Project1-villa muller analysis

pic1:villa muller

Building: Villa Muller
Architect: Adolf Loos
Location: Prague-Střešovice, Czech Republic

Architect's concept of design:
“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,one can save space through connecting a higher main room to a lower annexe” ①

From my perspectives, the Villa Muller is very simple from outside looks, but the unfancied windows are no in a logical way. The villa is like a enclosed shell-public and private sphere is involve all side of the villa and there is no restriction to the facade. Thus the enclosed space has mystery to viewers. There are 6 floors which count from straggered levels

pic2: villa's levels and circulation 



The most significant feature is the private single family house, there isclear separation between daytime and night time,functions include the dialectics of psychological needs and clients' requirement.It's worth to mentioning that the high of the villa is only enough to divide into three floors, but there are 6 floors inside of the house.

pic3: functions  of villa in different enclosed or  open spaces

reference:
pic1: Wikipidia, access 6th March, http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Villa_Muller_065.jpg/450px-Villa_Muller_065.jpg 
pic2: KieranKartunArch1201,accessed 6th March
http://kierankartunarch1201.blogspot.com.au.html
pic3: CHENGHAO TANG ARCH1201, accessed 6th march
http://chnroger.blogspot.com.au/
①: Adolf Loos: Shorthand record of a conversation in Plzen (Pilsen), 1930