Stairs are Geometry: Cantilevers and Thin Tubes

A geometrically composed early modernist staircase. The treads are flat white slabs or terrazzo, cantilevered from one side of a wall; there are no risers, allowing light to pass between the steps. The handrail and balustrade are thin chrome-plated steel tubes, constructed with the minimum number: one horizontal handrail plus a few vertical supports, evenly spaced. The entire staircase looks as if it were drawn with a ruler. Avoid: using solid enclosed staircases, adding wooden cladding and carved balustrades, using curved decorative shapes, making component thicknesses inconsistent.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一座幾何構成的早期現代主義樓梯。踏板是平整的白色板或水磨石,從一片牆單邊懸挑出來;沒有立板,光可以從梯級之間穿過。扶手與欄杆是細的鍍鉻鋼管,以最少的數量構成:一根水平的扶手加幾根垂直的支撐,間距均勻。整座樓梯像用尺畫出來的。避免:使用實心的封閉樓梯、加入木作包覆與雕刻欄杆、使用彎曲的裝飾造型、讓構件的粗細不一致。