​This project was part of a larger renovation 
project in the country side town of Montagu 
in the Klein Karoo South Africa. Not being 
able to find a suitable steel contractor to do 
detailed work I decided to include this staircase 
in the project as a design and supply 
product taking the responsibility for the 
manufacturing and installation. The staircase 
consisted of a set of laser cut and folded mild 
steel parts bolted to a standard H-column 
and to 30mm bamboo plywood treads. 

The 3D models below are examples from 
experimental paper designs in the past exploring 
the possibilities around laser cut, water jet and 
cnc folded part assemblies. These designs were 
made before 2005 when digital fabrication and 
parametric software were new technologies.