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MVRDV Floating Stairs Don't Show You the Way

Scrubadub — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:46:57 EDT

isn't rotterdam the place where BEAN was an orphan?!

Scrubadub

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Ashe — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:30:06 EDT

That's ill.

Ashe

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MarlboroTestMonkey7 — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:09:55 EDT

Probably at night the blue space looks better. Nah, it doesn't.

MarlboroTestMonkey7

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Jimbuck — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:46:03 EDT

I enjoy the stair's....but the blue space on top was not a good decision.

Jimbuck

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2-7offsuit — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:31:34 EDT

I enjoy crazy stairs as much as the next guy, but this isn't exactly gadget related. Time for a Gizmarchitecture spin off?

2-7offsuit

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GOKOR — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:23:50 EDT

@IrisMR: The designers on Trading Spaces.

GOKOR

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discounteggroll — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:21:49 EDT

I'd be afraid of fucking myself up trying to attempt those stairs drunk.

discounteggroll

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IrisMR — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:35:57 EDT

the blue top frickin' sucks... Who thought that looked good?

IrisMR

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SgtMac02 — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:31:59 EDT

@SgtMac02: Oh wait. Sorry, I looked at the pic wrong. At first I thought those stairs didn't actually go anywhere. It looked kinda MC Escher-esque...until I viewed the gallery. Oh well.

SgtMac02

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SgtMac02 — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:26:46 EDT

Those stairs would be perfect for screwing with your drunk (or stoned) friends! "Dude, where's your bathroom?" "It's upstairs" Watch the hilarity ensue...:D

SgtMac02

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GOKOR — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:15:49 EDT

@OMG! Ponies!: I don't want anything impinging on my sac.

Holding my sac, yes, but nothing that sounds painful.

GOKOR

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92BuickLeSabre — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:34:35 EDT

Ahh, the brightly-colored outdoor surface. Guaranteed to look post-apocalyptic within 3-5 years. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

92BuickLeSabre

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Frederik — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:56:28 EDT

M C Escher anybody?

Frederik

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jo3 — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:50:42 EDT

@OMG Ponies!, problem is i am an architect, but an incredibly under paid one, so renovation is out of the question.

once hoverboards become a reality ill be set.

jo3

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tiagoluz8 — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:31:03 EDT

@jo3: just make one of those stairs a slide, like at Google Zurich.

tiagoluz8

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Fuzi Lojak — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:16:47 EDT

@OMG! Ponies!:

Amen, brother.

Fuzi Lojak

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OMG! Ponies! — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 06:56:24 EDT

@jo3: Suggestion - take the money from your Health Savings Account and use it to pay an architect and a contractor to replace your spiral staircases with traditional staircases.

Your back and hips will thank you. Aesthetics are good; not having 6 herniated discs impinging on your thecal sac is better.

OMG! Ponies!

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jo3 — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 06:23:53 EDT

i live on the third floor, i have 3 of these winding stair cases to ascend and descend every day, i've even fallen a few times rushing to work, and im 24.

jo3

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yogibimbi — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 05:51:31 EDT

@Kahani: yep to the crazy stairs. But the stairs in the entranceways of town houses (at least in den Haag) are so impossibly steep even I (40 years, motorically functional) am intimidated time and again by having to climb or, worse, descend them. I cannot begin to comprehend how a 75-year-old with poor eyesight and and limited motor abilities will do either.

yogibimbi

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Kahani — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:15:47 EDT

I've lived in The Netherlands for a bit, and within Amsterdam and Rotterdam crazy stairs are not a problem as the movers are experts at getting stuff in through the window. These are cities where having a grand piano fall on your head is an entirely logical possibility. Only the Dutch are extremely careful and efficient and probably won't let it happen. =)

Oh, and they are slaves to eccentric architecture. They love it as much as the Danes adore interior design.

Kahani

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UltraSISSI — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:06:18 EDT

Actually, I think it's absoluty great ;-)

I live across the street and wake up to the view of this blue house every morning. To me it's like a piece of art in the street, and another nice feature for Rotterdam.

UltraSISSI

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jo3 — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:06:17 EDT

haha, i live in rotterdam and this house is about is 2 blocks down the street i live on. its pretty goofy. from the street all you see is this giant blue pitched roof.

jo3

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tehronin — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 02:21:04 EDT

Yeah, thats sick.

tehronin

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phreakincool — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:06:04 EDT

@TickleMeElmo: Uh, yeah, the 3rd pic has them touching the ceiling.

phreakincool

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lafond66 — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:37:31 EDT

those are awesome stairs, I want them.

lafond66

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TickleMeElmo — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:43:39 EDT

"What does the top look like? "

You can't see it from that angle, but they don't touch the ceiling either.

TickleMeElmo

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TC2COOL — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:28:59 EDT

where do they go? They go to that blue place? What does the top look like?

TC2COOL

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LordZedd — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:21:24 EDT

Nice.

LordZedd

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jovino — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:02:40 EDT

I'm curious how you move furniture up there. :)

jovino

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Papsky — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:46:56 EDT

steps are pretty sweet..
that outside patio is making me feel kinda... well.. blue.

Papsky

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Franknbeans — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:25:21 EDT

@ltn
what? I have never seen the iStairs. when was that, did I miss something that one day I did not look at Giz? Never again!

Franknbeans

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Set to evil — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:13:49 EDT

Gary, my patio is blue,Gary!

Set to evil

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LJN — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:09:41 EDT

iPhones and stairs. Stairs and iPhones. References to each can always be found on the front page of Gizmodo.

LJN

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mastermatoro — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:09:05 EDT

Omg, freaking awesome

mastermatoro