studio final
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.”
REFERENCES• http://www.archdaily.com/576187/spotlight-adolf-loos
• http://architect.architecture.sk/adolf-loos-architect/adolf-loos-architect.php
• http://en.wikiarquitectura.com/index.php/Scheu_House
• http://www.galinsky.com/buildings/scheu/
• https://books.google.com.my/books?id=kq2MVwHOyCkC&lpg=PA82&ots=AOf3dZ-Y3L&dq=scheu%20house&pg=PA81#v=onepage&q=scheu%20house&f=false
• http://socks-studio.com/2014/03/03/i-do-not-draw-plans-facades-or-sections-adolf-loos-and-the-villa-muller/
• http://en.wikiarquitectura.com/index.php/Scheu_House
• http://www.worldcat.org/title/adolf-loos/oclc/185858811/viewport
• http://www.galinsky.com/buildings/scheu/
• https://books.google.com.my/books?id=kq2MVwHOyCkC&pg=PA82&lpg=PA82&dq=scheu+house&source=bl&ots=AOf3d-XZ2G&sig=MV7pgcwA3SoKFuy3O2hx-rpURNU&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=scheu%20house&f=false
• Modern Architecture by Alan Colquhoun [P.g 73-86]
• http://www.galinsky.com/buildings/scheu/
• http://www.adolf-loos.com