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YANNITTE | Fitness Planning & Design An Archimedes Innovations, llc Company

YANNITTE | Fitness Planning & Design An Archimedes Innovations, llc Company

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Design • Architecture • Engineering • Equipment • Branding • Project Management • Consulting • Planning • Construction

YANNITTE | Fitness Planning & DesignWe Create Unique Gyms and Spas

• architecture • planning

• design • Equipmenrt Selection

• Interior Design

• Branding • Marketing

• Staff Consulting • Sales

• Business Analysis

Modern Fitness Studios“Until recently, typical hotel and home gyms and studios were an afterthought. They were usually converted storage areas, basements, garages or utility rooms.”

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Creating a “Great” Facility 05

Project Approach Having a modern gym is no longer a nicety... It’s a necessity...

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Energy & Atmosphere Conservation: HVAC

accounts for 75% of a building energy usage.

08 stAts The presence or availability of a gym is one of the top three factors influencing booking & leasing...

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01the PrinciPAls | About us

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The Principals“Luxury hotel gyms and high-end residence apartments are competing for both return business travelers and loyal tenants. What was once thought of, as an added expense to property and building owners is now a prime business investment, which adds a calculable value-added product and service.”

Thomas Yannitte

Scott Prisco

Director of Fitness, Engineering, Planning & Design Master Level Personal TrainerI.E., I.D., IESA

Thomas is the Principle and the Director of Fitness, Engineering and Planning & Design. He is an exercise biomechanical specialist (Master Trainer), industrial designer, industrial engineer, design engineer, architectural designer and business analyst, with over twenty seven (27) years of combined fitness and design experience, who specializes in creating, designing, building and refurbishing fitness studios and gyms for the hotel, resort, residential building, and commercial/corporate fitness Industries. He has also owned and managed one of the largest and most advanced personal training studios/gyms in the U.S.

Director of Architecture AIA, P.P., LEED

Scott is the Principle and the Director Architecture. He is an International design executive with extensive experience in planning, design, budget / financial project planning, business development, construction administration and project management with over twenty seven (27) years of experience. Scott is also a LEED accredited professional; at the forefront of the sustainable design initiative and has been creating green buildings for over ten years.

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About Us

he Yannitte Fitness, Planning and Design (YFP&D) Team are specialized professionals with specific expertise in the fitness industry.

Thomas Yannitte, I.E. I. D. IESA, Director of Fitness, Engineering, Planning & Design has molded his career around the concept of fitness, design and planning. He is an engineer and designer, as well as health & fitness professional, with first hand knowledge of fitness training (master level personal trainer), and business systems integration. The ergonomic and geometric interrelation of every piece of equipment undergoes a comprehensive analysis before it is selected for any facility we design. The understanding of the core essence of each isolated unit is key to maximizing space utilization while optimizing potential positive workout results. This is just one aspect of our extensive design process. We actually view each commercial client space as a profit center that needs to perform optimally both from a business (profit/loss) standpoint and a successfully executed fitness center. This includes clients optimizing their physical enrichment goals each and every time they enter one of our facilities.

Fitness Design Specialists YaNNiTTE | FiTNESS PlaNNiNg & DESigN

Yannitte | Fitness Planning & Design specializes exclusively in fitness and wellness architecture, planning and design.

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Discovery

ur planning and design process has been refined over the past twenty-seven (27) years and has undergone specific

refinements to focus on the unique criteria specific to fitness design solutions.

Scott V. Prisco, AIA, PP, Director of Architecture & Design – Principal, has international experience in this industry and is responsible for the design and construction of over one billion dollars worth of commercial facilities and residential properties in the past fifteen years.

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Our team has a first hand understanding of the business operations and workflow of fitness facility operations as we have owner and operator experience. Membership projections relative to equipment quantities, locker facilities, peak hours of operation, flow, utilities, ergonomics, demographics, elementum.

In a recent survey of 300 business travelers, 55% said they have walked out of a fitness room because it had lousy equipment or was ill-maintained. The survey, commissioned by a leading Luxury Hotel Chain, found that 69% of the travelers

said they would favor a hotel with a good gym when deciding where to stay.

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Columbus Square, Upper West Side, New York, NY

“Our planning and design services are extensive in nature. These services may also include instructional video production and interactive technology integration for

specialized equipment components. We want to ensure our clients receive the optimal results for all aspects of our completed projects.”

