Landscape & Urban Design Issue 39 2019 | Page 105

SPORT & PLAY Studying the changing room layouts “They were in a dire state, wooden Crown supplied and fitted some 480 and sending the club examples of but unfit for purpose and too small to key-operated golf bag and holdall the lockers proposed for members store modern equipment. We sought lockers, hairdryer vanity units in male to scrutinise, Crown worked closely a bespoke fitout, rather than just and female changing rooms, hanging with lead consultant Frank Whittle joinery.” spaces, towel storage and drops and Partnership (FWP) who created innovative designs for the locker “The club wanted a more storage space beneath the wash basins. rooms, toilets and shower cubicles. contemporary feel but the facilities had to carry that air of prestige as Highly distinctive elements feature Working alongside main contractor Fairhaven numbers plenty of older throughout. “Toilets and shower Create Construction, FWP have members among its ranks – some cubicles include designer glazing,“ provided a comprehensive in-house in their 80s and 90s - as well as David explains. “There were no doors design service spanning architecture, teenagers. It was a question of catering on the original showers – the new ones interior design, quantity surveying for the more traditional end too.” are acid-etched, with frosting beneath and structural, mechanical and the club logo. electrical engineering elements for the multi-phase development. “Project plans had been prepared some years ago but then shelved until Martin came in post three and a half years ago,” says Daniel Thompson, FWP partner. “He has driven the project forward with the backing of the board and gave us free rein on the changing room designs,” he adds. “To launch the project on the right footing from a PR perspective, it was paramount for the changing rooms to look the part,” notes FWP interior designer David Simmons. Issue 39 2019 Landscape & Urban Design 105