enters the maze individually, but within the same time frame.

Upon arrival you store all personal belongings in lockers. Phones, watches, bags and accessories go in lockers that you rent for €2.50 via contactless payment. This ensures that everyone can be fully present during the sensory team building experience.

What happens during the art maze team building experience?

During the art maze experience you individually enter a world of sensory discovery without digital distraction. In Tilburg you are first blindfolded before entering the maze, making the experience extra intensive. In Utrecht you step directly into the installation.

Once inside you determine your own route through dozens of rooms full of mysterious objects, hidden passages and physical discoveries. You crawl, climb and wander through a network of layered spaces where every detail is designed to stimulate your senses.

What’s special about this group activity for companies is that everyone experiences the same spaces differently. Some discover hidden passages that others miss, while others linger longer at certain artworks. These different perspectives form the basis for valuable team conversations about creativity, problem-solving and personal boundaries afterward.

Should you feel uncomfortable, there are green buttons scattered throughout the maze that allow you to exit early through an emergency door. This gives everyone the freedom to explore at their own pace.

Why do companies choose an art maze as a team building activity?

in a way that traditional team building activities cannot match. The physical experience of crawling and climbing literally breaks the usual patterns in which colleagues know each other.

The offline experience brings teams closer together through intense focus on the here and now. Without the constant distraction of messages and notifications, space is created for real connection with yourself and indirectly with your teammates.

This sensory team experience challenges people to step outside their comfort zone in a safe, artistic environment. Exploring personal boundaries in the maze often translates to more courage and openness in the workplace.

Moreover, an art maze offers an original corporate outing that employees will remember for a long time. Instead of yet another escape room, they experience something completely different that also enriches them culturally through collaboration with dozens of artists.

What team building goals do you achieve with an art maze experience?

An art maze experience helps teams achieve concrete goals in the areas of communication and creativity. By discussing the shared experiences afterward, you get to know team members in a new way and deeper conversations emerge than usual.

Stress reduction is an important benefit of this corporate art outing experience. The complete focus on sensory discovery provides natural relaxation that teams take back to the office. Temporarily letting go of digital stimuli has a therapeutic effect.

Trust building occurs because colleagues share vulnerable moments about their experiences in the maze. Stories about discovering courage to crawl through a narrow passage or experiencing surprising sensory moments create empathy and understanding within the team.

The individual growth that each team member experiences contributes to overall team cohesion. When people discover they dare more than they thought, they take that confidence with them to joint projects and work.

An art maze team building thus offers a unique combination of personal development and team strengthening. Through individual exploration journeys in an artistic environment, new insights about yourself and your colleagues emerge, forming the basis for stronger collaboration and creativity in daily work practice. For more information about the possibilities you can contact us – perfect for teams looking for something different from the usual corporate outings.