U Step Isitepsi by Bora Yildirim is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2018 Ibhaso Legolide le-A' Design Award in Uyilo lweZinto zokuAkha kunye neZinto eziSetyenziswayo ekwAkheni Competition Category.

IgolideIzinto zokuAkha· 2018

U Step Isitepsi

by Bora Yildirim

Client: Bora Yıldırım

Ibhaso Legolide le-A' Design Award Winner in Izinto zokuAkha Category

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The Design

About U Step Isitepsi

Izitebhisi ze-U zamanyathelo ngokudibanisa iiplati zebhokisi ye-mraba yecloud yeemilo ezinobubanzi obahlukeneyo. Ngale ndlela, izitebhisi ziye zizixhase ngokwazo ukuba ubukhulu abudluli kumbundu. Ukulungiselela kwangaphambili ezi ziqwenga kubonelela kwindibano. Ukupakisha kunye nokuhambisa ezi ziqwenga ngokuthe ngqo nazo zenziwe lula.

The Recognition

About the Ibhaso Legolide le-A' Design Award

U Step Isitepsi ngumphumeleli weIbhaso Legolide le-A' Design Award, ukuqatshelwa okuhlonitshwayo kakhulu okunikwa imiyilo yeklasi yokuqala, ephawulekayo nentle. Abaphumeleleyo beGolide ziimveliso ezintsha kakhulu, ezinombono ongaphaya nezikhazimlayo ezibonisa ubuchule, ubulumko nobuchule babayili bazo. U Step Isitepsi iyathenjwa ukuba ibe yimveliso edunyiswe kakhulu, ebeka umkhwa nekumgangatho wesikhumbuzo enikela ixabiso elingazange libonwe. Lo myilo uphumeleleyo weIbhaso Legolide le-A' Design Award yiprojekthi emangalisayo nehlonelwayo eluncedo kakhulu kwaye inyusa imida yobugcisa, inzululwazi, uyilo kunye nobuchwephesha. U Step Isitepsi idala iimvakalelo ezinzulu zonqweno, ivusa umdla, ikhuthaza ukuyila kwaye iyasikhwebela.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: This project is about how a staircase is formed rather than its design. The staircase is formed by interlocking two u-shaped square box profile pieces having different dimensions. Through this formation, the staircase can support its weight and a side anchor wall is not needed below certain dimensions.
Dimensions & Packaging: Tread: 30cm width, 120cm length and 3cm thickness (for wood),
Riser Height: 16cm,
Stair stinger: 5cmx5cm (steel square box profile).
Tags: Stair, staircase, interlock, modular, self-support
Production Technology: Stair stringer will be made of steel square box profiles and treads of wood. Glass, aluminum or other metals like mesh can be used for tread as well.
Design Challenge: The challenge at the beginning of every design is to find the one that is not found.
Research: Stairs of various designs and applications are investigated during the design phase of the project. It has been observed that most of the time a stair needs on-site production due to structural constraints and in order to ensure that the staircase will fit and function as desired. This results in loss of time. The project aims to minimize the time loss by a design that is made up of modular parts that can be manufactured in advance, and thus, assembly is the only process required on site.
Inspiration: The project focuses on the scarcity of resources, and hence, aims to minimize the amount of parts to use as well as other valuable resources such as cost, energy and time needed during packaging and transportation. To this end, a simple and lucid design is sought for. Having a modular design, it allows different forms, dimensions, colors and materials to be used in making a staircase. With such flexibility, the design provides a wide variety to meet different space requirements and demands.
Project Duration: The project started in December 2017 and ended in February 2018.
Operation Flow: The object is a self-supporting staircase that requires fixing only to the ceiling and the floor. Several U-shaped profiles of different sizes are interlocked to form the stair. Self-support is achieved by alternating the interlocking of the u-shaped pieces in horizontal and vertical arrangement. Components of the stair are made out of flat and small parts as a result of which transport and on-site installation are simplified.