Bronze Architecture · 2020
Home Gym A Private Fitness Center
- Bronze A' Design Award 2020 in Architecture
- CLIENT: Ardh Architects
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 14,603
- Verification code 436AAB4E7C · Verify this award
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About Home Gym A Private Fitness Center
Home Gym is a private fitness center located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The building is divided into two main areas, a workout space and a leisure and social space, linked by a corridor with a clear view of a water pond. The facility includes a swimming pool, a sauna, a Jacuzzi, two dining lounges, a juice bar, changing rooms with lockers, and a fitness zone for twenty people. The fitness zone is sunk lower than the rest of the building to allow cross training without raising the overall height. Sandstone cladding blends the structure with the desert landscape.
About the Bronze A' Design Award
Home Gym A Private Fitness Center is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a highly prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness. Bronze winners are amply skillful and strikingly creative artifacts that authenticate the vast experience, imagination, and resourcefulness of their designers. Home Gym A Private Fitness Center is expected to be a highly regarded, admired, and cherished object that is notably professional and innovative. This Bronze A' Design Award-winning design incorporates best practices in art, science, design, and technology, and is excellent for its attention to detail. Home Gym A Private Fitness Center splendidly satisfies needs, touches desires, charms feelings, and appeals to curiosity.
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- Unique Properties
- This is a private fitness center that comprises of a swimming pool for both family and training, a sauna and Jacuzzi, 2 dining lounges, a Juice bar, changing rooms & lockers, and a fitness zone enough for 20 people at a time.
It is a ground floor facility, with electric charging docks for club cars, and a cycling path for outdoor activities.
It is also located on a manmade water pond paying homage to the traditional serenity of the Arabian desert. - Dimensions & Packaging
- This facility is a 31m x 47m, with a maximum height of 4.2m
- Tags
- Dubai, Nadd Al Shiba, Home Gym, Fitness Center, Contemporary Design, Ardh
- Production Technology
- Sand stone cladding, SPC panels
- Design Challenge
- The height of the fitness zone to accommodate cross-fit training without increasing the building overall height. this was solved by sinking the fitness zone lower than the rest of the building.
- Research
- It was discovered early on that the main connection that needed to be established was with the existing pond. The main idea was to open the views toward the water pond, where all the walls that facing pond should have an unobstructed open view, and everything else facing the opposite side would be solid. Also, the building should not affect the natural surroundings & preserve most of the existing vegetation. This meant that the building needed to blend in which is reflected in the height & stone sandy tones used for the exterior cladding.
- Inspiration
- The design of the building is in intended to create an intimate relationship with this beautiful natural setting. The use of stone wooden vegetation seamlessly blends the architecture with the site's powerful desert landscape and the relaxing panorama of the pond.
- Project Duration
- This project is located in Dubai, in the Nad al Shiba area, in the United Arab Emirates.
The construction is expected to start in the second quarter of the current year. - Operation Flow
- The intent of the design is to be a relaxing retreat space. The building is broken up into 2 main areas: the workout space, and the leisure & social space. The 2 areas are connected through a corridor with a clear view of the pond giving the feeling of moving through nature. The pool area opens up in winter times when it's cooler, where the glazing is tucked inside the walls for a seamless look. Furthermore, the skylights above covers the entire pool allowing for a full view of the sky above.
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