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Stock-a-Studio's installation reimagines the gym as temporary, reconfigurable and low-budget
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A multidisciplinary design studio called Stock-a-Studio has created a temporary gym in a shopfront that can be easily assembled, disassembled, customised and reassembled using a variety of low budget materials.
The installation, called [ a kit of these some parts ] x budget gym ], is aimed at encouraging assembly rather than construction and refinishing rather than remanufacturing.
Hosted at LA's Materials & Applications – a non-profit organisation that seeks to build a public culture of experimental architecture – it co-opts the temporary event architecture of tents, gazebos and booths.
Laida Aguirre, director of Stock-a-Studio, explains: "Poles, panels, tension straps, and tarps complete otherwise generic structural frames. The project intertwines custom elements with generic ones and images with budget materials to provide a set of parts that come together to form a gym."
The gym is built from a kit that includes a structural steel system, foam padding, hold-downs, tape, ratchet straps, shims, dunnage bags, sandbags and vacuum-formed panels.
The versatility of the materials means it could be reassembled as anything from furniture to a workstation to a stage set.
The project is running from October 19th to January 5th and will host weight-lifting, trainer-led workouts and meetups for hiking and biking groups. Members of the public can also book sessions at the gym.
![It co-opts the temporary event architecture of tents, gazebos and booths / Stock-a-Studio It co-opts the temporary event architecture of tents, gazebos and booths / Stock-a-Studio](https://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/images/imagesX/HIGH343588_859600_544315.jpg)
![Members of the public can book sessions at the gym / Stock-a-Studio Members of the public can book sessions at the gym / Stock-a-Studio](https://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/images/imagesX/HIGH343588_372201_864679.jpg)
![The gym can be easily assembled, disassembled, customised and reassembled / Stock-a-Studio The gym can be easily assembled, disassembled, customised and reassembled / Stock-a-Studio](https://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/images/imagesX/HIGH343588_274544_274764.jpg)
![The installation is hosted in the shopfront of LA's Materials & Applications / Stock-a-Studio The installation is hosted in the shopfront of LA's Materials & Applications / Stock-a-Studio](https://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/images/imagesX/HIGH343588_896163_777328.jpg)
![The versatility of the materials means it could be reassembled as anything from furniture to a workstation to a stage set / Stock-a-Studio The versatility of the materials means it could be reassembled as anything from furniture to a workstation to a stage set / Stock-a-Studio](https://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/images/imagesX/343588_566724_692018.jpg)
![The gym is built from a kit that includes a structural steel system, foam padding, hold-downs, tape, ratchet straps, shims, dunnage bags, sandbags and vacuum-formed panels / Stock-a-Studio The gym is built from a kit that includes a structural steel system, foam padding, hold-downs, tape, ratchet straps, shims, dunnage bags, sandbags and vacuum-formed panels / Stock-a-Studio](https://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/images/imagesX/HIGH343588_226483_411243.jpg)