Gyms
Gym Entry Furniture Planning for Gyms
Specify the occupied size, operating clearance and route into the building before choosing furniture by catalogue dimensions.
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Compare the options
- Set the brief
- Use templates at the size of the actual furniture. Include seated users, open drawers and reclined positions where relevant.
- Compare
- Decide which items need to move independently and which benefit from built-in anchoring.
- Before buying
- Confirm that the largest pieces can turn at the entrance, lift lobby and corridor, or specify assembly in place.
Worked example
A family wants a console and bench in a foyer, but the lift lobby door opens close to the apartment entrance.
Use a narrow console with rounded corners and a bench that tucks fully beneath it. Measure the entry door at full swing and test carrying a bulky delivery past the furniture.
How to test it
Overlay the furniture in its stored and in-use positions, then check both against the measured plan.
Apply it to this space
- Layout
- Position check-in beside the door and provide a distinct route onward that bypasses waiting visitors.
- Detail
- Use a scuff-resistant floor at entry and a visible display for class and zone information.
- Trade-off
- A generous welcome area reduces space for training equipment.
- Simulate check-in at class changeover
- Check the route to lockers is obvious
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