Design ideas on the stairs connecting the workshops of the two clients

After creating a rough outline of the workshop structure, the next step would be to design stairs connecting the two structures varying in thematic and purpose.

1st set of designs

For my first set of design, the two stairs are part of the design that I have previously modelled on SketchUp. Its themes are "polish" and "unadulterated". The first stair design is to connect the jewellery workshop to a gallery in the middle. The concept of "polish" is shown through ellipse-shaped tread that has a transparent bit at the centre, surrounded by a metal frame. The transparent part is symbolising the polished gemstone in jewel crafting. Its main materials are metals and glass/ acrylic, in which the metallic elements highlights the origin of gemstones.

 The second stair for my first section connects the car workshop up to the gallery, hence it includes a ramp that allows vehicles to travel. The concept of "unadulterated" is shown through the simple parallelogram-shaped tread as well as the high use of concrete in the stair structure.

2nd sets of design

The next set of stairs are part of a design that was merged from two of my other section ideas in my previous article. An aircraft wing-shaped car workshop at the top and a curvilinear underground jewellery workshop.

The first stair design is between the car workshop and the gallery. The theme "aerodynamic" of the workshop and the stair is shown through the abundant use of curves in the stair structure, as well as the plan of the stairwell, which is shaped in an aerodynamic manner. The tread pattern is similar to waves of air current sheared by high-speed vehicles. The use of metallic material on the walls and tread also reflects the common practice of using aluminium and titanium on most aircraft.

The second stair design features a light stair connecting the underground jewellery workshop to the surface. The concept of  "polish" is however presented differently this time, by adopting a salient hexagonal image throughout the design. Polished gems can be smooth or polygonal. The LED lights embedded within each hexagonal plates helps produce a sense of a variety of minerals.

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Recreation of stair concepts in SketchUp

The following images are the model of the first stair we introduced at the start of the blog. You can see the approximate size of the entire structure with the human comparison within the image.