The hidden ways stairs shape your life | Small Thing Big Idea, a TED series

Translator: Krystian Aparta Reviewer: Camille Martínez

Prevodilac: Anđela Vučković Lektor: Ivana Korom

I think stairs may be

Mislim da bi stepenice mogle biti

one of the most emotionally malleable physical elements

jedan od emotivno najprilagodljivijih fizičkih elemenata

that an architect has to work with.

sa kojim arhitekta može da radi.

[Small thing. Big idea.]

[Mala stvar. Velika ideja.]

[David Rockwell on the Stairs]

[Dejvid Rokvel o stepenicama]

At its most basic, a stair is a way to get from point A to point B

Najosnovnije, stepenice su način da se stigne od tačke A do tačke B

at different elevations.

na različitim uzvišenjima.

Stairs have a common language.

Stepenice imaju zajednički jezik.

Treads, which is the thing that you walk on.

Gazište, to je ona stvar po kojoj hodamo.

Riser, which is the vertical element that separates the two treads.

Čelo, to je vertikalni deo, koji razdvaja dva gazišta.

A lot of stairs have nosings that create a kind of edge.

Većina stepenica ima ispust koji stvara nekakvu ivicu.

And then, the connected piece is a stringer.

A zatim, deo koji spaja je stepenišni krak.

Those pieces, in different forms, make up all stairs.

Ti delovi, u različitim oblicima, čine svake stepenice.

I assume stairs came to be from the first time someone said,

Pretpostavljam da su stepenice nastale kada je

"I want to get to this higher rock from the lower rock."

prvi put neko rekao: "Želim da dođem do ove više stene sa niže."

People climbed using whatever was available:

Ljudi su se penjali koristeći šta god je bilo dostupno:

stepped logs, ladders

stepenaste klade, merdevine

and natural pathways that were worn over time.

i prirodne putanje koje su nastale vremenom.

Some of the earliest staircases, like the pyramids in Chichén Itzá

Neka od najranijih stepeništa, kao što su piramide u Čičen Ici

or the roads to Mount Tai in China,

ili putevi do planine Tai u Kini,

were a means of getting to a higher elevation,

bila su način da se stigne do uzvišenja,

which people sought for worship or for protection.

za kojima su ljudi tragali zbog religijskih obožavanja ili zaštite.

As engineering has evolved, so has what's practical.

Kako je inženjerstvo napredovalo, takođe je napredovalo i ono što je praktično.

Stairs can be made from all kinds of material.

Stepenice se mogu napraviti od raznih materijala.

There are linear stairs, there are spiraled stairs.

Postoje linearne stepenice, kružne stepenice,

Stairs can be indoors, they can be outdoors.

Stepenice mogu biti unutrašnje, mogu biti spoljašnje.

They clearly help us in an emergency.

One nam svakako pomažu u hitnim situacijama.

But they're also a form of art in and of themselves.

Ali su takođe i oblik umetnosti, same po sebi.

As we move across a stairway,

Kada se krećemo niz stepenište,

the form dictates our pacing, our feeling, our safety

oblik određuje naš tempo, naš osećaj, našu sigurnost

and our relationship and engagement with the space around us.

i našu vezu i mesto u prostoru oko nas.

So for a second, think about stepping down a gradual, monumental staircase

Zato, zamislite na trenutak kako silazite niz postepeno, monumentalno stepenište

like the one in front of the New York Public Library.

kao što je ono ispred Njujorške Javne biblioteke.

From those steps,

Sa tih stepenika

you have a view of the street and all the people around you,

pruža se pogled na ulicu i na sve ljude oko vas,

and your walk is slow and steady because the tread is so wide.

i vaš hod je spor i siguran zato što je gazište veoma široko.

That's a totally different experience

To je skroz drugačije iskustvo

than going down the narrow staircase to, say, an old pub,

nego silaženje niz uzano stepenište recimo, u nekom starom pabu,

where you spill into the room.

gde ste ubačeni na sred prostorije

There, you encounter tall risers, so you move more quickly.

Tamo, nailazite na visoka čela, tako da se krećete brže.

Stairs add enormous drama.

Stepenice stvaraju ogromnu dramu.

Think about how stairs signaled a grand entrance

Razmislite o tome kako su stepenice obeležile veličanstven ulazak

and were the star of that moment.

i bile zvezda trenutka.

Stairs can even be heroic.

Stepenice mogu biti i herojske.

The staircase that remained standing after September 11th

Stepenište koje je ostalo nakon 11. septembra,

and the attack on the World Trade Center

napada na Svetski trgovinski centar,

was dubbed the "Survivors' Staircase,"

nazvano je "Stepenište preživelih",

because it played such a central role in leading hundreds of people to safety.

zbog toga što je odigralo glavnu ulogu u vođenju stotine ljudi na sigurno.

But small stairs can have a huge impact, too.

Ali male stepenice mogu takođe da imaju veliki uticaj.

The stoop is a place that invites neighbors to gather,

Ulazne stepenice su mesto koje poziva komšije na okupljanje,

blast music, and watch the city in motion.

da p uštajuglasnu muziku i posmatraju grad koji se kreće.

It's fascinating to me that you see people wanting to hang out on the stairs.

Meni je zadivljujuće to što ljudi žele da provode vreme na stepenicama.

I think they fill a deeply human need we have

Mislim da one ispunjavaju duboku ljudsku potrebu

to inhabit a space more than just on the ground plane.

za nastanjivanjem još nekog prostora osim zemljine ravni.

And so if you're able to sit halfway up there,

A ako možete da sedite negde na sredini

you're in a kind of magical place.

vi ste na nekom čarobnom mestu.