Study of the physical model
Thinking through form at a small scale.
The physical model brings together the helical form and the branching pattern. Its openings reveal the relationship between surface and open space.
Staircases
AI photographic study · Before / after ↗
Simone Scapini / Staircases
Ginko.
First, the idea.
Then, the material.
The model and photographs of the making process.
Explore the work↓A form
born from the design.
The Ginko model explores a helical staircase with a branching design. Archive photographs also show the metal being worked: the pattern is drawn, cut and brought onto the curved surface.
Model and making documentation from the archive.From branch
to surface.
The model’s motif finds another expression in the worked metal.
The first drawing in space.
The model detail highlights the branching motif.
Original photograph
The line takes shape.
The traced design and openings cut into the metal surface.
Original photograph02 / The makingGinko / From the archive
From plane
to curve.
The photographs document the metal’s journey through the workshop. The worked surface takes on the curvature defined by the design.
Scroll through the story
Workshop documentation
The line becomes an opening.
The workshop photograph shows the pattern transferred onto the metal surface. Marks and openings reveal the work on the material.
Fabrication / original photograph
The surface enters the space.
The sheet takes on a curved form. In this workshop photograph, the branching pattern follows the metal as the design acquires volume.
03 / Photographs
Inside the project.
Original photographs from the archive. Open them to explore every detail.
The physical model of the Ginko helical staircase.
Ginko’s curved surface during fabrication.
The worked metal and branching pattern in the workshop.
The curved metal structure during fabrication.
Original photographs / Ginko archiveAll staircases
04 / Project specifications
Ginko, in detail.
- Project type
- Suspended helical staircase
- Project materials
- Iron, wood and resin
- Project dimensions
- Diameter 4000 mm
- Design
- Simone Scapini
Your projectIt begins with a meeting
Let’s give shapeto your space.
An idea, a place, a way of living.
Tell Simone what you have in mind.
The first sketch can begin here.
Explore the form
Made by hand.
Designed for your space.3D study
in folded metal
Designed for your space.3D study
in folded metal