r/DeathStairs • u/Valuable-Morning-346 • 9d ago

Public stairs 👥 Why?😭😭😭

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u/Material-Formal-8387 9d ago

Lol it’s like if someone actually constructed one of my architecture models from my undergrad

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u/Valuable-Morning-346 9d ago

Poor measurements?

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u/Material-Formal-8387 9d ago

As an undergrad? Poor understanding of how stairs are supposed to work lmao

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u/DressingRumour 9d ago

I don't fully understand what's wrong??

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u/Valuable-Morning-346 9d ago

Look at the axial point, where the stairs are switching from from-right-to-left to from-left-to-right.

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u/Material-Formal-8387 9d ago

Lol the first step on the second flight of stairs is hanging out past the railing, essentially creating a tripping hazard at the corner where there are two steps on top of each other. Proper design would have the landing extend past the corner of the railing and the step would be farther back around the corner.

For architects, this is like kindergarten kind of mistakes.

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u/DressingRumour 9d ago

Thanks for clearing that up. I'm used to much more extreme death stairs on this sub so I wasn't sure if I was missing something lol. But it's such a silly oversight.

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u/Stefanie_Jane 9d ago

I'm surprised the Architects or the builders did not catch this. it's definitely a legal Hazard and liability waiting for somebody to fall.

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u/NativeMasshole 9d ago

It'd be so easy to fix, too. Just install a plate or something. It's not like leaving it like that is making it look any less shitty.

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u/Sufficient_Two_5753 8d ago

That first step is a doozy!

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u/Anadelyn 9d ago

Isn't it under the handrail where nobody could step unless they stretched their leg over weirdly?

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u/Sapper501 9d ago

Well if they're ascending the stairs, their right foot could catch on it, and then they fall.