Thoughts on this floor plan for home spa/pool/gym/sports court

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6 years ago

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Architectrunnerguy

6 years ago

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"They appear to be grouped together with little thought. Hard to evaluate without knowing what it is attached to and where."

That's highly technical architect speak for "Please post the whole plan". But one thing that leaps out at me...it appears the "endless pool" has ends. Bring this to the attention of your architect.

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miss lindsey (She/Her)
6 years ago
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Just really quickly, it might be nice to have access from this area to the deck. And it looks like quite a chore to access the washroom from the gym or the sports court. It would probably be good to have access to the storage area from both the court and the gym if the storage is intended for balls, sticks, mats, etc.

And as a naked sauna-er, I would want a solid or at the very least frosted glass door on the sauna and steam room!
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Mark Bischak, Architect
6 years ago
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They appear to be grouped together with little thought. Hard to evaluate without knowing what it is attached to and where and what specific purposes the spaces are to serve.
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bpath
6 years ago
Haha ARG, exactly! But I guess it just means that when you're swimming, you never reach the end. One can consider the philosophy of that while swimming endlessly.
Architectrunnerguy
6 years ago
"But I guess it just means that when you're swimming, you never reach the end. One can consider the philosophy of that while swimming endlessly." I guess the same then as when I'm on a treadmill! "Endless Road"....LOL!
bpath
6 years ago
I've never used a steam room, only saunas, what is the difference? Or, is this exclusively a dry sauna? No pouring water on the rocks?
bpath
6 years ago
ARG when I'm on the elliptical I feel like Sysiphus.
bry911
6 years ago
In my opinion, the endless pool should be enclosed outside the building envelope. We spent much more getting our endless pool in our house than we would have spent building it a house...
B Carey
6 years ago
I would at least flip the sauna and steam room 90 degrees and put them against the wall. Then, move the washroom/lockers door closer to the stairs and open up the stairs a bit(instead of having a wall where the steam room is). Something still seems odd about this layout. I think it is because the stairs are breaking all the spaces up from each other? If I was doing a sports court and workout room in the basement, I like the idea of the workout room overlooking the court. The stairs between the 2 of yours really break that up. I would also want to be able to lounge by the endless pool and have kids play in it. You have very little space around your pool, which makes it feel very utilitarian.

Overall, I would personally want the spaces more connected.
Suru
6 years ago
It appears that the sports court and storage are 10 steps down from the home gym, so the gym will be overlooking the sports court? The glass wall around the pool to separate it from the gym is nice, but on paper it looks strange jutting into the gym. In real life it could work well though. I agree with Lindsey, it looks like quite the jaunt to the washroom from the sport court, but then again, it's better exercise :-)
just_janni
6 years ago
I don't know where you live, but I am with bry911 - I am spending a ton of money to manage humid inside my house - the thought of having this much in there to manage makes me twitch. (pls disregard if you are in the desert)

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