A gym among the trees

A gym among the trees

A gym open to nature, where light and movement share the same room.

  • Location Marbella Club, Marbella
  • Year 2015
  • Floor area 90 m²
  • Project Marbella Club gym
  • Client Marbella Club
  • Scope Restoration and construction

Training inside the landscape

The Marbella Club gym, designed by Clara del Río, treats the sporting space as an extension of the landscape. Broad glazed surfaces and a steel structure hold a continuous relationship between inside and out, letting the planting, the light and the tropical surroundings become part of the experience. The result is a sheltered room that feels like training in the open air.

The architecture combines precise lines, natural materials and warm lighting that absorbs the equipment without letting it dominate. The gym reads as one large room open to the garden, where nature and activity sit in balance. The yoga and dance areas carry the same atmosphere through bright, calm, adaptable spaces.

Marbella Club gym

The furniture, designed for this project, resolves storage and organisation as one more part of the architecture. Each piece brings order, use and visual continuity, answering to a whole conception in which quality shows as much in how the space works day to day as in how it looks.