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Entwurf • Design Atelier ushitamborriello, CH-Rieden
Bauherr • Client GMZ, CH-Zürich
Standort • Location Im Zentrum 3, CH-Regensdorf
Nutzfläche • Floor space 400 m 2
Fotos • Photos Jochen Splett, München
Mehr Infos auf Seite • More info on page 142

FITNESSPARK

IN REGENSDORF

Located in the agglomeration of the city of Zurich, the Re-
gensdorf fitness park is considered to be the oldest fit-
ness park established by the Zurich Migros Cooperative.
Last year, the wellness area has undergone a welcome
rejuvenating cure. An oasis originated that is able to me-
diate between two different worlds – between “true” na-
ture and an interior which cleverly quotes nature.

I n the course of the past years, the interior architect Ushi Tamborriello
has implemented several fitness- and wellness projects. There is no
sign of design routine where she is concerned, however. Quite on the
contrary. For each project, she succeeds in surprising with a new and
distinctive setting. In fact, the term “setting” fits very well. As a trained
set designer, she not simply creates rooms by merely focussing on their
design. She also creates stories and then gives them room. Last year, no
less than two fitness parks have been opened that carry her signature:
one located in the heart of Zurich (Fitnesspark Stadelhofen, AIT
11.2020), the other in the agglomeration (Fitnesspark Regensdorf). For
the first project, Tamborriello deliberately left old concrete structures
standing as visible relicts yet intervened with colourful skills. A stimu-
lating ambience thus resulted which might even motivate inveterate
couch potatoes to get a move on. Quite a different spatial impression is
communicated by the new wellness zone in the Regensdorf fitness park:
Here, earthy tones dominate as does a quiet, intimate mood. Nature
motifs in an abstract shape form a bridge to the 2,000 square-metre
garden that belongs to the fitness park. “Inside nature”, is the indoor
motto here. The relaxation oasis extends across an area of 400 square
metres and offers everything that is needed for wellness: steam bath,
sauna, adventure shower, plunge pool and a wet room. The access is
through a hallway bordered by lamellae which reminds of a pergola.
Between the vertical wooden elements, one looks “outside”, as it were,
since the wallpaper behind them is decorated with a floral motif. The
relaxation room with a flat water basin and a moss-covered wall pro-
duces an artistic connection to nature. Found everywhere are narrative
details that emphasize the conceptual idea of “Inside nature”. Also in
the form of abstract water: The ball-chain curtain in the steam bath
symbolizes falling raindrops, the partly satin-finished glass elements re-
mind of fog. Due to such details but also due to the successful combi-
nation of materials and the precise light direction, an atmospheric se-
Grundriss • Floor plan quence of rooms has here as well been produced that simply convinces.

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