R Fitness Gym

Press Kit

Unique Properties

The designer suspended the slogan "People need smile, life need fitness" of R Fitness in the form of luminous characters hanging in the air, which can be seen at a specific angle, adding to the fun of the space. The red box-shaped aisle connects the entrance to the fitness area. It is composed of LED lamp tubes with different sizes and stainless steel water corrugated mirrors. In the reflection of light and shadow, the light and red color overlap and intersect, full of a sense of drama.

Dimensions & Packaging

The project covers a total of 550 square meters. The original facade of the project was wall, the designer convinced the client to break down the solid wall to shape it with French window.

Tags

Interior, Commercial, Light Art, Fitness Space, Fitness Studio, Red Light, Shanghai, China

Production Technology

To match the LED lights, the designers used slashed metal meshes to cover the entire space, echoing the white slashes on the ground, and thus a strong sense of movement and extension comes into being.

Design Challenge

As required by the course, the fitness studio has strength and relaxation exercises, but the space is limited. The designers designed the lighting of the whole room, white and red lights can be switched at random, and with background music correspondingly, it meets the needs of different types of courses.

Project Duration

The project started in January, 2019 in Shanghai and finished in April 2019 in Shanghai.

Operation Flow

Taking it into account that the second floor lateral entrance was not conducive to visual guidance, designers used the street exhibition surface to fully present the circular shape in the interior space with the store facade to the urban interface. And multi-effect facade lighting devices were installed on the street exhibition surface, allowing R Fitness to talk to people in the city in a special way at night.

Research

With the improvement of living standards, people need to exercise and relax according to their needs, and the fitness studio was born. XU Studio bring the concept of "light" into the design. Through lighting, simple materials have also become rich and interesting. With lighting settings, they can freely Switch scenes, red lights are used for short-term strength training, and white is used for regular training and relaxation.

Inspiration

Light has been incorporated into many works by many artists to convey the philosophy contained in it. The way light and space interact, sometimes light sculpts space, other times space shapes light. R Fitness, a new fitness brand, provides students with professional strength training. Designers hope to shape the space through the light, and stimulate the students' desire for sports and fitness with strong visual impact.

Image Credits

Image #1: Photographer Ema Liang, Negotiation Area, 2019.
Image #2: Photographer Ema Liang, Entrance, 2019.
Image #3: Photographer Ema Liang, Corridor, 2019.
Image #4: Photographer Ema Liang, Corridor 2, 2019.
Image #5: Photographer Ema Liang, Fitness Area, 2019.

Patents

Copyrights belong to XU Studio, 2019.

Colors of R Fitness Gym