ARI121S (6739) 2ND SEMESTER
STAIRS
RESEARCH
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AR. LEO ANTHONY COCHING
PREPARED BY
GICHELLE PAULA A. BALBOATYPES OF STAIRS
L-SHAPED
THE CLASSIC STRAIGHT
STYLE, ZHUZHED UP A
LITTLE. IN THIS DESIGN, THE
STAIRS MAKE A 90-DEGREE
TURN AT SOME POINT,
GOING LEFT OR RIGHT AFTER
A LANDING.
U-SHAPED
THE BEND 1S TAKEN
EVEN FURTHER TO FORM A
FULL U SHAPE, AND SIMILAR
TO THE L-SHAPED
STAIRCASE, A LANDING
SEPARATES THE TWO
PARALLEL FLIGHTS
STRAIGHT
THIS ONE IS
STRAIGHTFORWARD
(LITERALLY). STRAIGHT
STAIRS FEATURE A SINGLE
LINEAR FLIGHT WITH NO
CHANGE IN DIRECTION.
WINDER
THE SLIGHTLY MORE
COMPLICATED SISTER TO
THE L-SHAPED STAIRCASE.
A SET OF WINDERS-TREADS
THAT ARE WIDER ON ONE
SIDE THAN THE OTHER-
TAKES THE PLACE OF THE
LANDING TO SAVE SPACE.TYPES
OF
SPIRAL
A COMPACT DESIGN
CENTERED AROUND A
SINGLE POLE, SO
THAT IF YOU LOOKED
AT IT FROM ABOVE,
IT WOULD FORM A
PERFECT CIRCLE
SOMETHING TO
CONSIDER: A SPIRAL
STAIRCASE'S NARROW
WEDGE-SHAPED
TREADS AREN'T THE
EASIEST TO
TRAVERSE
STAIRS
CURVED
UNLIKE
WINDER OR L-SHAPED
STAIRCASES, A CURVED
STYLE HAS NO LANDINGS
INSTEAD, THE STAIRS ARE
CONTINUOUS, FOLLOWING
THE BEND OF THE BANISTER
STRIKING
TO MAKE A
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STEP IT IS A COMBINATION OF TREAD AND
RISER WHICH PERMITS ASCENT ANO DESCENT
FROM ONE FLOOR TO ANOTHER.
TREAD THE UPPER HORIZONTAL PORTION OF
ASCENDING OR DESCENDING A STAIRWAY IS
KNOWN AS TREAD.
RISER THE VERTICAL MEMBER OF THE STEP IS
KNOWN AS RISER. IT (5 USED TO SUPPORT AND
CONNECT SUCCESSIVE TREADS.
RISE THE VERTICAL HEIGHT BETWEEN TWO
CONSECUTIVE TREADS 1S KNOWN AS RISE
LANDING 4 HORIZONTAL PLATFORM BETWEEN
TWO SUCCESSIVE FLIGHT OF A STAIR IS CALLED
LANDING, LANDING 15 USED AS 4 RESTING
PLACE DURING USE OF THE STAIR. IT
FACILITATES THE CHANGE OF DIRECTION OF THE
FLIGHT. LANDING WHICH EXTENOS FOR ONLY
HALE THE WIDTH OF STAIRCASE 1S KNOWN AS
QUARTER SPACE LANDING.
NOSING IT 15 THE PROJECTING PART OF THE
1s USUALLY ROUNDED TO GIVE GOOD AESTHETIC
EFFECT TO THE TREADS AND MAKE STAIRCASE
CONVENIENT AND EASY TO USE
WITHOUT THE FACES OF TWO CONSECUTIVE
FLIGHT 4 CONTINUOUS SERIES OF STEPS
WITHOUT ANY BREAK BETWEEN LANDINGS OR
LANDING AND FLOORING IS KNOWN AS FLIGHT.
HEAD ROOM THE VERTICAL HEIGHT BETWEEN
THE TREAD OF ONE FLIGHT AND THE CEILING OF
THE OVERHEAD CONSTRUCTION 1S KNOWN AS
HEAD ROOM. HEAD ROOM SHOULD BE
SUFFICIENT SO AS NOT TO CAUSE ANY
HEAD ROOM IS ALSO KNOWN AS HEAD WAY
HAND RAIL IT IS AN INCLINED RAIL PROVIDED
AT CONVENIENT HEIGHT OVER BALUSTRADES.
THE SLOPE OF THE STAIR. IT SERVES AS A
GUARD RAIL AND PROVIDES ASSISTANCE TO THE
USERS OF THE STAIR. HAND RAILS CAN BE
MOLDED IN SO MANY ARCHITECTURAL FORMS.
