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Archbi Tunnels Prototype for Project Centaurina
The Archbi Tunnels/Tower is one of the buildings in the urban fantasy world of Centaurina — the Ethereal Santa Rina. With its towering centerpiece set above a patchwork of arches – carved for a show of dramatic lightplay – the structure is built to convey an aura of modern gothicism. In the present storyline of the story, the side wings of the ground floor house a worldclass shopping center, while the center gives shade to the main streets of Santa Rina. The building has a rich history, which its structure aptly conveys:
"Built in commemoration of the Peace of 1984 between mages and vampires, the Archbi Tunnel Tower forms an apparent connection between the two halves of the original Archbi Structure. Interestingly, although there appears a tunnel bridging the two wings, the two halves of the building are not connected. Currently, the right wing (the front side being marked by the distinctly arched sidewalk) houses the mages, while the left wing houses the vampires. This modernized Archbi Structure subtly conveys the racial rift between mages and vampires."
Although in the story the current Archbi Tunnels are a renovation on one of Santa Rina's historical buildings, the mix of Gothic architecture and modern design was created as one stroke, a single piece, by Ina Centaur Architecture.
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Santa Rina Medical Tower for Project Centaurina
 In the urban fantasy world of Centaurina, the Santa Rina Hospital is a world reknown medical center — it's known for its miracles, the thousands of lives saved. Of course, with 67% of its doctors being mages, adept in the healing methods of the Ess, this is no surprise.
The research tower, adjacent to the hospital, was made possible by a donation by the infamous Santa Rina law firm, Ashcroft & Vane. Its hundred floors hold the medical secrets of Ethereal biology. Ever since the reign of the last Centaurina, its grounds are blessed with sanctuary spells, and though the Medical Center is set amidst one of the most crime-filled sectors of Santa Rina, bloodshed cannot touch it.
A glass-shielded walkway connects the hospital to the research tower. Patients with medical conditions unknown to orthodox science are wheeled through this corridor to the research tower, where mage doctors perform their miracles a la rituals of the Ess.
The Medical Research Tower was designed to look modern yet obvious as to its purpose — a medical center. Yet, since in the storyline, the center is a source of conspiracies between Ethereal races, the building had to look sinister from certain angles.
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Welcome to Ina Centaur Architecture — virtual buildings created by the Second Life avatar Ina Centaur.
Core to Ina Centaur's design philosophy is the essence of elegance — simple, but bold and memorable strokes composed together to create a grand, yet fundamental structure.
Each building is designed with care to both function and form. Please browse the selected architecture of Ina Centaur, to your left...
For inquiries, please contact Ina Centaur, directly, inworld in Second Life.
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