House of Air is an indoor

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park located in

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's Crissy Field. Opened in 2010, it is located in a converted Presidio air hangar. The facility features over of trampoline space. Its creation is a result of the Presidio Trust, an agreement to restore and create recreational facilities in San Francisco's national park.

Facility

Built in 1921 the building originally served as a Crissy Field airplane hangar, which helped launch De Havilland DH-48 biplanes as part of the

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. Later it was used as a motor vehicle paint shop and office and storage space for the Army and is a contributing feature to the park's

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status. The hangar was redesigned by

architect, Mark Horton, and features wide by tall bi-folding glass hangar door and a second story

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overlooking the trampoline structures. Historic photography of the building and the surrounding Presidio are showcased in a display wall at the entrance of the building.

The Park

"The Matrix" measures by and contains 42 conjoined rectangular trampolines. The north end of "The Matrix" features a "2X Bowl", a freestyle trampoline obstacle modeled after

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designs, which includes two three-sided bowls separated by a low wall called a spine. "The Colosseum", measuring by , consists of 22 conjoined trampolines and is used for organized trampoline

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. "The Training Ground", composed of five string-bed trampolines, and booked by appointment or group class only, is a professional aerial training area. Finally, "The Fort" is an area made up of 15 connected trampolines for children aged three to six. The park is frequented by professional athletes including Olympic Gold Medalist Jonny Moseley, Red Bull parkour team member Ryan Doyle and others. It has been featured several times in trend stories about trampoline fitness, including

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's '' The Doctors''. The park also holds organized dodgeball tournaments and a summer camp sessions. Programs offered to customers are open trampoline use on an hourly basis, fitness classes and aerial training classes.

References

External links

House of Air Official Website
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