1923, Adolf Loos, Italy, Khin That, Mar, Postmodernism, Venice, Villa Moissi

Adolf Loos, Villa Moissi, Venice, Italy, 1923

Adolf Loos was born in Brno, Czech Republic in 1870. His father was a stonemason and was died when Adolf was nine years old. He refused to continue his father business against his mother’s well. His mother disowned him when he was 23 years old. He studied at the Imperial State Technical college in Liberec after a while studying there he left the school to serve in the army for two years. After that he went back to college and moved to united states and worked several other survival jobs until he start to work with architect Karl Mayreder in Vienna after that he was able to established his career around 1897. After a while he also started his own school of architecture.

Even though Adolf Loos was famous he was more famous for his ideas and writings. After he opened his own practice he became friends with a lot of free thinker and expressionist. Adolf was well known for his 1908 essay about Ornament. He also opposite ornament and as a result most of his buildings were pure forms. In his essays he always talks about suppression of decoration and modern culture. Adolf talks about all form of art in his life including architecture. He was also very strong about his view on architecture, he also believes only the appropriate use of material in architecture and for him architecture was like dressing, and one should be well dressed. Adolf thinks that the steel structure frame techniques of the Chicago School were a new aesthetic while the cast iron façade has an imitations of past ornamentation? Adolf believes that architecture is a reflection of our society and he also mentioned “what hung on that framework should be as modern as the framework itself”.

Villa Moissi is located in Italy and was built around 1923 by architect Adolf Lose designed Villa Moissi for a popular actor whose name is Alexander Moissi and his wife Venice. The house is a cubic design and it also looks like a cubic cut on the top part. The exterior staircase warps around the building and leads to the balcony which is in upstairs to get the view of Venice. The house also has a lot of windows and doors all of them follows are very strong geometry forms. Each programs in the building is stacked and next to each other. The cubic terraced and the façade in this building is a complete balanced arrangement of its walls and windows. Adolf try to be intimate in his design more than just being a professional. Everything in this building was carefully added and during that time Adolf designs are a step head and breaking the traditional rules. Adolf was the most postmodern architect in his time and always architects look upon him as an inspiration.

Citation

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