Wide steps

Handrails galore; this wide step leads to the doors of a library. The width permits for people not to have to vie for space when wishing to enter the building whilst seeing someone exiting the building at the same time. There really is no reason for such a wide step set-up and no need for a handrail in the middle, unless the middle rail is attempting to act as a divider as found on the public highway, and therefore acting as a flow for human traffic in a similar way to that found on roads where vehicles are concerned. The rails are substantial indicating that they are for repeated usage and by a multitude of people; it is also possible that the width of the step in the design feature itself, which would allow for more people to use it simultaneously, was deliberately employed as a means of portraying the importance of the building in relation to how many people in society will make use of it; but not necessarily all at the same time, so these steps appear somewhat out of place. The edge of the steps has been strategically marked by the placing of circular inlays, so that the edge of the wide steps cannot be easily misjudged when entering or leaving the premises.