Ah didn't think of looking at office refs at all. I always felt pokemon was pretty sci fi with all the tech. It just never seemed like it being so cute/cartoony. Wasn't going for cute/cartoony here so looked at a lot of sci fi refs and you're right it looks too much like a spaceship. Probably go back later and take another…
This is an awesome start but it reminds me a lot of Snefer's environment :P Even the proportions of the windows, walls and stuff is too similar... The original pokecenter is a lot "cleaner", in regards to lines and plating. Not everything has to be made out of big metal plates. In fact all those plates make the environment…