Make It Real Gym Design

This is a prototype of a gym that could possibly be used as a real design and that would be really cool. The place this gym would be made is in Philadelphia which is a big city and gyms need lots of space. The city does not have lots of space so the design is impacted by that and you have to work your way around that. It's a multi purpose gym so I tried to get as much leg, arm and cardio machines in there as possible. A place was also needed for parking and city streets don't have many places to park to be begin with but with the amount of people that would go to a gym there would be no spots. So an underground parking lot was needed so that you can fit as many people as you please. With Covid, I added extra things to help gym goers stay safe such as hand sanitizer bottles all around the gym and people whose only job is to go around cleaning the benches, dumbbells, plates and any other things that someone would touch a lot.

Brainstorming was tricky because there's so many things that you need to consider when thinking. You need to have equipment for the whole body and for people recovering. The design also needs to be somewhat small because it's in a big city. After thinking I wanted mine to be pretty long just because I like that idea but not to long. I also made different levels so that I could fit all of the needed equipment. Three floors sounded right so that I could have enough space for all the equipment and I could have a parking garage.

I decided that it would be best that the leg machines and equipment such as squat and cardio machines would stay on the level that you enter in so you don't have to use the stairs. I from experience know that after having a tough leg day the last thing you want to do is go walk up or down some stairs. So for the convenience of all the people coming to the gym the squat racks and leg press are on the main level along with bench press because that is attached to the squat rack and a big mat is on the level for people to do core, push ups or whatever they would like to do on a soft surface. Since it is the ground level floor the entrance is on that floor as well so there are lockers and stairs right by the door so you can get ready to exercise as fast a possible.

The second floor is a arm focused floor along with a rehab area. As I mentioned the bench press is downstairs because it is attached to the squat rack. But other than there being no bench up stairs you can still get a good arm workout. There are dumbbells on both sides of the gym so there should be enough dumbbells for everyone who wants them. There is also pulley machines or lat pull machines so you can get pretty much all the specific arm parts you would want to get. Along with the arm stuff, a rehab area is also located upstairs and it is just a small studio like area which will be used for people who need the rehab. There are medicine balls pictured which will be a good resource.

Underneath the gym is a parking garage for the gym goers. There is not a ton of parking spaces but there is enough so that not all cars have to park on the busy city streets.

In the end this gym would be a good prototype because you can work all parts of your body and it's just a good place to go workout. Even if I don't win this project was fun to just learn how to use the modeling apps and challenge myself.