Intersecting stair
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Student project
Design Lab III
Spring 2007
3 weeks
My design for a stair and seating unit in DAAP is both comfortable and geometrically pure. The requirements for this stair were limiting: it had to fit into and touch all sides of a 4-foot cube, while creating a journey and a destination. The "intersecting stair" has a journey up to an area with room for two people to sit and chat, while a third person can sit on another spot without disturbing the first two. The plan of the stair is formed by a grid of intersecting lines and curves, which are extruded to varying heights to create an aesthetically interesting composition.