WAA has designed the interiors for Atlas of Superpower, a family sports centre in Beijing, China.

Atlas of Superpower is a sports centre for families focused on well-being and the development of body movement and spatial awareness.

The program consisted of sports and family participating activities for shared learning, including yoga and exercise classes, VR and AR group games, high altitude coordination obstacles, and more traditional games, supplemented with F&B and resting spaces.

The project highlights the balance between architecture and toy integration. WAA believes that "any space to be considered playful [and] each site will present new opportunities."

"Using the interconnected relationship between seven spherical forms, we have transformed the interior into a large exploration tool, enabling children to exercise their climbing and crawling abilities," said WAA.

The barrel spheres encase a network of interconnected pipes. Children can also explore the perimeter of the barrel so the process of encasing forms an additional surface perimeter activity.

By stacking and arranging standard modules in three dimensions, the ground has been transformed into a basic physical obstacle training area. Combined with the hollow and elevated areas formed by cacti of different forms, a complete sports venue is created.

This project has been shortlisted in the health and wellbeing interior category of Dezeen Awards China 2024.

Studio: WAA
Project: Atlas of Superpower
Credits: Neibio, Lava, Jinbin Zhang and Lida Tang