XII. two stairs

SketchUp Modelling:

week four

sectional sketch

"gourmet"

Heston Blumenthal

top to middle.

The design of these stairs aim to reflect the complexity, yet outward simplicity of  Blumenthal's work.  The glass balustrade of the stair is indicative of the class and grandeur that Blumenthal brings to his work.  Furthermore, the circular support brackets at the bottom reflect the structure in which the stair exits and add to its complexity.  Each tread is 600 mm wide, with a rise of a mere 200 mm.  This large tread and small rise slows down the individual transcending the stairs, allowing Blumenthal to continue the splendour and grace in which he reveals all his hand crafted dishes.

"prestige"
Steinway & Sons
bottom to middle.

The helix stair is often associated with 'prestige' and so it only seemed logically to abide as such.  The structure curves around a simplistic glass cylinder in which rises and lowers a space large enough for a piano. Thus, the piano, can arise and enter the middle space.  Its entrance is shielded by a barrier making it seemed like the piano has risen from the ground.  Furthermore, the barrier hide the entrance of the individual rising the stairs.  Each stair is made from steel, with various triangular faces.  This reflects the 125th anniversary piano, on which my words are based.

week four work.