Adolf Loos The Steiner house
LOOS
ADOLF ARCHITECT
BORN IN 10 DEC 1870
STYLE - MODERNISM
RAISE IN AUSTRIA
PHILOSOPHY
LOOS’ EASSAY ORNAMENT AND CRIME
“ LINKED TO DEGENERACY AND CRIME AND SHOULD BE REMOVED OF DAILY USED ”
PHILOSOPHY LOOS BELIEVED ORNAMENTATION TO BE CORRUPT
“ MASKED THE TRUE NATURE AND BEAUTY OF MATERIALS WITH USELESS ORNAMENT ”
PHILOSOPHY
LOOS STATED MODERN LIFESTYLE, RATHER THAN BEING AN ISOLATED FORM OF ART
“ ARCHITECTURE WAS AN IMPORTANT MEANS OF PROVIDING PEOPLE WITH AN UP-TO-DATE, THRULY MODERN LIFESTYLE, RATHER THAN BEING ISOLATED FORM OF ART. ”
THE STIeNER HOUSE
THE STIeNER HOUSE STEINER HOUSE VEINNA, AUSTIA BUILT IN 1910-1914 CLIENT, LILLY STEINER MODERNISM
ADOLF LOOS’ GOAL OF ARCHITECTURE
FECADE CURVED METAL STRIPPED ROOF
IREGULAR WINDOWS SYMMETRICAL WINDOWS
SECOND LEVEL
FRIST LEVEL
GROUND LEVEL SYMMETRICAL
FRONT ELEVATION
THIRD LEVEL
SECOND LEVEL
FRIST LEVEL
GROUND LEVEL SYMMETRICAL
BACK ELEVATION
STRUCTURE WOOD BEAM CEILING
LOAD BEARING WALL
BRICK MASONRY
LOAD BEARING WALL
SPATIAL ORGANIZATION BILATERAL SYMMETRY
RAUMPLAN
PRIMARY AXIS SECONDARY AXIS PRIMARY VOLUMES SECONDARY VOLUMES TERTIARY VOLUMES
CIRCULATION MAIN WALKWAYS
USE SPACE PRIMARY ENTRANCE SECONDARY ENTRANCE PRIMARY CIRCULATION VERTICAL CIRCULATION
MASSING HEIRACHY ROUNDED ROOFTOP
THREE COLUMNS
MASSING HIERACHY
“ BE NOT AFRAID OF BEING CALLED UN-FASHIONABLE ”