James Develin Gym

Would you like to builda gym but don't know where to begin? Then you're right, because in this instructables I'm going to show you how you can plan a gym and what is important about it.
I am writing this for the Make it Real Student Design Challenge #3.

When I think about a gym I imagine a large room where a lot of equipment is and where you can feel the spirit of doing sth for your body and your health. You want to be part of this community. People meet there to make sports together and push their limits further. It was important to me to go "back to the roots" again, but still look out for products that are sustainable.

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For my gym I found a spot in Miami (USA) where there is some green and some parking slots. This is great because there are a lot of people living nearby which can go to the gym and there's no gym as far as I could see it.

Safety is a very important topic. Therefor it is important, that the workers always wear helmets and shoes that protect the toes. To show the importance I took a picture from here, which should get your attention. The people that go to the gym are responsible for themselves, but if they see defect equipment they should tell this the coaches.

In this Floor you can find the actual gym. It's a big room with a lot of equipment and a very high ceiling. There are some weights, treadmills, rowing machines, steppers, bicycles, and machines with weights for the arms and legs. In the middle of the room there's a reception and a info desk where you can get help with the equipment or also train with a personal trainer.

In the second floor there are two rooms where you can make some courses like yoga. Then there is a restaurant where you can eat and drink something after your workout. It is quite large so a lot of people can meet there and talk to each other and have a nice evening.

This gym is entirely build out of wood. This has the advantage that the wood is used after the tree is dead. In total wood is CO2 neutral and the transportation is the only critical part.

The solar roof produces some electricity which the gym can use for powering nearly everything. For the environment does it mean that less other ressources are used and it's getting climate nutral in about five years.

This whole project costs about 500 000$ to 650 000 $.

It takes about 5 month to build this gym. It's not very large but exactely that's the reason for the great spirit in there.

It's build in some steps. First of all there has to be a foundation. Then the first floor and then the second floor. The roof is comming on top of it and solar is coming there in the end.