Yisha Luo: Final submission: Villa Muller Research

Known as an innovative landmark of early modernist architecture, the Villa Muller embodies Loo's ideas of economy and functionality. The spatial design, known as Raumplan, is evident in the multi-level parts of individual rooms indicating their function and symbolic importance. Raumplan is exhibited in the interior as well as the exterior.

The exterior displayed Loos' theory discussed in his "Ornament and Crime". Loos criticized decorated surfaces, for the exterior of the Villa Muller, Loos designed a white, cubic facade. He also wanted to distinguish between the outside, where the view could be seen by the public eye, and the inside, the private spaces of those who lived there. Consequently, the interior is lavishly decorated with comfortable furniture and marble, wood, and silk surfaces.
(http://eng.archinform.net/projekte/160.htm)

The interior of this villa is quite rich and complex. It has two entrance with different stepped heights, for the masters and servants respectively. The following pictures would guide you through the most important of the spaces within the Villa Muller:

The corridor

The hall and cloakroom

The main hall (living room)

The dinning room

The kitchen

The boudoir: this is the most articulated room in the house. Here, loos jokingly composed a relatively small room according to the principles of "Raumplan", and divided it into two horizontal levels: the upper level comprises a narrow passage giving out onto a niche with corner seating, where the lady of the house could pass the time with friends, while sometimes following events in the living room, and the lowere level was intended for Mrs Muller's afternoon rest. (http://www.mullerovavila.cz/english/pruvod-e.html)