A D O LF LO O S S C H U E H O U S E

–Adolf Loos

“Be not afraid of being called un-fashionable.”

ARCHITECT’s BACKGROUND

ADOLF LOOS

Architecture arouses sentiments in man. The architect's task therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise.

Born in 1870,Brunn, Czech Republic

1870

early life

Studied In:Royal and Imperial State College in Rechendberg, Bohemia.

College of Technology, Dresden.

Left school without graduating.

Travelled to United States Worked as: Mason Floor- layerDish-Washer

1886

1889

1890

1893-1896

occupation

Return to Vienna.

Gained opportunity to work with architect Carl Mayreder, before establishing his own practice.

1896

1897

style

• Rejection of decorative elements.

• Combination of dandy, artist , architect, art critic.

• Most brilliant and multitalented personalities of 20th century architecture

• Believed in the merging of crafts and architecture.

• Spatial planning.

• Room of different heights.

“True vocabulary of architecture lies in the materials themselves”

-Adolf Loos-

1898

principles of buildings

1899Cafe Museum

His theories culminated in a s h o r t e s s a y e n t i t l e d , "O rnamen t And C r ime , " published in 1908. This book was t ranslated in Espr i t Nouveau, a publication edited by Le Corbusier , Paul Dermee and Ozenfant in the year 1920.

1908

1909Looshaus

1910Steiner House

1912 - 1913Scheu House

1922Refer House

chicago tribune tower

• Challenge to design “the most beautiful and distinctive office building of the world” — and a prize of $50,000

• This architecture stood out above all the others for its singular polemic: a 120m high Doric column by dogmatic Viennese architect Adolf Loos.

• The polished black granite columns, durable classical symbols in a building, were altogether useful and therefore beautiful.

1922

Tzara House1926-1927

Villa Moller1928

1930Villa Muller

1931- 1932Villa Winternitz

late stage

• Recognised as Master in Architecture.

• He was bestowed with an annual honorific income by the president of the Czechoslovakian Republic

• Passed away

1930

1933

C O N T EXT

location

Located in the Hietzing area.

scheu house

• Built for Gustav and Helen Scheu.• The residents of the suburb were shocked by the new

aesthetics that the house would bring into their area and saw the house as a disgrace and an insult to common sense.

• Different from the symmetrical and neo-classical style

concept

Geometrical design

Flat roof

“Terracing principle”

(Courthouse)

He made was to plant ivy on the garden façade to make it less severe.

FO R M A N D S PAC E

form and space

Unadorned architecture (plain white wall)

Repetition of 3

Cuboids in different size

3D massing

Repetition of

Rectangles/Squares in different size

first

Flat Roof as Outdoor Terrace

Bedroom faces east enjoys a generous balcony

Different sized windows based on the combination of a single module (living room, bed room…)

asymmetrical tiered volumeplacement of windows, sizes, entrance, structure

Second Floor Rental Apartment

First Floor Bedrooms

Ground Floor Main Floor & Public

Semi Basement

Ziggurat Shape- BuildingStaggered Method 16m long SETBACK 4m

SETBACK 4m

Main House Rental Apartment

Interiors

Richardsonian atmosphere

social areas : walls covered in dark, unpolished oak

Spatial Domesticity created by Loos

bedrooms : white painted wood

Public Private

ground floor

1. Kitchen 3. Library 4. Music Room/Office

5. Living Room 6. Terrace 7. Entrance Hall

Low Ceiling Fireplace Alcove (feeling of intimacy,cozy)

Gathering & Reception Spaces

(living room, music room, library, dining room) arranged together on slightly raised ground floor : easy access +

establish distinct zoning

C I RC U LAT I O N

Approach – Distant view of Scheu House

circulation

- Plain exterior

- Exemplifies personal liberty (different from the surrounding houses) and simplicity

Entrance to attic Entrance to Main house

“ a building consisting of two houses, the main house and a separate apartment located in the higher modulus “

entrance

Main Entrance

Steps to the entrance introduce a vertical dimension.

main entrance

Ground Floor

circulation within the building

First Floor and Second Floor

circulation within the building

Spiral Staircase that connect the attic and the main house

Straight run stair and L-shaped stairs connect the basement, ground floor and first floor.

form of circulation space

ELEM EN TS

Outdoor Terrace The flat roof act as an outdoor terrace that would play an important role in the development of 20th century architecture.

The East-facing bedroom gains a generous balcony in front that is set back 4 meters

elements

The flat roof and the balconies are designed waterproof that used reinforced concrete.

This able to make the platform no longer needs to conduct storm-water.

The total length of the exterior wall of the building is 16m long in total with all different sizes of windows based on the combination of module It’s a kind of opening in the space-defining elements.

The black of the windows(opening) is also use to balance the white of the wall.

Doors

This door seems like a main entrance with the first sight but it’s acuatly an entrance to the attic.

This is the main entrance to the house.

windows

Dark & unpolished oak was used in the day area White , painted wood wasa used in bedroom Reflects a notion domestic space develop by Adolf Loos. Ornamental wood beams also use in the interior of the scheu house.

walls

Vertical elements defining space :

Walls

The main element is the four planes - closure which form by four planes (walls) to establish the boundaries of an introverted space. There is also U-shaped plane and others.

walls

The windows that allow sunlight goes through into the basement is to ensure future development of the basement that might become a gym in the future.

basement opening

essay

Architecture :

Explained the importance of contradictions in design:

Interior ExteriorMonument and the house

Art Works Functions

1910

–Adolf Loos

“Architecture arouses sentiments in man. The architect's task therefore, is to make those

sentiments more precise.”

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