Published May 31st, 2007 in Ideas
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18 Responses to “Strange Stairs”
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This is a good way for us to reconsider things we often take for granted… very cool. I would love to see one in real life and see if it challenges my stereotypical perception of what a “stairs” should be is.
Thanks…
Jon
i agree.
this is easily one of those “i want that in my house” kind of things.
I would absolutely fall down those, but they are beautiful!
I sketched this idea in 1969. the concept is that it is very steep, saving space but feels twice as shallow. I have seen it done using flat sheet with alternate “D” holes cut in it too.
I totally agree.
My personal concept is very positive against this beautiful peice of art, yet negative as I think I might fall down them causing a loss in my steriotypicial likeness of what one might call a set of stairs. Still a very inotive idea and one i would definatly like to see in full motion in the future.
Yours truly.
Duain.
I agree.Space saving but might be uncomfortable.
I have seen stairs very similar to this in a Scarpa project… I have also tried them. They are MUCH more comfortable and natural to climb than one would imagine. They almost feel like normal stairs. An incredibly ingenious way to save space.
Great. That’s de answer to my kids energie, they wold take some time to go sleeping. Wid those stairs, they spend a lot of energie, because i’m already see them running away and getting low bateries. Lol. Any way it a peace of art, in did. Excellent design.
hi,
i am not a designer, so i will not say anything about how its design. but of course its looking interesting.
when i read the comments i ve seen that these kind of designs help us to realise our stereotypical schemas about stairs
I think its one of most important thing in our daily life. cos if we could see our stereotypes about something, we can see lots of solitions about it, we can also see our way clearly.
There are lots of research about this issue in psychology literature (Kahneman & Tversky, Heuristics and Biases). it seems that our stereotypes are effecting our financial choices, our product choice etc too..and most of the big companies are using this information to sell more and more…
take care,
have a nice day
choco&wine (u should try)
This is a typical solution used in the construction industry for applications where space is limited. This solution is nothing more then a take on the custom solutions of early pioneers. Here is a link http://www.usmisterstep.com/mini.htm
There are many other styles on the internet if you dig around.
I would ad that this is a very artistic take on the old solution but not a new concept none the less.
Sean.
okay- they totally rock! they look hard to climb, but okay! they look sweet!
okay- they totally rock! they look hard to climb, but okay! they look sweet! i think that they have a nice look, though. if they save space they look totally towards buying them.
I love them.
I don’t see why they’d be any harder to climb than regular steps. I don’t put each foot directly in front of the other so I think this would be pretty natural.
Perfect for a small apartment, beach house, or condo.
i admair your work very mush
i can see such a wonderful effort here
i thank you very much for enable me to see and to feel things like that becouse ican`t travel to see all these things
so thank you very very very mush
Uh… They look great but I dont think they would pass any inspection process. They are a bit steap and the treads are too shallow, at least to pass here. Well on second look they might meet the criteria but I wouldnt want to try to convince the leary building inspector that they do.