Located in Shanghai’s premium Xintiandi area, we carefully curated a space with a few key materials and textures to create a refined and sleek design, balancing between the warm and the cool. Configured over three levels, we explore a recurring theme and balance between the light and dark, creating a journey and experience throughout the various levels and spaces.
CLIENT
Bold Wellness Club
LEAD DESIGNER
Hannah Churchill
DESIGN TEAM
Alex Davies, Harmony Wee May Cheer, Yan Peng, Pony Tseng, Heshan Li
PHOTOGRAPHY
Brian Chua, Graeme Kennedy
The programme brings together reception, coffee, power and group fitness, rest areas, swimming, changing, yoga and Pilates across three levels. The design needed to make these different activities feel connected while giving each the right level of energy. As the site had previously operated as a gym, there was also an opportunity to retain and reuse existing elements where possible.
The changing palette turns movement through the building into part of the wellness experience. High-energy spaces feel focused and active; recovery areas become lighter and calmer. The result is one club with distinct moods, connected by a consistent approach to texture, contrast and material restraint.
The street-level reception uses a calm palette of light neutrals and warm textures, creating a softer threshold between the city and the club. Upstairs, the power and group fitness areas become darker and more energetic, with raw concrete-textured panels, a black linear ceiling, strong lighting and graphics guiding movement through the floor. A spiral stair leads upward again to quieter spaces for recovery. The pool is filled with natural light beneath a pyramid-shaped glass roof, while cream textures, moss-coloured marble and warm timber soften the changing areas. Yoga and Pilates rooms are wrapped in oak to create a more focused atmosphere. Existing walls were retained where possible, flooring was reused in back-of-house areas and as substrates for new elements, and equipment was refurbished to reduce renovation waste.
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