Conversion into a
fitness centre

Rostov-on-Don
Russia

Client:
Fitness Don

Design:
ARK

Started in 2008
Floor space ~ 4.500 s qm

Basic evaluation / Preliminary planning / Design planning
Conversion of a former local authority building, originally consisting of administrative offices, a cinema and a ballroom, into a premium-standard fitness centre.
Extensions in the entrance area and at the rear of the building, inclusion of mezzanine levels and additional stairways and lifts. New façades of metal and natural stone and new openings, particularly in the area that was once a cinema, while taking the existing façade grid into account.
The basement accommodates the staff areas and technical facilities; the reception with bar, changing rooms, a swimming pool, a supervised children’s area and a bank are located on the ground floor. The first floor houses training areas, a sauna and massage complex with a relaxation room and solariums. The other upper stories have group rooms for aerobics, cycling, martial arts and boxing and house further administrative areas.