Elementorize - Architectural elements as buildings - Staircase

Premise 

Several elements build architecture, which sometimes is even tough to list. These elements can include compound objects like walls, floor, roof, to smaller parts like lights, furniture, or even tiles.  

The designs for these elements have been changing from project to project – but their presence has been consistent across various applications and locations. Any building in the world is not complete without elements like door, window, stairs, - and these elements are extremely templatized.  Call it for manufacturing ease or even to speed up the construction times – these elements are mostly fixed into buildings like blocks.  

However – the ability to tap into these elements is one of the crucial ways a building interacts with people.  

The building form may look all inspiring and elating. Yet, people use a building with its doors – windows, and staircases.  

If manufacturing ease is a justification to overlook these finer elements, when can we learn to design these to deliver unique architecture experiences?    

Brief 

With a struggle to balance modularity architectural experiments focus a lot on optimization, we are skipping on the design possibilities on each of these elements in a way offered. 

There are many examples around the world who magnify these elements to devise architectural marvels that transcend decades of memory and awe. From India Gate to the vessel, despite the timeline – architecture has not always been only about rooms but more. 

The design challenge here is to use the element of a staircase – to devise an architectural scale building employing all its form characteristics and properties.  

This can involve 3D volume, Shape, Proportion, Gravity, Structure, Usage, Etymology, almost everything that makes staircases special.  

It is highly recommended to study the past and the futuristic use cases like the grand roman staircases to their replacements like escalators – etc. to decipher qualities that can be a part of your architecture outcome

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