Safety piping

Like covered in previous posts – in order to make all the way to the top floor, some kind of half-way break is needed. The reason for this is the fact that the tower only has a 16 m2 footprint and that the distance between the ground and top floor is over 6 meters. I. e. – just one set of stairs going all the way up would be a very cumbersome undertaking.

To mend this, I’m continuing to develop the “half-way floor” that occupies just short of half the footprint of the tower. The spiral staircase already reaches this floor, and the last incline to the very top floor will be managed via a steep loft ladder style staircase. This half-way floor will also feature a small double bed, that will retract to form a couch when not used or needed for sleeping.

View from the half-way floor

I have kind of already designed the retractable couch/bed in my head, and the next step will be prototyping it. I’ll be building it with the same piping/clamp method already deployed across the tower, and I’m thinking a sturdy MDF board for the top. More to come!