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Gym design

An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about gym design

Project • By sofSURFACES Inc.Stadiums

Leigh Sports Village

sofSURFACES' premier fitness supplier, IndigoFitness creates another high-performance training space for various sports teams that train out of Leigh Sports Village. IndigoFitness The training space is used by Leigh Centurions rugby league team, Manchester United Women’s football team and other local high-performance teams and athletes. The IndigoFitness design plan was to maximise floor space and functionality to allow the gym to work effectively for multiple different teams. IndigoFitness THE SOLUTION With the gym being on the first floor, there was a flooring requirement to reduce the sound and vibrations travelling to neighbouring rooms and offices. 51mm (1.25") duraTRAIN® Rubber Fitness Tile flooring is a perfect... More

Project • By sofSURFACES Inc.Universities

Writtle University College Health Hub Gym

sofSURFACES' premier partner, Indigo Fitness completes another world-class training space for Writtle University College in Essex, England!Established in 1893, Writtle University College (WUC) is one of the oldest specialist institutions in the UK. WUC has a history for achieving excellence and want recognition as a market leader. The goal for this project was to create a world class training space to attract talent and build on their award-winning alumni that have gone on to become leaders in competitive sport and health related exercise.   THE SITUATION Writtle University College came to IndigoFitness at the beginning of the project to design and kit out their University Health Hub gym. The Health Hub is the centre of the Universi... More

Project • By NOZ ARQUITECTURASports Centres

element matosinhos

Element gyms concept was launched by the NOZ studio. The premises were to generate comfortable and appealing spaces with a very small budget. The paintings and lighting are worked in an original way. For the entrance, a network box with an infinite mirror is proposed to provide a different experience upon entering. NOZ ARQUITECTURA NOZ ARQUITECTURA NOZ ARQUITECTURA   More

Project • By sofSURFACES Inc.Sports Centres

Strive Gym Jersey

Strive health club, on the island of Jersey, is a brand-new purpose built 32,000 square foot facility, that had the ambitious goal of becoming a personal, community, and elite training hub to attract the UK’s best teams, players, and potential future stars, and put Jersey firmly on the map as a high-performance training destination.   THE SITUATION sofSURFACES' premier fitness partner, IndigoFitness first met Ben Harvey, the driving force behind Strive, during FIBO in 2018. Ben’s research had taken him across to the US to capture ideas for the multi-million-pound project, and he explained his initial vision for a ‘playground to podium’ training facility, challenging IndigoFitness to create intelligent and eng... More

Project • By sofSURFACES Inc.Sports Centres

Matt Roberts Boutique Gym

Matt Roberts Evolution is one of the best luxury gyms in London. sofSURFACES' premier fitness partner in Europe, IndigoFitness, continued their strong working relationship with Matt Roberts, fitting out their second permanent site in London – following on from their flagship site in Grosvenor Square in 2019. IndigoFitness THE SITUATION The key element Matt Roberts was looking for was creativity. Each Matt Roberts spaces is unique and they came to IndigoFitness to bring their creative challengesto life. The brief for the Knightsbridge gym was to maximise floorspace working with the architecture of the building to keep an open plan feel. The space had to have a premium finish and meet the minimalist style that Matt Roberts&rsquo... More

Project • By sofSURFACES Inc.Community Centres

High Performance Training Facility for WASPS RFC

Here is another fine example of some of the brilliant work done by our premier European partner, IndigoFitness!Wasps Rugby Football Club is a professional rugby union team based in Coventry, England. They play in Premiership Rugby. In 2019 a sizeable investment in Wasps future was made with the purchase of a former Warwickshire College site in Henley-in-Arden, with a plan to redevelop the site and turn it into an Elite Performance and Innovation Centre, Wasps first permanent training ground of its own since leaving Sudbury in 1999. IndigoFitness THE SITUATION After a lengthy selection process, in early 2021 IndigoFitness was appointed to design and fit-out the strength and conditioning facility within the centre. As part of the agree... More

Project • By sofSURFACES Inc.Sports Centres

Abbey Stadium Sports Centre Addition

When it comes to creating unique and highly innovative fitness training spaces, no one does it better than our premier European partner and UK's Leading Gym FIT-OUT Specialists, Indigo Fitness! © Indigo Fitness THE SITUATION The aim of this project was to improve and expand the leisure products and services that Abbey Stadium already had to offer. Creating an outdoor training space that could be used for multiple training types, with the option to have multiple classes running at a time. Most importantly, the outdoor facility needed to allow for training outside 365 days a year. © Indigo Fitness THE SOLUTION In order to achieve this, the design was based around two 20ft containers. The containers would not only provi... More

