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Definitions Personal Training Gym
New York City, NY, United States
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Definitions Personal Training Gym
New York City, NY, United States
Definitions is a repeat client: we have designed over 10,000sf of gym projects for this client; this Madison Avenue location is the first to be built. This 2,800sf gut renovation integrates functional training into the gym. Our solution is to create an infrastructure for functional training that uses lighting, mirrors, custom metal designs, and milled panel fabrication to connect training with the space. The architecture itself is a workout device.
The primary activity at a gym, as much as exercising, is looking at one’s body and at others. The scrutiny of our bodies is yet another exercise, and so the nature of the reflections of our bodies is as important as the physical exertion seen in those reflections. This exercise is usually unremarkable, concealed in flat mirrors and an unspoken rule that the looking should be perfunctory. This project gives the vision-exercise tools to expand, arouse, and play with the image of our bodies. In this gym, the mirrors are active participants in these exercises. The squat rack gets a tailor’s mirror, so that a squatter can see his or her side while facing forward.
Custom-fabricated metal monkey bars are a sculptural addition to a hallway; their complex shape challenges the athlete to negotiate multiple pathways. A milled screen wall and ceiling veil people coming into the gym, while integrated neon lighting creates an alternate light source. This light is subtly animated like an artificial sun, again challenging a visitor's perception of something that is ordinarily static.
The effect is kaleidoscopic.
The primary activity at a gym, as much as exercising, is looking at one’s body and at others. The scrutiny of our bodies is yet another exercise, and so the nature of the reflections of our bodies is as important as the physical exertion seen in those reflections. This exercise is usually unremarkable, concealed in flat mirrors and an unspoken rule that the looking should be perfunctory. This project gives the vision-exercise tools to expand, arouse, and play with the image of our bodies. In this gym, the mirrors are active participants in these exercises. The squat rack gets a tailor’s mirror, so that a squatter can see his or her side while facing forward.
Custom-fabricated metal monkey bars are a sculptural addition to a hallway; their complex shape challenges the athlete to negotiate multiple pathways. A milled screen wall and ceiling veil people coming into the gym, while integrated neon lighting creates an alternate light source. This light is subtly animated like an artificial sun, again challenging a visitor's perception of something that is ordinarily static.
The effect is kaleidoscopic.
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