“Media Plaza is a futuristic government information centre in Utrecht aimed at making senior decision-makers in Dutch industry more aware of the importance of the information superhighway. Media Plaza - Utrecht, Netherlands (May 1997) Scanned from ‘International Interiors 7′ (2000) Whoever said computer centres were boring?” Client presentations can be protected on to a white, tensioned sail suspended from the concrete slab end wall opposite the control desk. Staff here work on a carpeted island below a highly translucent textile ceiling that provides warm, indirect light. The control desk overlooks the whole operation from an elliptical platform separated only by a full-height glass screen. Four etched glass cutouts reveal thousands of cables acting as the nerves of the computer centre. Etched glass lenses that emit blue light are set in a raised floor covered with patterned stainless steel. This environment expresses the idea of climate control with an 'ice house’ aesthetic. Finally, only when the sliding door is completely closed, a second set of doors open to reveal the computer centre. Red globes recessed into the ceiling then give the impression of ‘scanning’ the visitor. This in itself is dramatic: a heavy, stainless-steel door slides back to usher visitors into a small, enclosed space ht only by blue indirect lighting in the perforations of the door. The sequence starts as visitors negotiate a special security lock before entering the centre.
Visitors experience the different spaces of the budding as though passing through Stanley Kubrick-inspired film sets. Lighting designer on the protect was Jonathan Spews. Its futuristic interior projects a dynamic company identity, reflecting the ingenuity with which its designers have turned constraints into opportunities.Ī key to the approach is the use of two different lighting scenarios: one for everyday and one for special VIP visits. But this project is no forbidding high-tech bunker. So was a high degree of environmental control, given the Mexican climate. “When Mexican cement producer Cemex commissioned Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners to design a new computer centre to manage its global production, stock and distribution round the clock, total security was a priority.
These will not be counted here since they technically do not alter the color of the existing skin type specifically.HAL 9000 Cemex Computer Centre - Monterrey, MX (Sept. Most race-transformations will convert the skin/fur/scale color upon changing the skin type. Items on this list may be able to change skin types as long as the flag transformation is not dependent on skin type or changing the skin type.ĭuring character creation all starter races will have a variety of different colors to choose from: