Archello Awards 2026 · Enter your projects before 30 September 2026
Archello Awards 2026 · Enter your projects before 30 September 2026

Training spaces

An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about training spaces

Project • By sofSURFACES Inc.Sports Centres

ON AIR BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT

Start of a new year, and the opening of a new ON AIR Gym!A gym designed to be perfect - visible in every single aspect. All materials used in this gym are of extremely high quality, also the floor that was installed. This gym is equipped with sofSURFACES 70MM duraSOUND tiles.   Around 2,300 tiles have been installed to ensure that neighboring businesses experience no noise issues. The duraSOUND is specially designed for this; they have hollow pedestals to take out 95% of all vibration and impact noises.   Due to strict fire regulations in the commercial building, the Fire Class of all flooring products used are Cfl - another advantage of using sofSURFACES.   This gym is ready for the coming years of blood, sweat and te... More

Project • By Cimaise ArchitectureOffices

Candock

Candock is a family‑owned company specializing in the engineering, production and distribution of modular floating systems. After more than two decades of growth and international expansion, its facilities in Magog no longer reflected the company’s evolving role as a research‑driven distribution hub or its commitment to high‑quality work environments and sustainable values. The new building brings together offices and a distribution center on a single site, aligning daily operations with the image of an innovative, forward‑looking manufacturer. Charles Lanteigne Charles Lanteigne The office volume is organized on two levels around a shared communicative void that links the floors and draws natural light into the heart of th... More

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 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