SHA LI: 四月 2010

ARCH1201--Project 1--Final--Model

By making this model, the organisation of the interior space becomes more clearly. When I drew the parti diagrams, I found out the stairs are the main point of this villa, and I understand how it works inside the villa and how the rooms are organised by making the model.

ARCH1201--Project 1--Final--Parti and Poche Drawings

PARTI

The stairs are the main part of the villa, all the rooms and spaces are divided with the level changes. In my parti drawings, the hatching on each diagram shows the stairs which is my main concerns about this villa; and different line weights indicate different rooms, the darkest lines show the room which is commonly used.

POCHE

The plan shows the upper level of the mail hall level which contains main hall, dining room, kitchen, boudoir and library on it. This level has level changes between each rooms which can use the space inside functionally. The section can show the level change inside the villa clearly by the stairs and floor slabs.

ARCH1201--Project 1--Final--Villa Muller

The Müller Villa is one of the most authentic and most completely preserved of Adolf Loos' works, not only in its residential and representative spaces but also in its private spaces, such as the bathroom, lavatory, kitchen and bedrooms. The service areas of the house also survive: the laundry room, cellars, boiler room, garage etc. (http://www.mullerovavila.cz/english/pruvod-e.html)

The facedes are showing as:

Inside, the Villa Muller is at once more traditional and more original. The materials are warm, rich and comforting, and the furniture a deliberately eclectic mix of traditional styles. The client is not required to conform to some all-consuming modern lifestyle. On the other hand the spatial planning of the building is where Loos was most innovative. (http://www.galinsky.com/buildings/villamueller/index.htm)

As Adolf Loos own viewon the Rumplan of the villa:

My architecture is not conceived by drawings, but by spaces. I do not draw plans, facades or sections... For me, the ground floor, first floor do not exist... There are only interconnected continual spaces, rooms, halls, terraces... Each space needs a different height... These spaces are connected so that ascent and descent are not only unnoticeable, but at the same time functional.

The complex and rich interior allows masters and servants enter the villa seperately with respection. And there are a few level changes inside the villa to make the space be more functional and seperately used. The pictures followed make a sense of how the space is organised:

The CorridorThe Mail Hall
The Dining Room