To me, these spiral and round shapes seem to be so suited to our personal sense of wellbeing. Her home, as weak as she was at communicating her vision in words, seemed soothing and nurturing in a way that boxes and sharp edges are not. The layout seemed practical.

This stairway to me seems to have that same sense of comfort and ease in its form. It seems that the structural issues could be resolved in a pleasing way. I’d love to see more shapes like this in architecture.

Lack of inner railing inspired by Timmy from “Lassie.”

Don’t be so hung up on three-dimensional, Euclidean aesthetics.

It’s just a case study, though. “not intended for production” just to look good on his next teaching application. So, whatever.

You don’t climb on art, either, as a general rule, so just what is that model doing?

Also: it’s a helix, not a spiral.

Well, yeah, I suppose thou canst, depending on the jurisdiction.  And to be honest, the description sounds pretty conventional for a spiral staircase: or are there plenty of others out there which don’t provide rigid structures or resist rotational forces from cantilevering steps?