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    This document discusses multiple-run spiral staircases. It provides examples of double and triple spiral staircases from the 16th-19th centuries. While theoretical designs for quadruple spiral staircases existed, none were actually built. In the 19th century, a double spiral staircase was constructed in Wiesbaden, Germany. In the 20th century, new construction methods enabled more playful and complex multiple-run spiral stair designs, though none were built in Germany. The document examines the history and examples of double, triple, and quadruple spiral staircases.

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    This document discusses multiple-run spiral staircases. It provides examples of double and triple spiral staircases from the 16th-19th centuries. While theoretical designs for quadruple spiral staircases existed, none were actually built. In the 19th century, a double spiral staircase was constructed in Wiesbaden, Germany. In the 20th century, new construction methods enabled more playful and complex multiple-run spiral stair designs, though none were built in Germany. The document examines the history and examples of double, triple, and quadruple spiral staircases.

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    This document discusses multiple-run spiral staircases. It provides examples of double and triple spiral staircases from the 16th-19th centuries. While theoretical designs for quadruple spiral staircases existed, none were actually built. In the 19th century, a double spiral staircase was constructed in Wiesbaden, Germany. In the 20th century, new construction methods enabled more playful and complex multiple-run spiral stair designs, though none were built in Germany. The document examines the history and examples of double, triple, and quadruple spiral staircases.

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    PAGE 208 STAIR -12.

    1993 HANDBOOK OF STAIRS

    multiple-run spiral stairs: applications

    The multiple-run staircase has rarely Prefl der F~el


    been produced. Double spirals have ~~
    been carried out though, for the most R-:fil r
    part up until the end of the 16th .b I
    century. Tl-J/Tflj L

    Two stair expert authors, Stovesandt


    and Nix, just like their colleagues
    hundred of years earlier, attempted
    to find pragmatic solutions that went
    beyond the abstract, for these stairs to
    become useful in everyday lite. Thus,
    Nix describes a circular staircase that
    follows the principles established in
    Chambord:

    "The spiral staircase could be executed


    with double-, triple-, quadruple- and
    more runs. To achieve this, one needs
    to provide sufficient space in plan, o~ -
    including the necessary widths and
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    partition walls . ... In multi-story homes,
    these stairs also offer the immense
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    advantage of maintaining a fully
    separated housing unit, with each ¼,:rtz!liufl. t!uier T~z:af,, ScfuJz[ von drfj,. (faff'f!len./ deren /eder
    apartment claiming it s own access et~l.e J.f/Olrnwy lza1;, JFW die un !Jrwulrjl.i J-•or;gutellel:'e.
    stair, while overall the stairs create one - - - - --
    singular construct. " 19th century Single-center three-run
    w,nding slarrs, Stovesandt and Ni)(

    The 19th century finally produced a


    constructed example of a mulitple-run I
    staircase, located in Wiesbaden.
    However, up until the 20th century,
    architectural practice has had little
    regard for the double helix. New
    construction methods in steel and
    reinforced concrete have opened the
    range of possibilities, which have
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    produced playful and graphically
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    elegant multiple-run stairs, though
    1822-1824 Wiesbaden, JagdschloB Platte,
    none of which were built in Germany. single-center double spiral staircase, ).Schrumpf.

    Friedrich M ielke, " Die M ehrlaufigen


    Wendelungen: M ehrlaufige Monozentrische
    Wendeltreppen," Geschichte der Deutschen
    Treppen (Berlin-Munchen: Verlag von Wilhelm
    Ernst & Sohn, 1966), 42-49.

    1934
    C fl ;ftffl

    STAIR PAGE 209

    " Spiral stairs for stair lovers who


    enjoy giving themselves some trouble
    thinking ... "

    Four-run spiral staircases have


    fascinated expert writers and have
    been selectively mentioned, but were
    never built. Later on, the idea of the
    four-run spiral staircase has been used
    and published by several writers,
    mostly by copying Palladio's drawing.

    Friedrich Mielke, " Typen - Monzentrische


    isoradiale Wendeltreppenanlagen mit vier laufen
    - Ouadrupelwendeltreppen, " Handbuch der
    Treppenkunde (Hannnover: Th.Schafer Verlag,
    1993), 164.

    1935
    Friedrich M ielke, Handli'iufe und Ge/i'inder, (Stamsried: Verlag Ernst Vogel, 2003).

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