{"id":113901,"date":"2016-04-07T14:33:23","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T14:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/projects\/arboit-limited-elevates-clouddcs-high-above-the-average-server-farm\/"},"modified":"2023-03-15T13:46:52","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T17:46:52","slug":"arboit-limited-elevates-clouddcs-high-above-the-average-server-farm","status":"publish","type":"id_project","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/projects\/arboit-limited-elevates-clouddcs-high-above-the-average-server-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"This Office for CloudDCS Encourages Visitors to Look Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

What does a cloud of data actually look like? Planning a Guangzhou facility for CloudDCS\u2014keen to develop a unique brand identity in China\u2019s highly competitive digital market\u2014Alberto Puchetti began, as he always does, by immersing himself in his client\u2019s work. He found his first clue in the company name, the acronym standing for data center services<\/em>. \u201cThinking about how to physically represent a\u00a0concept that\u2019s as abstract as digital information, I kept coming back to images of literal clouds floating in the sky,\u201d he recalls. \u201cThat idea was reinforced after I visited several data centers and was struck by how the mass of servers creates a sound very much like the roar of an aircraft. It seemed natural to look at how to translate all of this into a\u00a0contemporary design sensibility.\u201d<\/p>\n

At first glance, the cavernous 215,000-square-foot space, an empty industrial facility, appeared to offer the perfect blank canvas for an open-plan office and showroom. But\u00a0previous projects that Puchetti\u2019s firm, Arboit Limited<\/a>, completed in China had taught him that the building\u2019s rows of structural columns would need to be completely hidden from view\u2014no easy task. \u201cIn Western architectural culture, elements such as columns or beams would have been regarded as an important part of the building and perhaps highlighted to express the clarity of the structural scheme,\u201d he says. \u201cIn China, there is a different perception. Clients prefer a seamless, smooth space. Columns are perceived as\u00a0a visual obstruction, so they have to virtually disappear within the design.\u201d His solution was to hide the columns\u00a0inside curved partitions that also establish a central pathway that extends from the reception area to the conference room, then through to an area with several smaller freestanding pavilions.<\/p>\n

Designers Draw Inspiration from the CloudDCS Name<\/h2>\n

With mechanicals, lighting, and audiovisual systems cleverly concealed, flawless surfaces in stainless steel, glass, epoxy, and lacquer deliver an exceptionally ethereal aesthetic. A palette of white combined with eight shades of blue, ranging from delicate cerulean to bold navy, derives from nimbus clouds floating in the sky. The colors are displayed to mesmerizing effect in a canopy composed of flowing ribbons of spray-painted sheet steel. To reinforce the dynamism of the cloud theme, the canopy\u2019s swirls are repeated in the pattern of the floor. Color also serves as way-finding: Varying combinations signal different service destinations, furthermore giving individual areas distinct personalities with a common visual denominator.<\/p>\n

A Custom Glass Floor Creates a Sense of Walking on Air<\/h3>\n

The building\u2019s generous headroom meant that Puchetti was free to push his chosen cloud-sky metaphor to the limit by elevating the conference room\u2019s space-age form to float higher than everything else. Inside, at the four corners, those objectionable columns are discreetly concealed inside curved partitions. They\u2019re wrapped in white faux leather, while the real stuff upholsters the Charles and Ray Eames swivel chairs that surround a table topped with a massive oval slab of luxe Carrara marble. Underfoot, the \u201cwalking on air\u201d theme continues via glass floor tile laminated with a cloud illustration.<\/p>\n

Walking into the conference room, raised high above the long desks of the control room for the servers, requires crossing a bridge\u2014the first segment of the central pathway established by the columns\u2014then passing through a distinctly futuristic doorway lined in gleaming stainless. \u201cWe gave the conference pod gigantic windows to reinforce the sense of hovering over the control room,\u201d he continues. That\u2019s truly the heart of the operation, the place where technicians at computer monitors check the status of the data center.<\/p>\n

The CloudDCS Workplace Paves the Way Forward<\/h3>\n

The Chinese digital community, unaccustomed to simple, cool aesthetics and vast, colorful spaces, has been intrigued by Puchetti\u2019s highly creative, hugely ambitious project. \u201cThis is probably one of the first cases of design entering an industrial setting in a way that is about producing better quality of\u00a0life in a working environment,\u201d he observes. It\u2019s clear that the distinctive interior has already helped CloudDCS develop its forward-thinking image. So much so that Arboit Limited is currently busy extending the same vision to a series of new company buildings elsewhere in China.<\/p>\n

Project Team:<\/strong> Grace Chu; Ho Yan: Arboit Limited<\/a>.<\/p>\n

> See the project’s resources here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

> See more from the March 2016 issue of Interior Design<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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