Study 03 / 06 · Series

WhiteRamp

Study: S—03
Typology: Exterior and circulation
Materials: Pale cladding, Stone steps, Metal handrails, Vertical louvres
Light: Direct sun and sharply defined shadow
Images: 10

The turning edge of a stair gives this exterior its rhythm. Repeated panels catch the sun at different angles, making a continuous surface read as a sequence of small changes.

Form

An edge in motion.

From below, the stair is a sweeping curve against the sky. Along its surface, narrow ribs register the change of direction through light and shadow.

The adjoining facade has a more measured rhythm. Vertical louvres and long terraces set the curved form against a regular background.

A white stair ramp sweeping out from a building and curving up into the sky. — Fig. 01

The underside of a curved white volume, its repeated panels converging toward a patch of sky. — Fig. 02

A white curved shell opening onto blue sky, built from ribbed stone panels. — Fig. 03

A stair gives proportion a physical measure: the pace of a person moving through it.

A curved wall of pale stone tiles sweeping up against a clear sky. — Fig. 04

Wide white stone steps rising beside a curved parapet with a thin steel handrail. — Fig. 05

Pale granite steps climbing beside a vertical louvred facade toward the sky. — Fig. 06

Long stone steps with timber bench inserts under a clear sky. — Fig. 07

Detail

Continuity through repetition.

The interest lies in the relationship between a repeated element and the larger form it makes. At each scale, the same surface offers a different reading: texture at close range, movement from a distance.

A box-like building clad in fine vertical louvres above a glass ground floor. — Fig. 08

A louvred white building volume seen across an empty stone terrace. — Fig. 09