Fundamental Concepts of Architecture : The Vocabulary of Spatial Situations

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> haptic qualities, movement, orientation, sensory perception

> ascent, stairs, tower, view into/out of, window

> accessibility and exclusivity, comfortableness, dwelling, in-

terior, residence, warmth and cold

> expansiveness and constriction, force field, measure, per-

sonal space

> column, complexity, expansiveness and constriction, facade,

gaze, scale

> accessibility and exclusivity arcade, facade, hall, inside and

outside, screening, residence, urban design, view into/out of

> use

> structure, territory, urban design

> centring, form character, gathering, spatial structure, square

and street, type

> form character, force field, space shadow

> ascent, stairs

As formulated by Adolf Loos, the concept of the Raumplan

deals with subdivision of architectural space in elevation. Our

bodies do not allow us to rise from the surface of the ground/

floor, but the Raumplan initiates a free play in height. Said

Loos: ‘That is the great revolution in architecture: to solve the

plan in space! Prior to Immanuel Kant, people could not yet

think in space, and architects were compelled to make a bath-

room as high as a hall. (...) And just as when they succeed in

playing chess in three dimensions, architects will also learn to

solve the plan in space.’ (Rukschcio/Schachel 1982, 31)

Loos lamented the fact that most architects persisted

in emphasizing the plan in their designs, in layering simple

> levels one above the next. In his designs, he developed a

virtuoso and differentiated play with leaps of level between

Proprioception
Prospect
Protection

Proxemics

Proximity

Public/Publicness

Purpose

Quarter

Radiality

Radiance
Ramp

Raumplan