Project 1: Final Model

Project 1: Final drawings for Submission

Parti:
plan: this parti diagrams embodies the idea of the Raumplan. It shows the central stair as the stem of the building which branches out into various rooms and interconnected spaces. The use of hatching which is overlayed in some parts symbolises the fact that Loos created different spaces that were defined by materials and ceiling heights which were at the same time visually and spacially connected. The differing line weights indicate the varying significance of rooms and their hierarchy around the central stair.

Section: the idea of clearly defined floors and levels is challenged by Loos as a result of the Raumplan. This parti indicates the different levels at different sections of the house.


Poche:
These Poche attempt to indicate the sensory experience of the Villa Muller. The walls have been left unhatched as the Raumplan is more about the spaces created by the walls rather than the walls themselves. A subtle use of green highlights the major element of the Villa, the central stair, which is what physically connects the spaces.

Project 1: Pre-Submission Drawings

Experimental Poche - Watercolour paper, pencil, charcoal and watercolour
In this poche i did not draw or fill in colour the construction of the building. All walls were left as a gap. The reason for this was because the Raumplan was about the spaces created by walls rather than walls themselves.
I found the texture of the paper gave the poche a 'grainy' feel which did not coincide with the sensory experience of the Villa Muller which i wanted to convey.

I developed my parti diagrams in order to combine Loos' driving ideas behind the Villa Muller into the one drawing. I did this using line weights and hatching

Project 1: Draft Poche

Project 1: Draft Parti

Parti Diagrams attempting to show interconnectedness of space and the Raumplan

Circulation in 6b and charcoal both in plan (top) and section(bottom)

Enclosure and the distinction between exterior and interior

Visual connectedness of interior spaces due to the Raumplan

Loos' Raumplan challenged the idea of defined levels within a house where different ceiling heights indicate a function and symbolic importance

No distinction between levels give the spaces a hierarchy

Project 1: Working Model

exterior and site elements coming together


interior elements and stair

lower ground level under construction

Preliminary Parti & Poche

Villa Muller

Adolf Loos' Villa Muller was built in 1930 in Prague. In this villa he created a distinction between outside and inside, between public and private space. He uses a cubic unadorned exterior, which is total paradox to what is exclosed inside where rich materials and textures define spaces.

Villa Muller is an example of Loos' Raumplan. He explains this by stating,
"My architecture is not conceived by drawings, but by spaces. I do not draw plans, facades or sections... For me, the ground floor, first floor do not exist... There are only interconnected continual spaces, rooms, halls, terraces... Each space needs a different height... These spaces are connected so that ascent and descent are not only unnoticeable, but at the same time functional."

cubic exterior
rich interiors
complex spacial plan

architect Adolf Loos

Images from: http://www.mullerovavila.cz/english/historie-e.html

Text from: http://www.mullerovavila.cz/english/raum-e.html
http://www.galinsky.com/buildings/villamueller/index.htm