Stairway to Gehry

The Art Gallery of Ontario hired Frank Gehry to design a staircase to sew the circulation path of the expanding collection together.  In a clever twist, it bows to New York's Guggenheim's shell but unravels the model to further the occupier through the space.

inheritable stairs

carlo scarpa
debunking code
castelvecchio, italy

Between Tread and Rise Find Stile

For several weeks "staircases" have been romancing my periphery vision.  Enjoyably, the skeletal thread that binds this infrastructure together is a nautilus-inspired interruption to my linear persuasion.