Jordi Vayreda of Spanish design studio Jordivayreda Projectteam created this floating staircase for a client's home that looks awesome, but a little bit too dangerous for klutzy old me!
Link - via Apartment Therapy
Previously on Neatorama: Awesome Floating Staircases
Update 5/15/08: Jordi Vayreda told us the secret of his floating staircase (excuse the English, this is verbatim from Jordi's email - but I think you get the idea):Because of the huge number of comments around the world about my floating staircase design I explain the mystery which people want to know.
First of all, this stairs goes to a small maintenance loft zone for climatic systems, there is another type of staircase to go to the bedroom zone. I design this type of staircase thinking in a sculptural solution because it is situated in front of the principal entrance of the house and we don’t want a collapsible staircase which some designers use for zones with difficult entries, we want something different.
This loft zone it’s 2,40 m height and combines wall and glass wall. Is there, between these two types of walls where I’ve done a width change that people can use like a handrail. It is not appreciated in a front view but you can notice it in a side view. This camouflage handrail will see you to the 1,20 m height which corresponds to the half of the staircase.
Steel is the material which we use to construct the staircases, 100 mm thick and each of them is welded to a 250 mm thick beam. The secret is putting reinforcements to prevent the inertias that can be generated and another one is lean the beam on two walls: the front wall and the lateral.
The staircase is 65 cm wide and it can support 200k, consequently we get the minimal flexion. To obtain the minimal vibrations too, we line the lateral walls with a carton plaster plaque.
This is the result of my floating staircase design.
More photos - Thanks Jordi!
The bottom stair is abnormally blurry.
Just thinking of a staircase like that gives me the willies!
and yes, of course it's possible! You don't know what's on the other side of that wall. For all you know only half of the board might be visible and the other half might be securely attached - I doubt that it was something as simple as nails.
And with a white wall..?!?
Can only imagine all the 'fearful' hand prints as cautious/scared users try to hang on for their dear life..!!
It would indeed seem the stairs could be anchored securely 'behind' the wall...
Nice share.
...tom...
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That's why we have building codes, so insane ideas like
this never happen.
still, not in my house. I'm not taking that stair in the dark.
The staircase i’m describing is also quite resistant, as we moved my grandfather’s turn-of-the-century, solid wood desk and the steps did not buckle or crack, even after 50 years of being there.
looking at how its attached to the steel beams inside the wall, those steps aren't going anywhere. it's simple physics really.
and don't knock minimalism people. judging by how many of you people have thought this was photoshopped or completely not usable i believe the architect has achieved his goal: maximum shock value while hiding all the effort.
great job!!!
i think is a god project.
Manel and Anna, if this truly is your house...congratulations...it's gorgeous!!
http://www.stairporn.org/category/cantilevered-stairs/
Everyone who thinks it isn't and is calling this photoshop is just another one who is better in law or farmership then engineering. Just keep it that way, and don't bother mechanics. Don't even bother discussing about the mechanics of such a stairs.