I still need to write about the gizUlor.
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the gizUlor (2098 days ago)
The design is largely governed by the gizUlor (our variant on Le Corbusier's Modulor, a scale of dimensions based on the human form and tied in with the Golden Mean / Fibonacci series et al).
I must get round to writing about it for this ‘blog, but there details to be detailed (and money to earn).
2098 days ago
Beautiful drawings…
I’m not one to go with touching the ground lightly in all situations. Dig in alittle and get rid of some steps…they can be a pain day to day especially in the knees..
We will be in Wellington on 23 Jan 05 and will have a closer look if you have no objections!
Sarah
— Sarah Hill 2096 days ago #
I’m with you on the stair thing – our first response was to put a big platform in the air – but I quickly discovered that this would either require Resource Consent or digging into the slope, neither of which we want to do (digging into the slope is not an option for us – mainly for expense and regulatory reasons).
Life in Wellington is all about dealing with stairs (it has a very crinkled topography), and so we’re reconciled with the über steps thing – we’ve been trying to mitigate the issue by using a very gentle riser / tread ratio and being very strict about one rule: all tread heights through-out the scheme are identical (at the oh-so-very-practical dimension of 137.6 recurring). We can also swap out all the stair-modules for wheelchair ramps when / if the time comes…
We look forward to seeing you in Wellington on the 23rd!
— giz 2096 days ago #