I started branching out trying to find a way to create a stair which produced an effect upon being interacted with. I played with that for awhile and left it. I also considered the possibility of using synthetics to make molds of body parts to then cast railings balustrades in human form. Nah. Synthetic materials (in the sense of oil based materials) are out the window.
Synthetic: from Greek syn - to bring together +thesis - idea
My stair will be a thin sheetmetal stair that, while sturdy, will feel fragile and will generate great noise on ascent and descent. Ideas of solidity and materiality of a solid form come into question when the climber mounts the seemingly solid metal stair. Her motion produces residual traces, in this case sound. The stair becomes a space of acoustic synthesis, of structural synthesis, and of sensual synthesis.
What's the big idea, then? To conceive an architectural moment that combines potentially disperate ideas (solid vs. sheet, individual step vs. loud noise) to synthesize a new experience in the built environment. Through this conceptualization, entrances, corridors, threshholds and rooms all take on the potential of being a new experience in space.
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