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Zones, not equipment
The plan was drawn around movement — lifting, cardio, floor work, recovery — with equipment specified last.
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Fitness studio · Menlo Park, Peninsula · 2025
Peninsula Home Fitness Studio
The clients trained five mornings a week and wanted to stop leaving the house to do it. The room had to feel like a boutique studio, not a garage with equipment in it.
- Size
- 1,100 sq ft
- Scope
- Design, MEP coordination, build management
- Duration
- 7 months
- Zones
- Strength, cardio, yoga, recovery
The brief
- Four distinct training zones in one connected room.
- Solve acoustics, ventilation and humidity properly, not as an afterthought.
- Make it a room the family would happily walk guests through.
The approach
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Engineering first
Slab reinforcement, dedicated ventilation and humidity control were designed with the engineer before any finish was chosen.
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Acoustic warmth
An oak slat ceiling and rubber-and-oak floor take the ring out of the room so it never sounds like a gym.
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Recovery as a destination
Cedar sauna and stone cold plunge sit behind glass at the end of the room, so the session has an ending.
Renderings
Five views of the finished design.
Materials
- Rubber and oak flooring
- Oak slat acoustic ceiling
- Full-height mirror
- Blackened steel
- Cedar sauna lining
The outcome
- A studio used daily rather than seasonally.
- Humidity and odour fully controlled — no gym smell anywhere in the house.
- Delivered in seven months including the recovery suite.
“We cancelled two gym memberships the week it opened.”
Next step
Begin with a complimentary in-home consultation
Ninety minutes in your home to talk through scope, sequencing and budget. No cost, no obligation.