Russian architects Arch-group and ABTB have completed the interior of Moscow’s electricity control room.
Designed for Moscow United electricity network company, the control room houses a podium with six workstations that face a wall of screens displaying information about the city’s electricity network.
Here’s some more information from Arch-group:
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This is project of the reconstruction of the network control centre of electricity- distribution company MOESK. The main space is the control room.
There in a space of 320 m2 the we placed a two-level podium made of corian with workstations for six controllers and a wall of video screens. The wall consists of 36 Barco video cubes showing info on the condition of the electricity network.
Other space is decorated laconically. Such decision and dark floor have underlined the dynamical form of a snow-white podium. The wall finish is perforated BILDEX. The luminescent lamps hidden behind the translucent ceiling – light up the space. Powerful projectors are turned to the workstations.
«Arch-group»«ABTB»
Krymov M. D., Gorjainov A.V., Bashkaev T.I
Location: Moscow, Russia
The customer: “Moscow United electricity network company”
Total area: 1500 м2
Designing: 2008
Building: 2008-2009
August 3rd, 2009 at 1:40 pm
Wow, presumably the blind around the perimeter will rise and reveal Dr Evil or and Mini-Me sitting up there, plotting to take over the world.
August 3rd, 2009 at 1:47 pm
two words “starship enterprise”
August 3rd, 2009 at 2:05 pm
these are renderings…where are photos?
August 3rd, 2009 at 2:08 pm
nice little project with a constructivist tang. details are beautifully presented as well
August 3rd, 2009 at 2:26 pm
Nice pedestal. Looks like a movie set rather than a functioning office. All that space for 6 people and some screens?
Apparently “cord management” doesn’t translate. Look at the last photo before the plans. Unfortunate with all the time spent on making the dramatic open workstations.
August 3rd, 2009 at 2:49 pm
I cant see shit from these drawings ,why u always post bad res. drawings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
August 3rd, 2009 at 5:22 pm
Yeah, cable nightmare. Also, if you are disabled, you don’t have any place working for United Electric in Moscow…
I see plenty of people tripping on the little flares at the bottom of the steps, and falling off the steep incline at the front of the workstation. You’d hate to drop a pen or pencil, it would roll forever. Ergonomically, this is a joke, but it would make a nice set piece. I see people “working” here for a commercial shoot, nothing more.
August 3rd, 2009 at 5:40 pm
really nice, imagine the power trip you’d get working there all day. I have to agree with stan in that the cable management lets the whole thing down a bit, if only they’d put that little bit more thought into it. I love the ceiling as well with the ghostly glow from the lights and would be interested to know how you change the tubes when they eventually fail, the ceilings really high and theres no obvious way to remove the panelling, although I’m sure they’ve thought about that……
August 3rd, 2009 at 5:51 pm
Now all they need there is Shatner in the control chair.
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Love it though.
August 3rd, 2009 at 6:35 pm
Ken Adam would be proud.
August 3rd, 2009 at 10:32 pm
Shall we play a game?
August 4th, 2009 at 8:18 am
Please show me a closeup of that monitor diagram!
August 4th, 2009 at 9:36 am
Looks like a ship deck!!!!!!!!! where is the crew!
August 4th, 2009 at 9:36 am
Thanks for your interest to our project ))
Cable managment was provided by demountable panels of podium and legs of the table.
Cconstruction was completed 2 months ago and people work there now.
August 4th, 2009 at 11:20 am
Very nice! I guess Blofeld is very satisfied.
August 4th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
Nice in general but I think the ceiling is dissappointing. I would have liked it to have been more luminous and monolithic, without seeing the hot spots of the fixtures above.
August 4th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
I see more Ken Adam (the production designer of classic James Bond) than Rik Sternbach (Star Trek). Very impressive.
August 5th, 2009 at 3:26 am
Brilliant! a totalitarian dream come true…
August 5th, 2009 at 7:00 am
Very beautiful lines, very thoroughbred and elegant. I like very much! On the other hand, it is damage that the door is off-centered with regard to the axis and to the principle of a symmetry used in this realization. Just my two cents!
August 5th, 2009 at 11:03 pm
Potemkin power company!! …ready for visit by US leader!
August 11th, 2009 at 8:46 am
Yep, reminds me of James Bond movies as well.
-Do you expect me to talk?
-No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!
Nice job!
August 12th, 2009 at 6:50 pm
its simple.. very very simple straight lines yet powerfull.
again i think it is “less is more”……right!