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Village Fitness Portimão gym

Welcome to the spot. This is the message you find as soon as you enter the reception of the renovated Village Fitness. A young and bold space to which one is not indifferent. Be urban, be healthy and practice sport in what is intended to continue to be the best gym in Portimão.
In addition to the remodeling of the existing gym, this club has also been expanded. As soon as the opportunity arose, the club’s management did not hesitate to expand to the adjacent store, where a pastry shop was located, doubling its area. For this reason, the entire club has been restructured, with the old pastry shop hosting the new club entrance, the main exercise room, and a cycling studio. Part of the challenge was to be able to structure this club keeping the existing spaces in operation, hierarchizing the various areas in a complex geometry, developing a clear and coherent internal circuit between the existing and the expansion area.

The reception is marked by the visual tension created between the proposed counter and the relapse of the existing ceiling, which, although not parallel, create a strong dynamic that served as a motto for other areas of this club. This element served as a showcase in the old cafeteria and, due to its potential, we wanted to maintain and integrate with the image of this club, serving as the basis for the welcome message: “Welcome to the spot.”
Chromatically, the neutral colors and the concrete that was purposely exposed on the existing pillars, give this club a very urban character. In order to create vibrant and positive energy around this space, we felt the need to introduce a third, warmer hue, present in the various wooden elements. Occasionally and with a very graphic objective, we also have some Yellow and Black finer points.
Next to the reception is the main exercise room and lounge area. The formerly pastry’s smoking room has been transformed into a living area. The separation in black metallic structure punctuated by green elements gives privacy and freshness to this space. The former main pastry production area has been converted into an open space in which the club’s exercise room is located. This is fundamentally a versatile space to which other secondary spaces converge, but no less relevant. The differentiation of shades of gray on the vinyl floor defines the main axis of circulation.
Taking advantage of the configuration of this room, the free weights area is defined by its chromatic delimitation. This is a totally black space, the lighting is rougher and is placed in order to accentuate this separation.
Placed laterally to the main circulation, we have a triangular area in which the Spinning Studio is located. This is a room designed to provoke a unique type of experience. Through vertical bands of RGB LEDs that converge to a triangular backlit stage, inserted in a completely black space, we create an environment completely different from the whole club.
The connection between the two stores – the existing club and the expansion area – is pronounced by a portico. This is one of the most important spaces in the club. Anyone who enters this gym will have to clearly understand that they have to go through this space to go to the changing rooms. Graphically accentuating a convergence to this space, a black tunnel reinforces this idea of ​​passage between two bodies. Leaving the renovated area behind, we enter the old club. Except for the box area and the changing rooms, the interventions are few and far between and are made to enhance the qualities inherent to the existing club. Black and white colors predominate in this area of ​​the club. In our view, changing rooms are a fundamental part of defining the quality of a club and its image should reflect the rest of the spaces. Following this principle, a very strong identity was visually developed, working only on the contrast between the black and white colors, elegant and modern.
In the box, all the existing walls and the concrete stairway were demolished to give a greater breadth to this entire area. Due to its glass facade and its double-height, we feel that this is one of the most important spaces in the club. Again, only black and white colors are used. We occasionally use the yellow color and the exposed concrete pillars refer to the new image of the club, strongly present in the expansion area.
This is the new identity for the Village Fitness gym. An irreverent club. An urban club.

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What we did:

  • Architecture, Interiors, Furniture Design, Identity

Location:

  • Portimão, Portugal

Start / Conclusion:

  • April 2017 / March 2020

Client:

  • GYMSPOTFITNESS Unipessoal Lda.

Cooperating teams:

  • Graphic Design: PQ x design
  • Electrical networks: PEFE Engenharia e Fiscalização
  • Mechanical systems: PEFE Engenharia e Fiscalização
  • Water and drainage networks: ConArqEng
  • Fire safety systems: PEFE Engenharia e Fiscalização

Contractor:

  • MAKE

Photography:

