White Academia 20 Gym in expanded metal

Academia 20 Gym

Architectural appearance
Architectural appearance

 

         The challenge of creating a differentiating gym, breaking with the stereotypes of standards gyms, led to the design of Academia 20 a gym with self-identity.

         The starting point were two industrial pavilions, locked to an allotment in the industrial zone , where the limits of space and the relation between exterior and interior were defined from the beginning.

main entrance and reception
main entrance and reception
 The interior organization was structured with the main focus on the training area, but without losing sight of all the support program that is fundamental to the operation of the gym.
 
reception
reception

 

The reception is defined as a welcome space, from which all the circulation takes places, with a visual permeability towards the training area, allowing a direct contact with this area. The boundary between training and support program is defined by an expanded metal  glass wall throughout its length.

The reception also acts as the role of distributor, leading to the bar and access area reserved for gym members.

instrument room
instrument room

 

The idea of ​​implementing a Bar, as an accessory program, aims to create a living room for the users. The organizational structure was designed in a way that the bar could be enjoyed both by the members as well as general public. The visual permeability between the bar and training area is intended to attract the people to enjoy the gym.

In addition to the training area, the zone reserved for the member consists of a changing room for people with reduced mobility, trainers changing room and members support offices: nutrition consultations, physical assessments and massages. The changing rooms for the general public are located on the first floor.

training room
training room
The training area is conceived as an open space, characterized by its formal clarity, straight lines and a ceiling that through its pitched roofs, transmits us the industrial unit that existed previously.  The roofs, marked by the skylights that allowing natural light, intensifies the forms of the interior space . All in synergy with its lightness and calm, transmitted by the white , it is intended that the user feel calm and focused on the workout, leaving out all the city stress.The whole building is surrounded by expanded metal panel.
 
locker room
locker room

 

At last, all the inner harmony is enclosed from the context as if it were a box, encased with expanded and  perforated metal plates, allowing that the energy created inside to be transmitted to the outside.
Above all, our thought was focused on the assumption that Academia 20 should be a gym for all, more than a training space, a place for socializing and fraternization, within a modern and contemporary space.
 

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