SHH finish second in London health club of 37 degrees
Thirty-seven degrees centigrade is the ideal temperature in the heart. It is also the name of a new 2400 square meters of health and fitness club, designed by SHH, in a Grade II listed 1920 warehouse near the Olympia Exhibition Center in west London.
Provision of equipment with the correct amount of privacy in a structure of the complete list of Windows has been difficult, according to SHH partner Stuart McLauchlan. "The first step is to break the courage to leave everything to the ground floors with concrete, brick and steel columns attached Crittall windows. Then beaten in 7 of 9 meters from the network through the construction and full of bridges, stairs and elevator cores.
SHH has to jiggle adjustment plans in the different elements. The pool has to be on the ground floor for structural reasons, based on a "web" of steel on the ground. This dictated the positioning of the rooms. Normally be at the same level as the pool halls and health and safety reasons there was no space.
This leads to a very unusual - a bridge over the swimming pool on the first floor of the dressing room with a stainless steel mesh. Great care was taken to ensure that swimmers could not get a finger on the deck to keep rocking in the water.
Translucent polycarbonate normally used for coating is used to divide the pool of receipt, which shows the movement, while being discreet and allows the light through the reception.
SHH space means that it has been unable to locate the toilet by rain. Instead, the practice has designed a replica plated sheath free in the criminal field.
The gym is located on the first floor, with yoga and dance studies, the third largest golf course and lounge spin, the latter equipped with a black acoustic wall and ceiling panels. A sunny terrace on the roof is planned for the top floor.
Aesthetically, SHH was stripped of a return industrial look with white paint. However, he went to a high level of quality of material for surfaces that can be touching, as Darkwood floors in the studios of dance and nuts Division dip in the pod.
Unfortunately, the original Windows could not be saved, but SHH replica commissioned by the metals Rea Windows. Orange big graphics announcing the new club outside stairs exhaust.
Designed for customers ARK Leisure Management, the gym is the second in a new company - the first by SHH also opened its doors in London Over Riverside two years ago.
