Birch plywood sufaces and a pale pink sofa feature in a members-only spa in Manhattan's West Village designed by architecture studio Büro Koray Duman for a celebrity trainer.
The spa is found inside the S10 "cult gym" belonging to trainer Stephen Cheuk, whose clients include musicians Diplo and Joe Jonas. The facility's name comes from the level of body fat ? sub 10 percent ? that Cheuk advises for his male clients.
The spa is located within the S10 gym in the West Village
The fitness club is spread across two levels in an old manufacturing building in the West Village.
The ground level has a 600-square-foot (56-square-metre) coffee and smoothie shop, while the basement level holds a gym and recovery spa totalling 7,200 square feet (669 square metres). A pale pink sofa snakes through the space
While designing the project, local firm Büro Koray Duman sought to maintain industrial qualities while producing a serene atmosphere within the spa.
"The overarching design goal was to create a calming, soothing and light-filled space to contrast the rawness of the gym," the architects said.
The lobby features a white marble desk
A staircase and elevator lead down to the basement level, where visitors encounter a lobby with a white marble desk and a slatted wall made of Baltic birch plywood. Behind the slats is the facility's name rendered in laser-cut, opaque plexiglass.
Just off the foyer is a rectangular fitness room, which features a black-and-white colour p...