Architecture
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Trieste, Italy
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2022
The Oriel Stair
A cantilevered stone stair, made safe for the next century without adding a single visible bolt.
Client
Palazzo Oriel trust
Role
Restoration, structural design
Area
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Year
2022
Location
Trieste, Italy
The project
Each tread of the Oriel stair carries the one above it. After a small earthquake, three of them had cracked.
We replaced them with stone from the same quarry, cut by hand, and threaded a steel tendon through the core where no visitor will ever see it.
The stair reopened in spring 2022. It now carries eight hundred visitors a day.
How it was made
Every decision came with a drawing and a price, agreed before the stone was cut.
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