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VI. International Furniture Congress ‘‘FURNITURE: Design&Production’’, Trabzon, Turkey, 2 - 05 November 2020, pp.326-335
The stairs has been one of the
important tools that fulfill human requirements throughout history. Although it
is not known which date, it is origin of based on, there are generally two
significant aims in the past usage of the stairs. One of these aims is to
satisfy functional requirements, the other is to establish a connection between
the earth and heaven as a symbol of religious belief. Nowadays, the usage aims
and application fields of the stairs have expanded. In general, stairs are a
considerable construction element of buildings that has become the focal point
of an architectural project. Also evaluation of the dead spaces formed by the
stairs gives an opportunity for people to design with different approaches. The
factors providing this change have been the increase in the use of goods,
economic activities and user needs with the change and development of
technology. In addition to the connection between the floors, diversity of
usage is provided by different functions are given to the stairs. By using the
bottom or steps of these stairs efficiently, both the interior design has been
contributed and the structure has been added value by functional The purpose of
this study is to examine many functional and design aspects of the stairs,
which are the focal point of the building, integrated with furniture, providing
the user with comfortable, useful, psychological and aesthetic solutions, such
as storage, space creation In addition in the study, it will be analyzed the
production technology, ergonomic status and dimensional requirements of the
stairs through existing examples with the literature review.