It has been a while since I made my last post because I have been on vacation for two weeks. I apologize and hope that this post will make up for it. For this post I am going to talk about some of my favorite uses of staircases and how different houses that I like utilize them. I will also talk about what I don't like about designs.
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| Staircase from a modern house |
There are some things that I like about this design, but many that i also dislike. My favorite part is the contrast between the colors of the staircase and the mold on which the wood is placed. I also like the fact that the staircase reaches multiple levels. In many houses, the architects use multiple staircases to reach the levels, and if the house has 3 levels, the architects needs to use two sets of stairs just for one way up. That means that for two ways up, the architect would need to have two sets of two stairs. This would overcrowd the house with stairs and mean that the house would need to be much larger. However, this would mean that the stairs would be farther apart. to solve these problems, an architect could just use two stairs that reach multiple levels or just put two stairs closer together. This would make the house far easier to move around and make everything on the different levels feel closer. The two things that I don't like about this design is how abstract the stairs are, and the surroundings. The stairs bend two abnormally, and I feel like walking up them would be disorienting. Also, curled stairs were mainly used in older buildings such as fortresses, and unless the building has plenty of wrought iron and different sections of house, the stairs do not fit in well in my opinion. Also, I do not like the lack of a railing, because that gives definition to the shape of the stairs and also make them more secure and safe. The walls also blend into the stairs, and I do not like this because it makes the stairs seem like part of the wall and in my opinion should be defined on their own. As well, there is nothing largely different from the stairs that give the eye something other than blank wall to stare at on the stairwell.
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| Staircase from a Modern House |
What I love the most about this staircase is mainly what I was talking about in the other staircase. It uses one area to get to multiple different levels. In this house, the different levels of the table with chairs and the main floor would have needed 2 staircases if the architect hadn't made this one reach multiple levels. This would have taken up lots of room in the house and also made it less accessible as you would have to walk around the corner. In my opinion, staircases in houses that are open should feel less closed off and also should not feel fenced in. In more closed, sectioned off houses wrought iron railings would be the best choice. That is why I love that the architect put spaces in between the stairs and also made the railings see-through to give them the feeling of being accessible.
My main idea for this post is...
Staircases in sectioned houses with closed off rooms should be closed and have a strong railing, while staircases in open houses should be the opposite. Stairs should have distinctly different color tones than their surroundings, and should also reach multiple levels to save space. Finally, I think that to have an interesting piece of furniture or an array of plants or a bookshelf next to a stairwell makes it more interesting and not as monotonous.
