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  • UMA Institute

    UMA Institute

    UMA Institute

    AMSTERDAM
    600SQM |  2023
    TEO KRIJGSMAN

    UMA

    True beauty

    Staying true to the building's characteristics, we found true beauty its imperfection, combined with clear shapes and honest materials. This embodies UMA's belief: "True beauty. You won’t find it on a screen. Or in a magazine. Or on a shelf. No. You have to look inside. True beauty is what’s true about you. It’s not perfect, it’s beautiful. Not everyone will see it. Not everyone will like it. But it’s beautiful. Because it’s you. And you’re the only you there is."
  • VONDELGYM ROTTERDAM

    VONDELGYM ROTTERDAM

    VONDELGYM ROTTERDAM

    Rotterdam
    900sqm |  2021
    Teo Krijgsman
    https://vondelgym.nl/vondelgym-rotterdam
    Vondelgym

    CROSSING BORDERS

    The fit family has spread its wings to the community of Roffa. Located in the basement of Rotterdam's WTC a lot of concrete and high ceilings provide a great playground for both designers and fit guys!
  • SPORTCITY

    SPORTCITY

    SPORTCITY

    AMSTERDAM
    1500sqm |  2020
    Teo Krijgsman
    www.sportcitycornelisschuyt.nl
    Sportcity

    MOVING NATURALLY

    Following their human-centered and healthy mentality, Sportcity introduces their newest kid in town; Cornelis Schuyt.
    Work out in style with people who really care!
  • VONDELGYM ZUIDAS

    VONDELGYM ZUIDAS

    VONDELGYM ZUIDAS

    AMSTERDAM
    1000sqm |  2019
    Teo Krijgsman
    www.Vondelgym.nl
    Vondelgym

    WELCOME TO THE FAMILY

    Merging an energetic approach to traditional fitness with lifestyle and social interaction has worked out well for Dutch gym concept Vondelgym. The initial success of its hybridism focused offering — the first location in Amsterdam’s trendy West garnered over 3000 members — has spilled over into a growing brand with gyms across Amsterdam. It’s newest location is also its most premium, located in the heart of Amsterdam’s financial district ‘de Zuidas’. This third Vondelgym, designed by TANK, further develops the community-based blend of dynamic gym and social hub.

    Together with four partners from both the hospitality and sports industries, Dutch TV and fitness personality Arie Boomsma founded Vondelgym with a focus on hybridism. The classes range from high-intensity training and kick-boxing to Pilates and yoga. Social interaction lies at the heart of the concept and the community aspect is suffused through all layers of the experience. The interior is shaped around the belief that large open spaces allow participants to ‘feel the energy of the other classes’ and that fitness forms part of a lifestyle. Clients put extra care and effort into their health and appearance and expect an equally cared for interior design in the spaces they frequent.

    TANK has been involved with the brand and its founders from inception, designing the interiors for the various locations. The interior design concept amplifies the brand experience with a tongue in cheek, yet poetic aesthetic through implementing raw materials in unexpected ways. Repurposed wooden gym floors, gymnastic rings and a paired-down design, that highlights rather than hides installations, translate the concept of an old-school boxing gym to a contemporary urban hub. The blend of warm, hospitality atmosphere with a loft-like industrial urban feel, bypasses the hi-tech and sterile severity of traditional gyms.

    The large open space calls for a creative demarcation between social and work-out areas: a graphical, crisp division of the spaces is produced by juxtaposing the warm tones of the social space with the cool, sober ones of the gym area. The open lay-out, brand identity and community concept also mean an aesthetic solution for noise management is needed. Concrete tiles and steel mesh absorb the noise and lessen the intensity of the loud environment.

    The Zuidas location forms a bolder, more confident translation of the brand. The newest addition further develops the brand’s belief in a more integrated and community-based approach to fitness. It is the first Vondelgym in which the social space is (in part) accessible to non-members. It is also the first Vondelgym without chairs or benches, to encourage a more active stance in downtime as well.

    The brand’s growth allows for a whimsical riff on the established visual brand language, as through the ring-formed lighting elements and an almost Centre Pompidou-like celebration of the vents and technical installations. In the bar area TANK has implemented the new ‘no seating’ philosophy through playful use of heavy wooden blocks that can be used for short-time sitting or, indeed, an impromptu work-out. Vondelgym Zuid presents a robust, growing brand that proves fitness is most meaningful when seen as part of a holistic whole.
  • DE VONDELGYM OOST

    DE VONDELGYM OOST

    DE VONDELGYM OOST

    Amsterdam
    1.000SQM |  2017
    www.teokrijgsman.nl

    De Vondelgym

    WEST-SIDE TO THE EAST-SIDE

    De community continues; na hun vestiging in Amsterdam-West lieten we de Vondelgym in Amsterdam-Oost verrijzen onderin The Student Hotel in het oude Trouw-gebouw. Waar de drukpersen ooit stonden staan nu de drukbanken. Waar de inkt ooit vloeide, gutst nu het zweet. Work it, baby!
  • DE VONDELGYM WEST

    DE VONDELGYM WEST

    DE VONDELGYM WEST

    OVERTOOM 143, AMSTERDAM
    600 SQM |  2015
    Teo Krijgsman
    vondelgym.nl

    Work out! Get in shape and join the Vondelgym community. It will all work out!