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This assignment required small groups of 3–4 students to design a stairway habitation structure on a hypothetical site. The design served as an arrival-reception component at the base and a pavilion at the top for a bach housing two people, with space for two occasional guests. The stairway habitation incorporated lobbies, a shower room, storage for hiking gear, and a short-rest seating area within a maximum interior floor space of 50 sq. m., including the staircase treads.

The stairway doubled as landscape steps, allowing public movement between levels. The design process emphasized exploring structure, site character, circulation, materiality, space planning, emotional composition, and creativity. Deliverables included hand-drawn orthographic drawings, detailed diagrams, and scaled models. The boards featured floor plans (1:50), sections and elevations (1:20 and 1:50), detailed drawings (1:5), and diagrams explaining the principle ideas. Models included process models and a final scaled model (1:50), photographed and presented. A 2-minute narrated video summarized the design scheme, and the process was documented in a comprehensive A4 landscape booklet.

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Reflection

This assignment taught me the tectonics of designing a staircase, integrating structure with spatial and functional requirements. I learned to compose presentation boards effectively, balancing technical details with visual clarity. The process of creating hand-drawn diagrams deepened my ability to communicate architectural ideas clearly and cohesively. Additionally, I gained insight into how architectural elements like circulation and materiality can shape user experience and contextually fit into a landscape. This project enhanced my design thinking, model-making precision, and storytelling skills in architecture.