10 May 2013

Day 442: Concrete stairs

I hope you will forgive me. I borrowed the concrete stair design from Carlo Scarpa’s Castelvecchio in Verona, Italy. The narrow and steep Italian steps did not pass South Africa’s building regulations. Therefore I adapted the concept to create a more comfortable and ergonomic stair. We are pre-casting the steps in sets of two and only installing once they have been polished. As you can imagine, these strange angled steps created some confusion among the builders!



Castelvecchio in Verona, Italy





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