Project • By CO ArchitectsPrimary Schools

Berendo Middle School New Gymnasium

Opened in 1910 in Los Angeles, Berendo is the oldest California middle school continuously operating on the same site.  The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) selected CO Architects to design the new free-standing gymnasium and renovate an existing administrative space into a mental health clinic.  The new gym, playfield, and plaza sustainably extend Berendo’s service to its more than 800 students and the neighboring communities of Pico-Union, MacArthur Park, and Koreatown.  The school has nearly 100 percent minority enrollment, the majority of students being Hispanic and economically disadvantaged. Nils Timm The design brief called for an approach that celebrated and facilitated the connection between Be... More

Project • By estudio AMATAMWellness Centres

Village Fitness Gym

Welcome to the spot. This is the message you find as soon as you enter the reception of the renovated Village Fitness. A young and bold space to which one is not indifferent. Be urban, be healthy and practice sport in the spot intended to be the best gym in Portimão. garcês garcês In addition to the remodelling of the existing gym, this club has also been expanded. As soon as the opportunity arose, the club’s management did not hesitate to expand to the adjacent store, doubling its area. For this reason, the entire club has been restructured. Part of the challenge was to be able to structure this club keeping the existing spaces in operation, hierarchizing the various areas in a complex geometry, developi... More

Project • By Studio ZungOffices

RVCA Headquarters

The master plan and design for the RVCA HQ in Costa Mesa, California came together by incorporating a 360-design integration to mirror PM Tenore’s, RVCA’s founder’s vision. The design is inclusive of all aspects of design, marketing, sample production as well as a RVCA gallery, indoor and outdoor skate park, music studio, and friends and family store. Caption Caption Caption Caption More

Project • By studioVASESports Centres

Mangrove Gym

In the past, fitness centers were places to build heavy muscles to pursue external beauty or manage health through simple aerobic exercise. However, in recent years, the goals of individual exercise have diversified and the balance of beauty and health has become important, and more professional and one-on-one guidance-oriented PT shops have become popular. Mangrove Gym is also an exercise facility operated on detailed personal guidance in terms of kinetic dynamics rather than relying on exercise equipment. Caption Hannam-dong, where the space is located, is another wealthy village in Seoul, attracting attention as a cultural diversity of Itaewon and UN Village, as well as the residence of young emerging wealthy people who prefer art... More

Project • By Tiovivo CreativoExhibition Centres

Inertial

Designed to feel body and mind, ancient Greece is evoked in the conceptualization of space because there were the first gyms dedicated to cultivating body, intellect and spirit as a whole. The classic references are latent both in the materials, the design of custom furniture and the ornamental finishes as well as in the decoration of the common areas and training rooms that seeks to impact everyone who looks at it.At Inertial, every detail counts to transmit its values ​​and create a unique and familiar environment, where you can share a philosophy of life. Tiovivivo / Maria Mira Tiovivivo / Maria Mira   More

Project • By Set | DesignersSports Centres

Box Experience

Experience is our design vision of fitness and health. The project, with strong and bold colors, aims to use recycled materials to reduce the environmental impact of the intervention. The gym becomes a place where training is just one of the challenges to try your hand at, with the aim of improving yourself at 360 °.Take advantage of a stimulating environment to spread the concept of healthy life and to achieve psycho-physical well-being. More

Product • By Alpha Wellness SensationsOutdoor Traditional Himalayan Salt Sauna

Outdoor Traditional Himalayan Salt Sauna

A free-standing prefabricated 24-person unit with 220V power requirements, Himalayan salt wall, heatproof speakers and chromotherapy feature. Alpha Wellness Sensations is a global leader in luxury spa manufacturing, indoor and outdoor design of traditional saunas, infrared saunas, steam rooms, hammams, salt rooms, snow rooms, cold plunges, experience showers and tanning beds. Our company runs its own research facility and production capacities in order to provide a wide range of innovative and tailored wellness solutions. All of our products are fabricated in Belgium, 100% hand-crafted and fully compliant with EU’s rigorous product safety standards. Because the world is overwhelmed by environmental pollution and industrial toxicity,... More

Project • By Bora Dá DesignsSports Centres

Gyms Kook

Gymskook, as the name suggests, is an all out fitness café. It’s the ‘go-to’ for all the gym freaks.                                           Everything from the colour scheme, furniture, wall treatment and installation aims at creating a space infused with high energy, vigour and vibrancy. The exposed ceiling of the cafe has been intended with a fluorescent green-yellow bicycle installation surrounded with pulsating neon green PVC pipes, running throughout, on a backdrop a dramatic yet solid charcoal grey. Concrete-textured raw walls, robust and sturdy aluminium mesh wall treatment, metal chains and Tolix chai... More