Discover how to effectively utilize architectural design principles to block out stairs in a building plan, including mirroring techniques, dimension adjustments, and wall creation. Learn how to create a stairwell that extends up to another level and adjust curtain walls to accommodate stair placement.
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- The article provides guidance on blocking out stairs in a building design, including drawing one side and then mirroring it to the other for symmetry and ease.
- Various techniques are discussed, such as utilizing columns and grids for ease of drawing, adjusting dimensions for stair width, and creating walls that sit flush with the stairs.
- It also covers important adjustments for the placement of stairs, such as moving the top constraint of walls to accommodate a stairwell extending to another level and adjusting curtain walls to fit around the stairs.
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Now that we have the core blocked out, what I want to do is block out the stairs. And so this is easy because we're going to draw one and then we're going to mirror it to the other side. So you can see here, this will be about our center and then we can mirror it to this side here and then adjust it to get it to fit within this slot because we're going to have a stair that comes down and hits this landing here.
And to make that work out, we'll start on this side because we have a column and the two grids that we can work with, so it makes it easier for us. And we have the column and the two grids, so it makes it easier for us. And to do that, what I'll do is I'll start by drawing a couple walls.
So I'll use the column again as my basis, and I want to change this from wall centerline to finish face, interior or exterior. We have the same finish on both sides, so it doesn't really matter which one we pick. Then I'll have it sit flush with the stair and I'm just going to block it in.
So I know it'll be about that wide and then roughly this long or so. Then I'll go ahead and add the dimensions. And so I want to make sure it's going to be about 10 feet wide.
And so to make it that width, what I'll need to do is make sure from, let's say, the face of the column to the face of my wall here, we're going to use that as our 10-foot dimension. Then, going the other way, knowing that this is our point that we want to try and hold, I'm going to draw in this dimension, and we'll adjust that one to be 20 feet 7 inches. That should give us enough room for the run of the stair, plus any landing that we need at the base. And so we'll have a door that runs through here.
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So there's going to be some curtain wall adjustments you can see already that will need to be made to get this to work out, but no big deal because we can definitely handle something like that. Now that I have the stairwell created, this is something that will go up to level two. So I'm going to take these three walls that we've created, and I'm going to change their top constraint from level two to roof.
And we're doing that because these walls are going to go all the way up to level two. When I look at level two now, you can see we've got where the stair is going to go. And we need to do the same thing with our elevator.
We'll want to keep that in mind as we progress through. We want to get that same stairwell on this side over here. I think the best way to do that is to go in and draw our stair at this point.
Because if we draw the stair, then we can help place it based on its relationship to this curtain wall here. And that'll help us with drawing the walls that go around it as well.
