The floating staircase maintains the lightness of the gallery space. Each suspended step is articulated as a separate ribbon cast from Ductal®, an ultra-high performance concrete with exceptional structural as well as aesthetic qualities.
The tensile strength of Ductal® allows the ribbons to remain relatively thin. Despite each step becoming slightly narrower towards the lower level, all the treads have been cast from a single adjustable mould that was engineered in Italy by Il Cantiere. The floating staircase has been designed to be demountable.
Zaha Hadid Architects
Zaha Hadid with Patrik Schumacher
Melodie Leung
Garin O'Aivazian, Bear Shen
Christian Tygoer
Adams Kara Taylor
Il Cantiere
Raphaël Fabbri
C&E Ingeniere
Artistic Engineering
