Drawings: Parti and Poche

Parti:

-Circulation: These drawings show the circulation system in both vertically (stairs on the plans) and horizontally and the areas that people could move freely. It shows different two entries of this house and each entrance lead to an independent circulation for master and servants separately. The section intends to show that there are two main staircases. Special organization is also showed in these plans.

-Programming: These drawings show the different function areas of the villa, considering the villa in a way of thinking it right and left, up and down. They show the service area, private area, public area(activity area). It is obvious to see that Adolf Loos wants the functions of this villa to be defined very clearly, public to be very public and private to be very private. Meanwhile, if the masters and servants do not want to disturb each other, they can just do not meet for a whole day in this house due to the separate circulation system and function programming.

-Visual connectivity: These partis show the openings and glasses that people could see from one space to another spaces. It is obvious to see that the sight range is wide and long. This is why Loos made the functions of the villa and areas very clearly separate, but people still feel observed by others from other spaces. The whole architectural space is like a theater. This kind of theatrical design really features this villa with a micro-relationship between the servants, masters and guests.

-Raumplan: The last two sections show different stepped height of different spaces which depends on different functions. Adolf Loos really design the space freely---"my architecture is not conceived in plans, but in spaces(cubes). I do not design floor plans, facades sections. I design spaces. For me, there is no ground floor, first floor,etc....For me, there are only contiguous, continual spaces, rooms, anterooms, terraces, etc. Storeys merge and spaces relate to each other." In his design, every space requires a different height. My understanding of this idea is space is free to design and designed in a different stepped height, rather than an independent storey. In this way, different spaces in this big space relate them into a harmony unity and this is the most economic way that could make the most of the space. For example, in villa Muller, dinning room is higher than the pantry, library is lower than the main hall.
poche:

Plan: I put it into the site plan, intended to show the relationship between the villa nad public space. You could see that the number of window to the private courtyard is more than the ones in the other two side towards to the street. Shadow is not just for the interior but also for the site, entrance footpath, stairs,etc. Different tones of shading are applied for different stepped heights spaces. Seen from the two entrances for servants and masters are in very dark tone. Especially the one for master, although higher than the other one, but since it is extremely narrow that I would like to create a stressful feeling when walking through it. This can also be reflected from the main hall and the other areas on this level.

Section: Different tones of rendering for different levels which is obvious to see. Meanwhile, some furniture and person are put into the section and plan to indicate the function and inhabitation.

The darkest Marker for the walls and the base to indicate they are in the same materials and very solid.