Nexcenter Lab is a room in Data Center, providing participating companies with use of PoC environments as well as exclusive spaces for meetings, seminars and workshops, available 24/7. The program provides PoC environments for the development and testing of new businesses and services focused on digital transformation (DX), utilizing the latest services and next-generation technologies of client’s IT partners.

▼Nexcenter Lab的黑色活动室全景，overview of the presentation room in dark grey

Nexcenter Lab的入口位于既存数据中心一条长而暗的走廊尽头。我们将走廊尽端部分涂成漆黑，从天花板到地板用黑色框出一个完整的领域。随后将镶有logo的看板立于入口侧。Logo的黄色石头和四边形光圈发着光，漂浮在纯黑环境中。以暗示来客即将进入一个非日常的空间。

The visitors’ entrance is located at the end of a long dark existing corridor of data center. We printed the end area into black, from floor to ceiling, and put a sign board with logo beside the entrance. Only the yellow stone of logo and a link of light are shining in the dark, providing visitors a feeling of premonition that they will walk into an extraordinary space.

▼Nexcenter Lab的入口空间，入口位于走廊尽头，该部分被涂成漆黑，the entrance space of the Nexcenter Lab that is located at the end of an existing corridor whose end area is printed into black

▼Nexcenter Lab的入口，从天花板到地板用黑色框出一个完整的领域，镶有Logo的看板被立于入口侧，Logo的黄色石头和四边形光圈发着光，the entrance that is printed into black from floor to ceiling, putting a sign board with logo beside it, and the yellow stone of logo and a link of light are shining in the dark

该数据中心原本改造于一个东京郊外的仓库，混凝土柱子被保留于Nexcenter Lab的房间中央，象征着仓库时代的记忆。在柱子的背后，我们新建了一面墙将原本的大房间一分为二——黑色的活动室和白色的服务器机械室。对立的黑白隐喻了两个世界，人类的世界和机器的世界，互为表里。

▼设计概念分析图，concept diagrams