The best architect- Happens only in india

goa baba · May 28th, 2008, 22:35

Must be " stairway to heaven "

The_Londoner · May 28th, 2008, 23:43

Fantastic..

Nick-H · May 28th, 2008, 23:47

(actually, I suspect the lower flight is becoming obsolete).

Errr... I guess it has whether they meant it to or not!

Actually we have a whole thread of this sort of stuff, so one of passing mods may well move your post there when we have an idle moment.

edwardseco · May 28th, 2008, 23:55

Too much, a good laugh..

brownboy66 · May 29th, 2008, 00:31

omg! Definitely a must have photo if you were trying to tell the story (who would believe it).....

capt_mahajan · May 29th, 2008, 00:34

I don't know whats so funny. We always go up stairs like this in India.

puchoo · May 29th, 2008, 03:19

Its because of stairs like this that we end up climbing a wall!!!

Its not an uncommon sight (don't be surprised), a lot of times how the final house shapes up is different from the design resulting in things like this, or it could have been an internal staircase at one point...

crvlvr · May 29th, 2008, 03:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by capt_mahajan

I don't know whats so funny. We always go up stairs like this in India.

It's not that the stairs have no railing. But, instead imagine is a person is walking up the lower stairs, his head would butt up againt the upper stairs before we even made it to the landing. Actually there is no way for him to make it to the landing (unless he employs some acrobatics) before he can continue on the upper star case. The lower and uppoer stairs shoud be offset, instead they are both in line and built against the wall.

This is a classic..

Nick-H · May 29th, 2008, 04:01

I think the Capt might have noticed that

...

Haylo · May 29th, 2008, 04:19

As a climber I find it an amusing challenge.

As an engineer, I find it somewhat disturbing!

dzibead · May 29th, 2008, 04:39

Ah, this is what happens when one builder starts at the top and another one starts at the bottom.

Isn't there a famous case of a British engineer who committed suicide when the two ends of a railway tunnel he was constructing near Shimla didn't meet in the middle?

AwayFromHome · May 29th, 2008, 04:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by Haylo

As a climber I find it an amusing challenge.

As an engineer, I find it somewhat disturbing!

As an Indian, I find it astonishing, but then perfectly acceptable. There must be a good reason for it.

machadinha · May 29th, 2008, 04:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by capt_mahajan

I don't know whats so funny. We always go up stairs like this in India.

...

I told you, Escher is alive and well (and living in India)

sssall · May 29th, 2008, 05:18

I'm not a builder, in fact I know very little about building.

But I think that the building was originally built as a single story ( see the join!). At some point after, the second story was put on hence the second stairs. Presumably there are stairs inside to go up to the first floor.

The walls are very thin too! Stairs don't look very strong either.

freenote · May 29th, 2008, 05:25

Good point sssall and leaving the first flight in place would have assisted in the construction of the second flight

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Nick-H This is just a cameo appearance Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 36,189	(actually, I suspect the lower flight is becoming obsolete). Errr... I guess it has whether they meant it to or not! Actually we have a whole thread of this sort of stuff, so one of passing mods may well move your post there when we have an idle moment.

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edwardseco Maha Guru Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Land that shakes and bakes. Posts: 5,841	Too much, a good laugh..

May 29th, 2008, 04:01	#9
Nick-H This is just a cameo appearance Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 36,189	I think the Capt might have noticed that ...

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Haylo Structural Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Middle East and heading Easter Posts: 5,804	As a climber I find it an amusing challenge. As an engineer, I find it somewhat disturbing!

May 29th, 2008, 04:39	#11
dzibead res ipsa loquitur Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,884	Ah, this is what happens when one builder starts at the top and another one starts at the bottom. Isn't there a famous case of a British engineer who committed suicide when the two ends of a railway tunnel he was constructing near Shimla didn't meet in the middle?

May 29th, 2008, 05:18	#14
sssall Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: UK Posts: 263	I'm not a builder, in fact I know very little about building. But I think that the building was originally built as a single story ( see the join!). At some point after, the second story was put on hence the second stairs. Presumably there are stairs inside to go up to the first floor. The walls are very thin too! Stairs don't look very strong either.

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freenote senior member refused Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: cornwall UK Posts: 1,956	Good point sssall and leaving the first flight in place would have assisted in the construction of the second flight __________________ eyes ,eyes that have seen all , come back to the white chrysanthemum (Basho)

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