The evolution of culture marches with

the elimination of ornament from

useful objects.
Ornamentation is crime.
My architecture is not conceived
in plan, but in spaces.

PHILOSOP
HY

VILLA MULLER
Year of construction: 19281930
Location: Prague, Czech
Republic

Completed in the same year

Villa Savoye of Le Corbusier
in Paris

The composition of the interior

spaces, mainly residential, the house
is based on an entirely unique
architectural thinking of Adolf Loos,
on the principle of the spatial
structure of the plane, called
RAUMPLAN ", which is reflected,
among other things, by
understanding the economy Loos
and functionality in their designs
applying for social housing.
In designing the interior, Loos did not
act only as an architect, so did as a
psychologist. This perspective was
beneficial as it made its creation
environments for specific people with
their individual needs. The priority
when designing the house was that it
was built for those who saw it from
outside, but to those who lived within.

CONCEPT

RaumplanwasAdolfLoos'effortto
rethinkthetraditionalplan-based
configurationofspacewithina
predeterminedvolume.Loos
believedthateachroomshouldbe
designedindividually,withthe
heightmostappropriateforit.His
houseplansconsistedofsmall,
volumetricroomsconnectedby
shortstaircases.Inhissearchfor
amodernarchitecture,Looswas
lookingbeyondtheideaof
rethinkingdecorativelanguages,
andtoarethinkingofthe
compositionofspace.

RAUMPLAN

INTERIORS
Spatial planning was inside
where Loos was more
innovative. Villa Mller is
Loos's view, the best
application of spatial or
"Raumplan":
"My architecture is not
conceivable for drawings, but
by spaces. I do not draw plans,
facades or sections ... For me,
the ground floor, first floor,
there are ... Only continuous
and interconnected spaces,
rooms, corridors, terraces ...

Mller Villa, interior, 1930

Early work: Caf Museum, Vienna, 189899

Steiner Haus, Vienna, 1910