It is essential that when a client enters our facilities they immediately elicit a Wow Factor, that generates a sense of emotion, a sense of enthusiasm and an excitement to be there at that moment. We are passionate about our designs and the results they attain. It is more than just creating a cool environment, it is about designing a facility that operates and functions at multiple levels of achievement, whereby, clients are comfortable and successful, while business criteria are established at the highest levels and results are maintained.

Creating a fitness facility or gym, is unlike most commercial designs, and requires specialized knowledge of fitness, fitness equipment, and specific wellness space (architecture, functionality, industrial engineering, space flow, ergonomics, bio mechanics, etc.). Precise planning is required in order to ensure the facility is built correctly and to each client’s unique expectations. Few building components interact with end users as much as a fitness based facility. For this reason we need to ensure excellence at so many levels.

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Creating a “Great” Fitness FacilityCreating a fitness facility is similar to building a general architectural structure, but requires specialized knowledge of fitness, fitness equipment, specific wellness space (functionality, Industrial engineering, space flow analysis, ergonomics, bio-mechanics, and the fitness industry).

Precise planning is required in order to ensure the facility is built correctly and to each client’s unique expectations and specifications.

The ProCeSS To DeFine whAT we Are bUilDinG AnDCreATinG iS exTremely imPorTAnT.

Define the new facility.

Detail space and equipment requirements.

Needs:{Architecture, Use, Brand, Value, and Services}.

Requirements:{Flow, Space, Movement, Light, Sound, Site, Aesthetics, and Resources}.

Budget: {scope of work, design, planning, management, construction, and implementation}.

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“If creating a state of the art modern fitness facility were as easy as picking out the latest equipment,

any one could do it.

Many people think that shopping for the latest equipment and painting a room is all that it takes,

but...only the top studios/facilities designed by

seasoned fitness design professionals make the cut... ”

06Williamsburg Charter School, Brooklyn, NY

Project Approach

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Morris County School of Technology, NJ

Inspiration:How will the building design inspire the lives and activities of the users?

Campus Planning:How will the fitness facility fit within the building Master Plan and foster a more cohesive and interconnected role?

Aesthetics:How will the building design provide beauty, comfort, efficiency, and flexibility for individual and shared activities?

Operations:How will the building’s design; including systems, materials, and equipment help to create a sustainable facility?

“The old rickety treadmill and the two dumbbells just don’t cut it anymore,” said Welf J. Ebeling, the chief operating officer of Leading Hotels of the World, a New York-based luxury hotel consortium. “The pressure to upgrade came from two sources: guests who want to stay fit, and hotel owners who see the upgrades as a way of setting themselves apart from their competitors. “-

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Luxury hotel gyms and high-end residence apartments are competing for both return business travellers and loyal tenants. What was once thought of, as an added expense to property and building owners is now a prime business investment, which adds a calculable value-added product and service.

More travelers each year list having a great exercise facility on premises as a top priority. Many travelers choose a hotel or a residence based on this criteria.

Today, as more prospective travelers and tenants regard an on-premises fitness facility as a priority, the “gym” is not only a perceived value-added product and service, but also a real value-added product and service.

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Sustainability

yAnniTTe SustainabilityFP&D employs a sustainable, fully integrated design process as a standard approach on all of its’ projects. The Firms’ success stems directly from its commitment to client collaborating,

to design excellence, and to the creation of environments that improve the quality of life and support the highest ideals in the advancement and development of human culture and the environment.

With the construction of any project, the Owner has the opportunity to establish itself as one of the leaders in the growing field of sustainable design.It is our goal to design and build fitness facilities to minimize energy consumption, use site resources and amenities efficiently,

Y provide a healthy indoor environment for all users, and save the Owner operation and maintenance costs, while remaining on time and within the established budget. In order to accomplish this, YFP&D utilizes the LEED™ green building rating system as the design guide for the project from start to finish. It is our firm belief that a LEED™ Certification can be achieved on each and every project. We have listed just a few ideas that are used as talking points in the sustainable process. There are many more that can be used for your project. Fact: Energy & Atmosphere Conservation: HVAC accounts for 75% of a building energy usage. Fact: Water efficiency: Toilet flushing accounts for 80% of a building’s water usage. Fact: Materials & Resources: Building account for 30-40% of raw materials used globally. Fact: Building performance has been documented in the Hersch Mahone Study to increase by 25% on of efficiency as a result of better day lighting and ventilation.

Design and specify a construction waste management plan into the specifications of the project. We have achieved over an 80% construction waste-recycling rate on our projects at no additional cost to the Owner.

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we Design According To Sustainable Principals...