Project Description
2011 RADA
Architectural Design Detail / Grand
Charged with refitting a dark stairway as an art gallery, John DeForest, AIA, and Stephen Click responded with a composition of folded planes that constitutes a sculpture in its own right. A large skylight above and vertical slot windows wash the stairwell with light, which filters through treads and risers of perforated steel. A guardrail of blackened steel plate provides structural support and a visual counterpoint to the stair’s ethereal transparency. Our judges called the detailing “incredibly competent” and admitted unanimously a temptation to copy the design in their own projects.