the next step....

The first section is a representation of stair case designed by Le Corbusier (see original image below). I like the contradiction in the way that the design enables a very heavy material to float. I also like the visual of restricting the railing to only one side allowing the shape of the stair to be exposed.

The Millowners Association Building,

Ahmedabad, India, Le Corbusier

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For my first design, the frustrating and dynamic gallery (model seen below, in previous post) I developed the following stairs.

The frustrating stair case has been designed to be difficult to climb. The visual of platforms that change in depth and the idea of needing to step from side to side for each stair is intended to create a mental barrier for the person climbing them.

Secondly, the dynamic staircase was conceived to follow on the bubbly, dynamic, cellular aesthetic of the underground studio space. I anticipate that they would be made out of a metallic material and not solid, more of a casing for each stair.

For my second design, the childhood and dynamic gallery (see section drawing below) I developed the following stairs.

The childhood staircase is intended to be very simple, so not to draw attention from the key element of the studio's design, the oversized glass tree house. The stairs themselves are also intended to be glass and should appear to be floating up the trunk.

The dynamic staircase is dual purpose and has four parts. First, the simple traditional staircase down the middle to transport the gallery patron to the viewing space. Second, the larger steps on the right intended as seating for viewing the art works which are located opposite the stairs on ledges. Third, the abstract stairs on the right. Fourth, the door way into the second artists studio situated below the stairs.