This community center in Copenhagen, Denmark was designed as a gym alternative for people who would prefer exercising in more dynamic, versatile spaces.
One of the biggest hindrances to finding the motivation to exercise is the thought of spending an hour or more in traditional gym environments that provide stationary machines in cramped indoor spaces. This gym alternative was designed to make exercising more fun for both children and adults and has six different floors and several zones for people to exercise in. The space has been described as an adult playground and employs guides who help visitors through the zones while instructing them on how to play and exercise in them.
This community center offers an experience that is incomparable to any other and provides an opportunity to test the success of establishments that reject traditional methods of staying fit.
Indoor Adult Playgrounds
This Gym Alternative Was Designed to Encourage Playful Physical Activity
Trend Themes
1. Dynamic Exercise Spaces - Designing gyms as more dynamic, versatile spaces that encourage playful physical activity and makes exercising fun for both children and adults.
2. Adult Playgrounds - Creating indoor adult playgrounds as gym alternatives to remove the hindrances of traditional gym environments.
3. Guided Exercise Zones - Offering guided exercise zones to help visitors through the various zones while instructing them on how to play and exercise in them.
Industry Implications
1. Fitness Industry - Fitness industry can benefit from evolving their current gym models into more diverse, dynamic exercise spaces to generate new and playful experiences for customers.
2. Recreation Industry - Recreation industry can venture into building indoor adult playgrounds as a new form of entertainment and exercise for adults.
3. Hospitality Industry - Hospitality industry can add indoor adult playgrounds as an attraction to their existing facilities to provide guests with a new form of entertainment and exercise during their stay.