STAIR SECTIONS

STAIR SECTIONS

Evaluation:

The following are quick sketches of stair sections. When designing these stairs, i had in mind the entrance, its relationship to its functionality and how it would compliment each other. Through, Blumenthal's stairs, I was exploring more of a grand entrance. However a grand entry would be more effective with Blumenthal coming down the stairs. In my design, he is expected to be going upstairs. Regardless, the light stairs, lacking in balustrades, and holding a sense of elegance, caters to his needs for presentation and delivery of his foods. For Blumenthal's stairs safety is a concern, so the supports have been extended for only a slight support. In this case, the aesthetic side and the general functionality was more important and relevant  to this project. The Steinway and Son's Stairs were concerned more with functionality and  finding a way to effectively and stylistically transport the piano downstairs as well as the clients. These stairs both had a more heavy design, expected to be made of concrete. This way the first one caters to the bulkiness of the fully constructed pianos and at the same time is transported with elegance as it is lowered through a glass cylindrical lift. The second staircase for the piano does nor efficiently cater for the piano itself as it has no simple system to transport it and is just a regular staircase. Its only functionality comes from it, is for the clients themselves to visit the exhibition.