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The Weekly Design Roast, #6
The stairs were made with the last 8 sq ft of endangered Tibetan timber on earth, they had to stagger them to reach all the way up.
The last item is a minimalist bike rack you luddite.
That type of stair is called a "Lapeyre stair" and known for its efficiency and ease of use. That looks like a constrained space requiring this solution. Maybe consider doing some research and educating yourself before you make fun of a profession and things you don't understand. https://www.lapeyrestair.com/alternating-tread-stair
You mean I save 20 square feet and ascend/descend like a ladder instead of stairs? Awesome architectural innovation.
In Daniel's defence, I saw this type stairway to reach a crawlspace that had been deepened into a basement. Because of where the foundation was laid, it would have been tens of thousands more to create the space for a longer stairway.
yes, you'd save 20sf plus the cost/work/effort and possibly the non-existent space that required this direction. It an option that was proposed by the architect and ACCEPTED by the client... which makes this discussion irrelevant.
I actully have an area were this could be used as a back staircase for an emergency egress from the second floor. I guess a ladder would be cheaper though.
Even with the name, you can still control your clients feet.
They live there.... they know where to place their feet.
I think you missed the part that this is satirical.
common excuse for backtracking.
I absolutely love this series. There's so much material to roast. You could do an entire post just on Karim Rashid. The toilet rolls picture could have an alternative footnote: "As a young design student I soon learnt the explosive powers of eating 7 curries a week and combining that with a love of Newcastle Brown Ale. My design proposal to cover all surfaces with toilet roll takes into consideration the need to be prepared and forces the owner to always buy paper in good time on an indsutrial scale.
From their **actual marketing**
Strategy
Lapeyre's Alternating Tread Stairs were installed in order to provide the access needed without compromising the limited space with a large staircase footprint.
Results
After a couple of weeks of practice, employees got the hang of the unique tread of the ATS system and were able to access storage quickly and easily.
Because that's what I'm looking for, a staircase design that I can become accustomed to in as little as "a couple of weeks", instead of the literally 0 seconds it takes me to master those boring, traditional ones.