National College of Ireland

Cloud Competency Centre

Sketch of a modern conference room with multiple tables and chairs, a large projection screen or monitor on the wall, and a ceiling with recessed lighting, drawn in white lines on a black background.
Office hallway with orange and white walls, glass doors with frosted designs, orange-colored flooring, and a gray and white floor with orange circular patterns.
Interior of a modern building with orange and white walls, glass partition, and a door with a vertical window.
Modern conference room with white tables, black and red chairs, blue carpet, and orange accents, featuring a large wall logo of a cloud with a connected arrow and two screens of different sizes.
Interior of a modern building with orange walls, circuit pattern designs, and a glass door with a ramp for accessibility.

Project Overview

The proposal creates a centre for excellence in learning and research for Cloud Computing at NCI.

The concept behind the project was to deliver maximum exposure for the new MSc course in Cloud Computing both within the college and to the outside world, while providing an instantly recognisable design, related to the centre’s corporate branding.

This was achieved through the construction of building elements influenced by the centre’s cloud logo or future technology, including the use of curving wall and ceiling features, circuit patterned manifestations to walls and glazed screens and a limited  palette.

Touch  screen presentation screens are incorporated into the curved wall and ceiling feature to create a open laptop like aesthetic. Circuit patterned manifestations and glazed screens allow a degree of transparency providing glimse views to the learning centre inside. Completed with the highest standard of finishes throughout.

A monochrome sketch of a room with a bed, two windows with curtains, a carpet with three circles, and a ceiling decorated with clouds.

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