ALSO ACTS AS A PROTECTIVE BAR
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BALUSTER
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BALUSTER
STARTING NEWEL
BALUSTER IT 1S AN INDIVIDUAL VERTICAL
MEMBER MADE OF TIMBER, METAL, OR MASONRY
AND FIXED BETWEEN STRING AND HAND RAIL TO
PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THE HAND RAIL
BALUSTRADE FRAMEWORK MADE FROM SERIES OF
BALUSTERS AND HAND RAIL IS KNOWN AS
BALUSTRADE. IT (5 ALSO KNOWN AS BARRISTER.
PITCH OR SLOPE THE VERTICAL ANGLE MADE BY
NOSING LINE OF THE STAIR WITH THE
HORIZONTAL IS KNOWN AS PITCH OR SLOPE OF
THE STAIR.
RUN THE TOTAL LENGTH OF THE STAIR IN
LANDINGS IS KNOWN AS RUN OF THE STAIR.
SOFFIT THE UNDERSURFACE OF THE STAIR IS
KNOWN AS SOFFIT. IT 1S EITHER FINISHED WITH
PLASTER OR COVERED WITH A CEILING.
SCOTIA IT [5 A SORT OF ADDITIONAL MOLDING.
PROVIDED UNDER THE NOSING OR TREAD TO
BEAUTIFY THE STEP OF ELEVATION.
NEWEL - POST IT IS A VERTICAL TIMBER OR
STEEL POST PROVIDED AT THE HEAD, FOOT, OR
AT POINT WHERE THE BALUSTRADE CHANGES ITS.
DIRECTION. IT 1S ALSO USED FOR SUPPORTING
SLOPING WOODEN MEMBERS OF A STAIR USED TO
lay BE TWO TYPES, CUT OR OPEN TYPE AND.
CLOSED OR HOUSED TYPE. IN CASE OF FORMER
TYPE, THE UPPEREDGE IS CUT EXACTLY TO SIZE
TO RECEIVE THE ENDS OF STEPS. IN THE LATTER
TYPE I.F CLOSED OR HOUSED TYPE, THE ENDS
OF STEPS ARE HOUSED INTO THE STRINGERS
WAIST THE THICKNESS OF THE RCC SLAB OVER
WHICH STEPS OF RCC REST IS KNOWN AS WAIST.
LINE OF NOSING IT Is AN (MAGINARY SLOPING
LINE PARALLEL TO THE SLOPE OF THE STAIR AND
TOUCHING THE NOSING OF ALL THE TREADS.
WALKING LINE IT IS THE APPROXIMATE LINE ON
THE STAIR, ADOPTED BY THE PEOPLE DURING
THE USE OF THE STAIR. THIS LINE IS LOCATED
ABOUT 40 CM FROM SPANDREL OPEN STRING
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ARD SIZES OF
(HEIGHT AND WIDTH IN M)
Tactile marking
0.30-0.45
MINIMUM WIDTH OF A STAIRWAY SHOULD BE 0.90 M
-WAY TRAFFIC AND 1.50 M FOR TWO-WAY TRAFFIC.
INDOOR STAIRS, THE RISER SHOULD BE BETWEEN 0.12 M
0.18
M, AND THE TREAD BETWEEN 0.28 M AND 0.35 M
OUTDOOR STAIRS, THE MAXIMUM RISER SHOULD BE 0.15 M
THE
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MINIMUM TREAD SHOULD BE 0.30 M.
FOR
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AND
FOR
AND
MINIMUM WIDTH OF A STAIRWAY SHOULD BE 0.90 M FOR ONE-
WAY TRAFFIC AND 1.50 M FOR TWO-WAY TRAFFIC.
FOR INDOOR STAIRS, THE RISER SHOULD BE BETWEEN 0.12 M
AND 0.18 M, AND THE TREAD BETWEEN 0.28 M AND 0.35 M
FOR OUTDOOR STAIRS, THE MAXIMUM RISER SHOULD BE 0.15
AND THE MINIMUM TREAD SHOULD BE 0.30 M.
AN INTERMEDIATE LANDING SHOULD BE PROVIDED WHEN THE
M
STAIRS COVER A DIFFERENCE IN LEVEL OF MORE THAN 2.50 M.
THE LENGTH OF THE LANDING SHOULD BE AT LEAST 1.20 M
EXTENDING ALONG THE FULL WIDTH OF THE STAIRS
FOR STAIRS MORE THAN 3.00 M WIDE, ONE OR MORE
INTERMEDIATE HANDRAILS COULD BE PROVIDED
THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE HANDRAILS WHEN BOTH SIDES ARE
USED FOR GRIPPING SHOULD BE BETWEEN 0.90 M AND 1.40 M
HANDRAILS MUST EXTEND A DISTANCE BETWEEN 0.30 M AND
0.45 M AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS