All in One: Workout/Rehabilitation/Nutrition Gym

Hello! My name is Cooper, and I am from Anacortes Washington. As an athlete I can sympathize with James's desire for a gym that can be a space for both exercise and rehabilitation. The gym I have designed is a one stop shop for everything under both of the aforementioned categories. It also takes full advantage of it's roof so that no space is wasted. The indoor part of the gym is around 12000 square feet which is fairly standard for this type of facility, but the roof adds another 8,000. Lets get into the features!

The ground floor is the main workout space. It includes...

• Reception area with seating.
• Office/storage space.
• Men's and Women's locker rooms.
• Main workout area with standard weights and cardio equipment.
• Aquatics room with hot and cold tubs, a half length lap lane, and three endless pools that jet water towards you at adjustable speeds so that the swimmer stays stationary and the water moves. They take up vary little space and are great training tools. (most of the pools are 3 feet deep for ease of access by those with disabilities).
• Open space for yoga, dynamic cardio, classes or anything else. There is a curtain divider for this space so that it can be separated into two smaller spaces if need be.
• Stairs and elevator for ease of 2nd floor access to all user groups .

The second floor is where the rehabilitation facilities are located. It includes...

• Three Physical Therapy rooms equipped with different recovery tools.
• A fourth room to be used as more office space for on site personal trainers/physicians or a storage area.
• A space for a food court/store. I believe that nutrition is a critical piece of good health, and an all encompassing gym such as this one would be a great place to provide healthy food options. This could be paired with once a week nutrition classes outside in the summer, or in half of the open room on the first floor taking advantage of the curtain divider.
• Eating area/waiting space for PT appointment
• Access to the roof area.

The roof is designed to be an extension of the PT facilities, as well as an area for cardio on those nicer days. It includes...

• A small track for running circuits that can include the sets of stairs to increase intensity. The track also has railings on both sides so that people with lower body or spinal injuries can relearn to walk with support and stability.
• Left and Right sets of stairs that are 50 steps and 40 steps respectively. The difference in number of steps results in a difference in incline so that athletes can control their intensity
• Astroturf in the center of the track for short sprints, or agility training. This space could also be used to run small scale sports drills.
• Picnic area on the upper and lower roof levels for people to eat at or have outdoor meetings in the summer.

The dream for the gym is practical, so I opted for a more industrial concrete look. The large floor to ceiling windows maximize natural light, and all of the doors in the facility are 36" wide to allow for easy wheelchair access. The elevator is also strategically placed close to the entrance to minimize the distance that people with disabilities must travel to get to the PT rooms.

Thank you to James Devlin for inspiring the challenge, and thank you to Autodesk for providing all this remarkable software to us students. I have been a fusion user since 2015, and there is so much functionality that I think I could keep learning new things about it for the rest of my life. I love having all of the different work environments in the same place!

Once again I appreciate everyone who made this challenge and the webinar series a reality, and I hope everyone is having a wonderful day!