Lighting Design for Athletes’ Home Gym

Project type: Colour-changing gym lighting

Location: North London

Size: Small

Date: 2019-2020

Design Goals

•  Create a motivating atmosphere: The lighting should evoke energy, focus, and a sense of accomplishment.
• Enhance visual comfort: The lighting should provide adequate illumination for various gym activities without causing eye strain or glare.
• Provide flexibility: The lighting should offer adjustable settings for different training intensities and moods.
• Colour Changing functionality: The lighting should be colour changing to be able to play with chromotherapy theories of using different colours to create different sensations (such as red and orange to create the illusion of a warmer environment but also create an energetic and powerful feeling. Or Blue for a colder environment and to create calming and settling ambience)

Design Strategy:

• To enable flexible lighting scenarios, the gym was divided into zones, each zone had its own set of independently controlled, colour-changing light fixtures.
• We illuminated the posters celebrating the athletes’ success to make it a motivating and inspirational space.
• The control panel is a simple colour wheel, with a few scenes that we pre-set for the client, but also full control of the separate areas so they can choose the colour they prefer based on their training program or mood.
• The lights we used are switched by DMX protocol which means each area can be separately switched with different colours (16 million) and intensities.
• Reece and Lucy have a digital colour wheel secured to the gym wall which displays each zone, colour combination scenes that we programmed plus any colour choice they require. They can also control the lights via an app on a smartphone, tablet, laptop or desktop computer.

Results

The lighting design successfully achieves the project goals by:

• Creating a visually stimulating and motivating atmosphere that enhances athletic performance.
• Providing optimal lighting levels for various gym activities, reducing eye strain and improving focus.
• Highlighting the space's architectural features, creating a unique and personalised gym experience.
• Offering flexible lighting options to accommodate different training intensities and moods.

By carefully considering the lighting requirements for various activities and incorporating both functional and aesthetic elements, the lighting design enhances the overall user experience and contributes to a positive and productive workout space.