Designed by architecture studio helsinkizurich, the industrial, clean cut Balboa Gym & Bar featuring exposed concrete, leather and metal, spans two storeys: the bar occupies the ground floor with the training areas are located in the basement below (large openings on the bar’s floor create a visual connection with the training studios). As for committing the hybris of serving unhealthy alcoholic drinks in a fitness establishment, Balboa’s founder says that it’s more important to allow different aspects of urban life to collide and see what kind of new experiences can come about from this exchange. In any case, Rocky would have approved.