thanks for the video! after pressing the raised button, if you walk back to the 'cafeteria room' you cut the video out in, there's a path in the north-east wall that was barricaded with a forcefield which was then lowered by the button!
as for the vibes, i'm going for an old spaceship vibes, where the characters are from a more futuristic period, but the environment is an ancient warship from the past. i'm purposefully avoiding shiny RGB lasers and interfaces because they're kinda lame.