  • Invisiblegentleman

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The reception is marked by the black plate counter that stands out from the lower counter covered with EGGER natural wood melamine and grey microcement.
The wall is covered with chipboard panels with melamine natural wood EGGER. Black vinyl film. Dowlights are lined up in the mustard yellow ceiling area.
Entrance to the gym and exercise room. White false ceiling and light gray self-leveling mortar floor. Black sheet metal counter and black turnstiles.
The reception area makes the transition between the public area and the gym's training area. The sheet metal counter and black turnstiles mark the transition.
Front view to the gym entrance door with tables and chairs in the waiting area, in front of the louge area, illuminated by the outside's natural light.
The area of ​​the louge is defined by a black sheet metal shelf, punctuated by some IKEA pots with artificial plants. A black stool travels through space.
Reception area with black INNVUS MDF support cabinet, built into the wall. False ceiling in PLADUR lowered and painted in black in front of the cabinet.
Detail of the wall covered with black and white ceramics positioned diagonally to create a pattern of diagonal lines. The wall behind is mirrored.
Higher ceiling in mustard yellow and lower false ceiling in white with foreheads in black. The exercise room has FORBO color coal stone vinyl floor.
The circulation area and the exercise area differ by the floor with self-leveling mortar WEBER.FLOOR in one and the vinyl floor FORBO in the other.
Fenoabsorbent ceiling composed by gray CELENIT AB panels, complemented with metallic, suspended lamps, industrial style. Door to spinning studio in yellow.
Spinning studio with multicolor RGBW LED. Black painted walls and ceiling. Black FORBO vinyl flooring. Stage covered with VIROC composite panels in white.
Spinning studio with multicolor RGBW LED, black walls and ceiling and FORBO vinyl floor, also black, for an immersive environment. Translucent entrance.
Spinning bikes on dark with multicolor RGBW LED strips environment. Stage covered with white VIROC composite panels. Black floor, walls and ceiling.
The exercise room is an open and spacious space with machines for individual training. Gray environment complemented by industrial style metallic lamps.
Exercise room's pillar on exposed concrete with a digital clock and infrastructure for DJs. Sliding door in MDF panels to access the staff area.
Lateral circulation corridor of the gym's exercise room with self-leveling mortar floor. Fenoabsorbent ceiling formed by CELENIT panels. Wall with black MDF.
The beginning of the free weights area can be seen by the change from vinyl flooring to MAGNESIUM PLUS rubber flooring. Entrance to the corridor on the left.
Free weights area with MAGNESIUM PLUS rubber flooring, mirrors all arround and black painted ceiling. RGBW LED lighting for a more intimate atmosphere.
View from the corridor entrance with vinyl image on the wall for the free weights area with MAGNESIUM PLUS rubber flooring, RGBW LED lighting and black ceiling.
In the area of ​​free weights the walls are mirrored and the black color prevails broken by the RGBW LEDs and by the fluorescent strips of light TROMILUX.
View from the free weights area with lower false ceiling, darker colors and a more intimate atmospher for the lighter and higher exercise area.
Entrance to the corridor with lower ceiling and transition between black INNOVUS MDF and wood agglomerate panels coated with EGGER melamine model nature oak.
Overlooking the center of the exercise room where we see the exposed concrete pillar, the different floors, the machines and the industrial-style metal lamps
The interior of the gym's corridor is covered in black INNOVUS MDF panels. The geometry and tones chosen were inspired by the gym's logo.
Corridor with vinyl floor FORBO. White lockers built into the white wall. PLADUR walls painted in black and white. Wooden benches built into the wall.
Studio 02 and studio 01 are surrounded by white walls with windows. The corridors have the FORBO vinyl floor and a synthetic grass carpet in one of them.
You can see in detail the EGGER melamine-coated oak model frame that forms the bench. The back has synthetic grass and at the top there is a downlight.
Synthetic grass carpet for functional training in the corridor. Carrel with functional training materials supported by a steel beam to hang equipment.
You can see in detail the EGGER melamine-coated oak model frame that forms the bench. The back has synthetic grass and at the top there is a downlight.
Synthetic grass carpet for functional training in the corridor. Carrel with functional training materials supported by a steel beam to hang equipment.
View of MATRIX ULTIMATE DECK treadmills and elliptical bikes in the cardio area. Mezzanine overlooking the crossbox on the lower floor. FORBO vinyl flooring.
Crossbox's interior with double-height and MAGNESIUM PLUS rubber floor. Black sheet metal stairs. Black and mustard yellow wall. Beams for hanging equipment.
Example of a possible activity performed on the crossbox with ropes. Black rubber flooring, white walls and truss beams for hanging equipment.
View from the center of the crossbox to the back wall and mezzanine. LEONE boxing bag hanging from the truss beams that span the space. Rubber flooring.
In the gym's changing rooms, the zone of the ASTERION mirror by SANITANA is made with black HISBALIT ceramics that contrast with the white walls.
Area that precedes the entrance to the changing rooms and locker area. HISBALIT ceramics in black in the mirror area and white in the locker area.
The changing rooms are in white and black colors that contrast and complement each other. White lockers built into the white wall. Black bench all arround.
Changing room spaces with false ceiling, door frame and baseboard in black and lockers, walls and HISBALIT ceramics in white. Light moldings with LED strip.
The axonometry represents all the designed spaces of the gym. The textures represent the materials used in the project and the caption indicates the spaces.
The floor plan represents all the designed spaces of the gym. The textures represent the materials used in the project and the caption indicates the spaces.
Section of the architectural design for Village Fitness Portimão gym, passing through the exercise room and main corridor, looking at the reception and corridor
Section of the architectural design for Village Fitness Portimão gym, passing through the exercise room, spinning studio, studio 02 and functional exercise.

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