Friday 16 March 2012
Tuesday 13 March 2012
Monday 12 March 2012
Villa Muller
“My architecture is not conceived in plans, but in spaces (cubes). I do not design floor plans, facades, sections. I design spaces. For me, there is no ground floor, first floor etc.... For me, there are only contiguous, continual spaces, rooms, anterooms, terraces etc. Storeys merge and spaces relate to each other. Every space requires a different height: the dining room is surely higher than the pantry, thus the ceilings are set at different levels. To join these spaces in such a way that the rise and fall are not only unobservable but also practical, in this I see what is for others the great secret, although it is for me a great maer of course. Coming back to your question, it is just this spatial interaction and spatial austerity that thus far I have best been able to realise in Dr Müller’s house” (Adolf Loos, Shorthand record of a conversation in Pilsen, 1930)
circulation analysis
This figure illustrates different pathways that can be taken throughout the house.
light analysis
It can be seen that the height of the ceilings are different, and the orientation of the windows are different, which defines priviate spaces.
Sunday 11 March 2012
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