GHP 092: Designing athletic health clubs

Welcome back to the Green Healthy Places podcast, where we explore how to create buildings and interiors that actively support health and wellbeing, while respecting the planet too. Today I’m joined by Krista Rochat-Boeser. Krista is a specialist health club designer with deep experience in the US premium fitness market, including around 14 years at LifeTime where she held senior design leadership responsibilities across multiple flagship and luxury club projects. Krista is now based in Bali and is supporting me directly on a number of Biofit gym design projects, so this conversation is very much an expert-to-expert discussion. We go beyond aesthetics and equipment lists to focus on what actually makes a health club work: the strategic intentions of each particular space—whether that’s enhancing performance, community, or revenue—and how design decisions, along with service and operations, shape a member’s sense of safety, comfort, and belonging. kristarb.my.canva.site/ greenhealthyplaces.com/ biofit.io/