Qiong He

Villa Muller by Adolf Loos

Due to its open situation, on a slope between two streets, this house has an introverted character. The main private outside space is thus on the roof.

Adolf's Raumplan idea: Design for space not for plans.
many levels in one story

Adolf played a tricky game with us. Villa Muller is simple outside but abundant inside.

Comparison

Frank Loyd Wright's Fallingwater

Adolf Loos' Villa Muller

While Frank Lloyd Wright was perfecting the seamlessness of the transition from inside to outside, Loos was deliberately keeping the public outside and the private inside of his houses as separate as possible. "The building should be dumb outside and only reveal wealth inside." Outside, the Villa Muller is distinguished by ts cubic shape, with flat roof and terraces, its irregular windows and its clean ,white facade.

Dining Area Design

Two opposite lifts connect the three floors. One is from bottom to top and the others is from top to bottom. The use of elevators inside the hall reinforces the sense of movement of space.

Choice of Textures

My design of whole buildings, pathways, elevators and dining table is based on L shape. So I use five "straight line and rectangle" textures on my building to create a sense of utility.

Dining Table Design

I use many prisms and combine them together in order to respect to my whole building design of this project. You can see from picture below. Also the green structure is designed to support the whole dining table when the inside four layers are pulled out. This " pull out " design can save a lot of space. When 2 clients are absent, the table can be pushed in. Last but the most important idea is that the idea of power is designed on this dining table. Zhang yin runs business of paper recycle. So the efficiency is a kind of her power. And Ratan Tata runs various fields of business so that I got an idea of designing 5 different layers. This idea is developed by me. It can be seen that the 5 different layers can create " Pull Out" &" Push In" function so the space is saved when 2 clients are absent. It respects to the Zhang Yin's Efficiency Power. Also "Pull Out" & " Push In" reflects the idea of Movement.

Elevator and Pathway Design

The elevator can transport people from lower place to higher place . It provides a more convenient way between two places. Moreover, people can receive the sense of environment change on the way. The shifting of different views offers a magic trip.
My design of elevator is not complex. I use two large glasses on both left and right faces of elevator. Because I want to let people inside feel a sense of changing views when elevator is moving. Thus I use many transparent tubes to design my pathways among different rooms in order to make maximum sight view. Also the encounter of each other at different pathway is an interesting way of movement and communication .Last but the most important thing is that the design of elevator and pathway to respect to the power. It can be seen that the business of Zhang Yin and Rantan Tata is like a kind of Net. Aggression and ambition is like an large net. So my pathway design is respect to the aggressive and ambitious idea.