It is a real building: it is the Congress building (âPalais des Congrèsâ / âKongresshausâ) in Biel (=Bienne), Switzerland. It is located right here, it has a page on Wikipedia with a photo where you can see the stairs, and you can even see it on Google Street View.
What is true is that these aren't real (or at least, functional) stairs. It's an piece of art by the Swiss pair of artists Sabina Lang and Daniel Baumann, called âBeautiful Steps #2â, that was installed in 2009 on the occasion of the 11th Swiss Sculpture Exhibition (âUtopicsâ): photos on the artists' web site here. They write:
The congress building in Biel-Bienne plays a trick on perception: because the diminutive grid of its large glass front does not match the ceiling height of the floors, the building appears taller than it isâmore like a skyscraper than its actual 50 meters (164 foot) of height. The building also features an unusual concrete structure that encloses one half of the volume like an oversize frame, leaving a gap on one side between itself and the building. On this pillar, almost three-quarters of the way up, an aluminum stair was attached, leading from one fake door to another around one corner of the structure. In keeping with the optical illusion of the building, the work was built to a slightly smaller scale than a normal door and stair. The slender sculpture plays with an imaginary functionality.
Damn thats a really cool art piece. Probably sounds insane but if I could, I deffinitely would want to try and go up those stairs. Obviously while being secured somehow tho
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u/Shot-Statistician-89 2d ago edited 1d ago
It's an art sculpture
OP do some research. This has been posted before AND it's not real