SketchUp Model with Box Stairs
Experiment 1: Datum

Images

Front perspective of model

Back perspective of model

Box Stairs

Pages from Sketchbook

Quick sketches showing original idea for box stairs (bottom left)

Further developments of box stairs idea with sections on the top right

Architecture Responds to:

Delicious (adjective for Pasi Petanen - above) and 

Shoe (noun for Givenchy - below)

Materials Selection

Main material for below - rock or stone

Main material for above - concrete

Other material for below - glass window to the pool and possibly wood paneling
Other material for above - steel frame and glass for the windows

Stairs in model - wood and glass bricks supported by steel supports