Dubai Hills Villa

The studio has two walls with full-height openable windows facing out towards the sunken courtyard and swimming pool over-flow allowing for filtered natural light throughout the day and also the calming sounds of running water.

The rectangular main space of the home gym also faces out on one side with glazed openings towards the sunken courtyard with the Technogym Personal-line and skill-line cardio equipment pieces positioned facing outwards for the best view and natural air in winter. To the rear of the equipment is a wall of mirrors that extend towards an internal glazed corner at the junction between the two gym spaces that frames an oblique-view deep into the clients prized car-garage for all gym-goers to enjoy. Given Anarchitect’s love for design, craft and detail and the perfect harmony with the residences ‘understated new-luxury’ concept, we were drawn to towards Technogym’s ‘Personal line’ collection of equipment beautifully designed in collaboration with Italian architect & designer Antonio Citterio. The collections particular use of brushed stainless steel, leatherwork detailing and expressive engineering was a natural choice for the project and the client, particularly as it also complimented Anarchitect’s design and curated materiality of the Dubai Hills Villa home gym.

As the Clients is a semi-professional race driver and sports car aficionado, performance and intense training is also part of his daily regime and passion. Working close with him and also the team at Technogym, the original selection of Personal-line equipment has subsequently grown to also include key pieces from the performance specific ‘Skill-line’ collection which is why they designed the home gym spaces to be as flexible and adaptable as possible to allow for growth and change over time.