1)

Loos
haus
Despiteitsa est
heticfunct
ional
ism,thebuilding
i
snotas impl epurposebuildi
ng;especi
allythe
ma t
erialsha venots a
v edcost
soreffort.The
contrastbetweent hema r
ble-cl
adlowerfacade
area(Cipolli
nof r
om E uboea)[
1]andthesimpl e
plast
erfa çadeofthea bov
e-mentionedresiden-
ti
aloor sisstri
ki
ng.

2)
Vil
l
aMul
l
er
Knowna sa ninnov a t
ivelandma r
kofea rlymoder ni
s ta
rchitecture,t
heVi l
l
a
Müllerembodi esL oos 'i
deasofec onomya ndf uncti
ona l
it
y. T
hes patia
l
Hee xploredt heideat hattheprogr essofcult
urei sa ssociatedwi t hthe design,knowna sRa umpl an,isevidenti nthemul ti
-levelpa r
tsofindivi
d-
deleti
onofor namentf rom everyda yobject
s,andt ha ti
twa st heref orea ualrooms ,indicatingt heirfuncti
ona nds ymbol i
cimpor tance .
Raumpl an
cri
met ofor cec ra
ftsmenorbui lderstowa stetheirt i
meonor na ment a- i
se xhibit
edi nthei nt er
ioraswel la sthee xteri
or.
ti
ont hats ervedt oha stenthetimewhena nobjec twoul dbec ome Thee xter
iordi splayedL oos' t
heor ydisc uss
edi nhis1908es s
a y
,
obsolete( designt heory )
.Loos'st
ripped-downbui ldingsi n uenc edt he "Ornamenta ndCr i
me" .I
nt hees say,Loosc rit
ici
zeddec orateds ur
faces.
[4]
minima lma ssingofmoder na r
chitectur
e,ands t
irredc ontrovers y. Forthee xteri
oroft heVillaMül l
er,Loosdes ignedawhi te,cubicfacade.He
Alt
houghnot edf orthel ackoforna mentati
onont hei re xt
er i
ors,thei nte- als
owa ntedtodi st
inguishbet weent heout side,wherethev i
ewc ouldbe
ri
orsofma nyofL oos '
sbuildi
ngsa re nishedwi thr icha nde x
pens i
v e seenbyt hepubl icey e,andt heins i
de ,
thepr ivat
es pacesoft hosewho
ma teri
als,not ablystone ,
ma rbl
ea ndwood, dis
pla yingna t
ur alpa tterns l
ivedt here.Cons equent ly,t
hei nteriorislavis
hlydec or
atedwi t
hcomf orta-
andt exturesi na tplanes,executedinr s
tratec raftsma nship.T hedi s- blefurnit
urea ndma rble,wood, ands i
l
ks urfaces.
ti
nc ti
oni snotbet weenc ompl i
cateda ndsimple, butbet ween" orga nic
"
ands uperuousdec orati
on.
Looswa sa ls
oi nterest
edi nthedec orati
vea r
ts,collec ti
ngs terl
ings i
lver
andhi ghqua lityleat
hergoods ,whi chhenot edfort heirplainy etlux uri
-
ousa ppea l.

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HARSHAGARWAL
17025006005
4THSEM