Sleek Sculptural Stair
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Our client envisioned a staircase that would ribbon up through the core of their houe. Close collaboration between design team and craftsmen ensured the success of the sculptural, unique, modern stair. In this Colonnade Row Passive House, collaboration with J's Custom Contracting was key.
We worked closely with the construction team, using sketches to convey the gestural concept of the staircase. Meeting multiple times per week on-site, where the staircase was being built, allowed us to perfect the unique plaster shapes. This construction method created a dialogue that allowed the design team to perfect details on-site in real time.
Maintaining functionality and ensuring that tread spacing and size was proper was as pivotal as perfecting the aesthetic form of the staircase. Building the stair onsite allowed for creative opportunities that would otherwise have been impossible.
BIA Principal Frankie Failla notes that the finished stair serves as an unexpected focal point throughout the entire home, a modern centerpiece to a classic Brooklyn home.
Resolving sculptural plaster shapes was as important in the spaces above the staircase as the details of the stair itself.
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