I think it is an amazing creative concept to get people using the stairs more often. Today we see stairs next to escalators leaving the consumer two choices the easier choice (escalators) is almost always chose. The reason behind this is simple, both get a person to a destination but one provides less effort and is a lot quicker at getting there. Ask yourself seriously what would you chose?
In buildings today we even see when entering elevators situated right in front of us. The stairs are tucked away at the back of the building and are often ugly concrete type things in comparison to well designed colourful elevators. This is an issue in buildings today, something needs to change in the design of these buildings in order to help promote walking and stair use.
This play theory is one example, obviously not applicable everywhere but simply making the stairs more accessible and colourful could increase the amount of people using it. Anyone else noticed where they work or just in large office buildings how stairs are often tucked away around the back, or even only included for fire escape purposes?
