“When Gymming Meets Clubbing” is the design concept of this fitness center that mainly targets at young customers. Mixing the essences of two common social activities, fitness exercise and nightclub dance, to create a new psychological and physical experience for different areas.
Starting from the main entrance, guests begin to experience an abstract future space from the real world. The design language of the entire fitness center was defined by dynamic architectural envelopes and flowing fluorescent color lights.
The current building of the Wissembourg school gymnasium forms a specific urban form on a triangular plot situated in the city center. The building forms the predominant figure of this plot its southern part. The context is remarquable by the variety of the buildings typologies, some of which, like the school and the former convent, have already been rehabilitated. The work on the volumetry of the project allowed to find alignments with the neighboring constructions. The aim is to offer a unitary and sober volume integrated into this rich context of the heart of the city.
The building holds the new administrative headquarters of the “Federation International de Gymnastique” (FIG).
The ground floor accommodates a reception area, a conference room, translation booths and a cafeteria. Above sits three administrative floors and an attic designed specifically for seminar and conference usage. A semi-buried car park and a basement, dedicated to technical installations and archives, serves to the five floors above the ground. Approximately 2,300m2 of net administrative area are thus distributed on four level of 500m2 each and an attic of 300m2.
The former laboratory building situated at Eternitten is a fantastic setting for GAME Streetmekka Aalborg. The production building from 1963 testifies to the industrial history of the neighborhood with its raw and distinctive character, almost demanding to be conquered by urban street culture. Our main concept is to merge the informal nature of street activities into the existing laboratory building frames, creating spatial 'experiments' that inspire new connections between the many activities. Rather than separating them, an urban melting pot is created that encourages spontaneous activity and surprising events.
The Pacífico Sur Club, which was founded in the 60s in Lima´s coast, has a surfing tradition. Seventy five percent of its associates practice this sport: surfing defines what the sea means to them. As it usually occurs with other buildings of the time, it became necessary to formulate a series of changes that would cover the new needs of the associates.
The changes had to be respectful with the essence of the club, that is: its unique character and the contact with the sea. Every change had to be careful in improving the functional aspect, as well as strengthening the spaces. New materials to match with the already existent were to be implemented.
To serve a rapidly growing area of the city, the Raleigh Parks and Recreation department partnered with Clark Nexsen design the new, health-focused Abbotts Creek Community Center. The healthy living themed facility houses a high bay gymnasium space with sup-porting classrooms, fitness spaces, and staff space. Complimentary outdoor athletic and fitness spaces are also included.
Photography: Mark Herboth, Jordan Gray and Erika Jolleys
Software used: Photoshop, SketchUp, Revit
Client: City of Raleigh
Project Team: Donna Francis, Clymer Cease, Jennifer Heintz, Katelyn Ottaway, Albert McDonald, Matt Koonts, Payton Evert, Don Kranbuehl, Maria Rusafova, Cathleen Amalia, Erika Jolleys
In June 2013, the town of Champagné launched a consultation on building a Multisports Hall for use by elementary schools and sports associations.
This operation was part of a desire to offer a wider range of sporting activities, and to relieve pressure from the Jean Rondeau gymnasium which was built in the 1980s.
The proposed sporting activities are: basketball, badminton, table tennis, handball, taekwondo and volleyball.
In the interests of economy of construction, the city wanted the new Sports Hall and the Jean Rondeau gymnasium to be joined together to share technical facilities, cloakrooms and equipment.
Located at the heart of the historic Zuiderpark, the €50m sports campus is an innovative collaboration of alliances between education, sport, sport science and the community, for both the municipality of The Hague and its private partners: the Haagse Hogeschool and ROC Mondriaan.
Located in a recently densely built up area that is home to a wide variety of constructions, the main challenge of this project was to create a center for this heterogeneous environment.
The shape of the lot posed another challenge (250m long and 50m wide on average), bordered lengthwise by railways, a source of noise and magnetic waves.
With a 3100m2 of covered area, the Gymnastic Training Center of Guimarães is located at the East limit of the city park and was conceived for practice and training of high performance gymnastics.
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