Between 1928 and 1930, in the city of Prague, then the capital of Czechoslovakia, Adolf Loos, in collaboration with Karel Lhota, designed one of his most influential works: the Villa Müller. The house became not only a milestone in Loos's career and architectural history, but also a symbol of the expression of Raumplan, characterized by Loos as a sequence of spaces that, across different levels and varying ceiling heights, relate to and interact with one another.
In other words, Raumplan is a way of designing from a three-dimensional perspective, exploring how varying levels and ceiling heights can dialogue to create diverse atmospheres that, rather than being self-contained, are deeply interrelated.
According to Loos, the Villa Müller was the project in which he was best able to realize the spatial interaction and austerity inherent in Raumplan. The concept challenged the linearity of traditional plans, offering a new perception of the boundaries between the building's interior spaces, thereby allowing for greater connectivity between them.
