Stairwell handrail

It’s a neat design, but not great for people who actually need these handrails

Part of their functionalist is that someone can lean on them, or use them to catch themselves if they trip. Having them set into the wall like this, rather than being a lil away from it, is gonna make those things difficult

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If the wood rail facing into the stairwell were wider, so it protruded as a traditional rail but maintained the sweep under, would that improve the safety/ergonomics?

Also would hate to get a foot stuck in that gap in the way down.

I love the look of that beautiful wood, and the simple design of the curves.

I don’t like the mosaic tile effects, a smooth curved flowing surface profile would be much better, and complement the wood contributions.

I hate this. As someone who actually needs handrails to use stairs, having handrails that are too wide for my hands to get around is a hindrance, not a help. I can only imagine that it being set into the wall like this would make it even more difficult.

How to confuse the absolute fuck out of blind people:

It’s also a handrail that you cannot grip continuously, at every landing you need to do wrist gymnastics to continue holding it

Imagine back tailslide on a rail like that…

Why does it look like a kneecap 

There is discussion about this not being suitable from the position of non-ambulant users, so that is debatable, however as far as technical requirements go, the handrail appears acceptable in the U.K., being a profile that can be grasped, being continuous and visually contrasting against it’s background.

I’d say the bend of the handrail from lower to upper should’ve twsited, so the top face of the lower remained the top face of the upper, and one could sweep their hand along it in one movement as they rounded the landing between flights; as opposed to here, where the top face of the lower becomes the bottom face of the upper.

Still dirty af