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FO R M O F TH E CIRCULATIO N SPA C E

Stairs are three-dimensional forms just as moving up or down a stairway is a
three-dimensional experience. This three-dimensional quality can be exploited
when we treat it as sculpture, freestanding within a space or attached to a wall
plane. Further, a space can itself become an oversized elaborated stairway.

Grand Staircase, Paris Opera House, 1861–74, Charles Garnier

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