BST12781 material for stairs

BUILDING COMMUNICATION

Drawing stairs & staircase

Stone
concrete
Timber
PAULI Sabine Notes prepared by
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spauli@cityu.edu.hk Atul KANSARA, Sabine PAULI, Kevin YAP Kwok-keung glass
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Source: Weidinger (2010) Stairways. Page 157

terms terms
Balustrade
Handrail (on walls) tread

riser

landing

Source:Mehta,Scarborough,Armpriest.Buildingconstruction.
Principles,materialsandsystems.2008page882

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Source: Weidinger (2010) Stairways. Page 151

Types of stairs Types of stairs

Scissor staircase
singleflight Blanc.
Straight stairs Stairs,
singleflight singleflight turnedat stepsand
singlearms stairs thebottom ramps.1996
Straightsingleflight,
stair turnedat twoarmedstairwith
thetop turnlanding

singleflight,circularstair
singleflight withhollowspindle
stairs
Straight Straight
With180
singleflight, singleflight,
degreeturn
twoarmed threearmed
stairwith stairwith
linelanding Mokashi.Scissorstairs:Origins,developmentandcontemporay use.
cornerlandings Quartely andUrbanDevelopmentJournal3rd Quarter2008page23

singleflightspindlestair

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construction of stairs BuildingregulationinHongKong

Clearheightofstaircasemin.2.00m
Clearwidthofstair/flightmin.1050mm
Landingnotbelessthanthewidthofthestaircase
Treadsnotlessthan225mm,better280mm
Risernotmorethan175mm
Max.16stepsinoneflight
Handrailforstairbetween850and950mm

Neufert,Ernst;Neufert,Peter.ArchitectsData.3rd edition2000page191

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calculation of stairs calculation of stairs

Stair layout and stair plan

First determine the floor-to-floor height
Calculate the numbers of risers and treads
Source:Habermann.Staircases:designandconstruction2003page42
The riser height should be not more than 175 mm
number of risers = floor-to-top height/ riser height
Number of risers = 4,200mm / 175 mm = 24 riser
Building regulation only 16 steps one flight
Divided by 2 = 12 riser/steps
Re-calculation Height of steps
Floor-to-floor-height = 4,200mm / 24 riser = 175mm
Calculation of tread
630 mm = 2 x step height/riser + 1 x step width/tread
Tread = 630mm 2 x 175mm/riser/step height = 280mm

each flight (12-1) x 280mm length = 3,080 one length

+ landings each min 1,050mm
630mm=2xstepheight/riser+1xstepwidth/tread Full length of one flight 5,180mmm for staircase
FrancoisBlondel 1683

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Howtodrawstairsand
drawing staircases? Banister and handrails
exampleinternationalstyle
Source:Kilmer.Constructiondrawingsanddetailsforinteriors.
Basicskills.2009page163

difference between
Handrails
and
Groundfloorintermediatefloortopfloor balustrade/banister/guardrail

exampleHongKongstyle

Source:Bielefeld,Skiba technicaldrawing.page44
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Banister and handrails ramps Source:Chueca.Staircases:
selectionanddetails2008page221
Howtodrawramps?

Source:Bielefeld,Skiba technicaldrawing.page44
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Exercise stair drawing

stair drawing
please sketch and fill in the gaps /
information/with symbolic for different floors
staircase width min.1050mm
tread, riser, landing width and length
2 m headroom
Floor to floor height
handrail , banister

Ground Floor drawing Intermediate floor Roof plan

Single Flight Stair with half landing Stair with Intermediate
Max 16 risers and 2 risers at the landing landing
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stair drawing stair drawing

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stair drawing details

Jefferis, Madsen. Architectural drafting and design. 1995 page 102

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Rich,Dean.Principlesofelementdesign
details 1999page145 details

Blanc.Stairs,stepsandramps.1996page143

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This handout was developed exclusively for educational purposes and was prepared to accompany Communication Studies 1
workshops at the City University of Hong Kong. It contains illustrations and text excerpts out of other official publications which have
Exercise stair drawing been named in the bibliography. Original copyright reserved.

1. Calculateastaircasewithfloorto bibliography
floorheightfrom4200mm
2. Thestaircaseshouldhavethree Blanc,Alan(1996)Stairs,stepsandramps.Oxford1996
floors.
3. Sketchthestaircaseinfloorplan topfloor Bielefeld,Bert;Skiba,Isabella(2007)Technicaldrawing.Basel:Birkhaeuser
andsectioninscale1:50/1:100 Chueca,Pilar(2008)Staircases:selectionanddetails.Barcelona
4. Addallannotationlikedimensions, Fullerton,RichardL.(1968)Buildingconstructioninwarmclimates.2nd editionOxford:Oxford
andidentifytheelements:flight, intermediate UniversityPress
landing,floortofloorheight, Habermann,KarlJ.(2003)Staircases:designandconstruction.Basel
clearanceheight,stairwidth,width floor
Jefferis,Alan;Madsen,David(1995)Architecturaldraftinganddesign.NewYork
ofthelanding,tread,riser,handrail
5. Sketchgroundfloorplan,firstfloor Jiricna,Eva(2001)StaircasesLondon
planandroofplanfromyour Kilmer,W.Otie;Kilmer,Rosemary(2009)Constructiondrawingsanddestailsforinteriors.Basicskills.
staircasewiththespecialliningfor Hoboken
eachfloor. Mehta,Madan;Scarborough,Walter;Armpriest,Diane(2008)Buildingconstruction.Principles,
groundfloor materialsandsystems.NewJersey
Mokashi,Samir(2008)Scissorstairs:Origins,developmentandcontemporayuse.Quartelyand
UrbanDevelopmentJournal3rd Quarter
keyfloorplan Neufert,Ernst;Neufert,Peter(2000)ArchitectsData.Thirdedition.Oxford
Rich,Peter;Dean,Yvonne(1999)Principlesofelementdesign.Oxford
floorplan Weidinger,Hans(2010)Stairways.Atglen:SchifferPublishing

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