Incredibly enough, we are still discussing the details of the railing for the stair at the houses in Mallorca. Since the works have been long delayed due to problems with the electric supply we have had time for philosophy…
Sketch for the stair
Initial Render for the Mallorca house
Skylight over the stair
The rooms get light from the stair
the interstice where the stair is suspended
Top of the stair
Going down
At living room height
Backyard
Our initial detailing was a simple railing with two horizontal metal tubes, emphasizing the lightness of the stair. Altough regulations for private stairs allow for that in Spain, further consideratations relating safety of users where introduced by the blacksmith, who said, “hey, this ain’t japan”, referring to those floating japanese stairs with almost no railing at all. And it ain’t. Continue reading
Yosko Navarro Arquitectura 