![]() The second level of the club connects a luxe lounge with the viewing deck of the Sony Pictures Studio, linking private entries to the lockers, shower and steam sauna and spa suite. The 30,490 SF (2,832 square meters) club anchors the entry experience by blending the café, retail boutique, and the membership concierge with a sculptural stair wrapped in 1/2" (12.7mm) steel plate enclosure that leads to the second level. The façade is designed to boldly penetrate into the interior main entry and elegantly integrate the portals expressed on the exterior into the main lobby. The main entry, designed with a more intimate and human scale, is defined with a pivoted corner and a custom steel door and wood inlay. The Madison Street façade engages to the property’s landscaped terraces which celebrates the outdoor and indoor connectivity activated by the health café and urban garden. ![]() ![]() The lighting design was carefully integrated to enhance the various layers of the façade design through introduction of a shallow recessed linear LED fixture on the top and base of the portal to wash the surface of the ‘fibreC’, glassfibre reinforced concrete panels and the GRFC concrete fins. Each steel plate portal is structurally designed as a cantilever from the building envelope that seemingly floats above the ground plane and create a purposeful contrast and juxtaposition from the existing building. The sculpted concrete fins are custom cast GFRC which were prefabricated and installed into the steel flanges within the steel portal. When driving on Washington Boulevard, the vertical sculpted concrete fins engage a visual motion and movement inspired by the location’s historic roots as a film and entertainment industry city. To further accentuate the form of the steel portal, a pronounced steel ‘C-channel’ profile detail defines the bold orthogonal architectural expression. The Washington Boulevard portal frames the expansive group fitness studio while integrating a composition of cementitious panels, custom formed concrete fins and glass within an exposed ½” (12.7mm) thick steel plate frame. The façade is defined by the concept of “iconic portals” identified by the qualities of three street frontages: Washington Boulevard, Madison Avenue and the entry circle drive. The presence of the club has three unique exterior frontages on the first level, each with distinct urban characteristics: street, urban café, and main entry. The design concept of this luxury fitness club was inspired with the site’s unique location and lineage in the creative entertainment hub of LA. The former the Sony Pictures Plaza was designed by Los Angeles-based architect Maxwell Starkman in 1986. A pedestrian scaled urban context surrounds this 1980’s mid-rise building which was recently transformed into a mixed-use destination that formerly served as the HQ office of Sony Pictures. This recently opened Equinox club is prominently located in the in the 8-story, 363,000 SF (33,724 square meters) One Culver building within the heart of Downtown Culver City.
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