Week 2 - The Stairs - Independent Study

The staircase has been developed over the past week:

Instructions 1.
Develop the section chosen in step 3 above in 3 dimensions using SketchUp. Include the stairs you designed in todays studio session in the model.
Instructions 2.
Try importing some 2d people into your scheme from the SketchUp 3d Warehouse, these will confirm the scale of the Architecture you are proposing.
Instructions 3.
Save two images from your second SketchUp model (make sure the images show the stair well) and upload them, along with the page from your sketchbook that you based it on and the pages showing your stair sections, to your blog. Include the two words that the architecture responds to (from your week one sections) as a caption to the images and describe your material selection.

The initial Concept Stairs

Stairs placed into SketchUp Model.

Overview

  Double Helix glass stair with tapered top.

Metal "Pipe" with internal single spiral staircase.

Second Set of Concept Stairs

Stairs placed into context of SketchUp Model 

Overview

 Metal Panel stairs. Was attempting to create texture of stairs being made up of Workshop Tools crushed together into a block but no inbuilt textures in SketchUp could accommodate that idea.

 Crystal/Glass platform stairs.

NOTE: In the event the new (and very sudden) SketchUp model seems confusing, the brief asked to develop a single Concept in the first week. Then, it requested that stairs should be designed for the first chosen concept AND another new concept. Hence why there are 2 DRAFT SketchUp models.

In regards to material choice, Revival Cycles is going to follow a more metallic aesthetic to suit their "reputation" of being commonly associated with metal works and machinery. CJ Hendry's studio space will follow a more transparent and glass based aesthetic. This is to create large and seemingly impossible glass structures that are "inspiring." It also gives transparency to the paintings that CJ is working on!