Viennese Modernity: The Ringstrasse , Otto Wagner, Adolf Loos

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Adolf Loos

He does not care much about structure, he is willing to use any structure that will uphold a building. What he cares about is space and the use/division of space.

Adolf Loos

"the architect is a stone mason who has learned Latin."

Otto Wagner

*Jugenstile in New Vienna*

Social Diversification of Vienna

-Aristocratic power in decline -new urban liberal elite emerges -seek 'Equality under Law' for all -maintain social divisions between new elite & masses

Historical Terms for Art Nouveau:

-Art Nouveau: french -Jugenstil: german -Stil Floreale: Italian -Modernisme: spanish

The separation of the arts and crafts:

-Denkmal: the monumental -Grabmal: the useful

Karl Baedeker:

-Handbook for South Germany & Austria and Hungary -Frontispiece (1882)

Loos characteristics of architecture

-anonymous exterior finishes -decorated interior finishes -Raumplan ('space plan', split level) -preserved cultural norms of interior

Modern culture from Loos:

-anonymous, understated -meritocratic, promoted social mobility -presented a mask to the outside world -cultivated the interior

Adolf Loos: (1870-1933)

-born in Brno (Czech) -began designing interiors -rejected architecture as art -criticized middle class & avant-garde circles alike

Modernity is the removal of ornament

-cladding replaces historical ornament

(German) Jugenstil in Sachlichkeit

-objective -rational -pragmatic

Mixed use building

Goldman & Salatsch store; Vienna, Austria (1909-1911)

The Inversion of Decorum

Josephine Baker House -unbuilt-

Old Vienna

Medeival City core

Ringstrasse:

New public spaces, old styles

New Vienna

Outer Ring developments


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