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This article presents an argument demonstrating the complexity and generative capacity of Adolf Loos's raumplan theory. In pursuing this goal, I have used the first raumplan scheme to be realized—the Rufer House, built in Vienna in 1922—as a medium through which to review the definition of raumplan developed by Loos's modernist disciples. As an alternative to traditional interpretations, I propose an analysis of the theory based on four characteristics of raum—site, presence, gathering, and staying among things—posited by Martin Heidegger in his 1954 essay, “Building Dwelling Thinking.”
This article presents an argument demonstrating the complexity and generative capacity of Adolf Loos's raumplan theory. In pursuing this goal, I have used the first raumplan scheme to be realized—the Rufer House, built in Vienna in 1922—as a medium through which to review the definition of raumplan developed by Loos's modernist disciples. As an alternative to traditional interpretations, I propose an analysis of the theory based on four characteristics of raum—site, presence, gathering, and staying among things—posited by Martin Heidegger in his 1954 essay, “Building Dwelling Thinking.”
Adolf Loos's Raumplan Theory
Jara, Cynthia (author)
Journal of Architectural Education ; 48 ; 185-201
1995-02-01
17 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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