Staircase as Sculpture

A Brutalist concrete staircase. It is a solid, inclined volume with steps carved out of it; the side is a complete inclined plane with formwork texture on its surface; the bottom surface is also a continuous inclined slab, visible from below. There is no railing, or only a thick, solid concrete dwarf wall as a guardrail. It stands independently from the wall and can be walked around. Avoid: using lightweight stairs made of iron or wood, adding metal railings and newel posts, attaching the staircase to the wall thereby losing its independence, building storage cabinets under the staircase.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一座混凝土的粗獷主義樓梯。它是一個實心的斜向量體,踏階從中挖出;側面是一片完整的斜面,表面有板模的紋理;底面同樣是連續的斜板,從下方看得到。沒有欄杆,或只有一道厚實的混凝土矮牆作為護欄。它獨立於牆面,可以繞行。避免:使用鐵件與木作的輕量樓梯、加入金屬欄杆與扶手柱、把樓梯貼在牆上失去獨立性、在樓梯下方做收納櫃。