enneagram staircases

Studio III

Fall 2022

PROJECT SCOPE

  • Students had to take the Enneagram personality test to determine which Enneagram type they were.

  • Each student was instructed to build half of a staircase representing their results. After that, students were tasked with completing another person’s staircase repsenting their partner’s Enneagram type in their own way.

  • The challenge was to explore implementing concepts into designs by representing the complexities of student’s Enneagram type through a staircase design.

Model 1 - Enneagram type 4

My model represents the Enneagram Type 4. According to The Enneagram Institute, Type 4s are “self-aware, sensitive and emotionally honest.” This model shows the emotional “ups and downs” that Type 4s experience.

Model 2 - Enneagram type 9

My partner’s model represents the Enneagram Type 9. According to The Enneagram Institute, Type 9s are “receptive, reassuring, agreeable and complacent.” This model shows the struggle that Type 9s experience with perfectionism and feeling the need to please others.