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| Basic sketches of initial impression of the Villa |
The following photos, and many others, were vital in understanding the layout of the villa and interpreting the plans. They also hint at the complexity of the spaces within the house, and demonstrate Loos' concept of 'Raumplan' by creating areas that flow into one another, rather than 'boxed in' rooms.
Loos associated decorative facades of the time with femininity, and aimed to create a masculine impression in creating the smooth white appearance and simple cubic shapes of the Villa Muller.
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| 1. South Facade |
Interestingly, the most exclusively feminine room within the house, the Boudoir, is placed in the 'heart' of the home, from a sectional perspective.
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| 2. Boudoir |
Loos, himself was considered an introspective character; a man of many ideas yet he had few close associates. Hence it is interesting to see how the house takes on the same quality in a metaphorical sense: simple facades but rich internal cladding; small windows allowing more daylight in than view out; the internal spaces protected from the villa's exposed public position; and a hierarchy of complex internal spaces contrast with simple lines of the external structure
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| 3. Level changes in hallway adjacent to Dining Room |
An element of voyeurism can also be read in the boundary of each space; boundary walls contain voids which allow 'sneek peeks' of other internal rooms, almost as though one could sit and observe people in another room, without being noticed.
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| 4. Internal view from Main Hall |
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