Theory
Raumplan
Explore in the Atlas →Adolf Loos's method of designing interiors as an interlocking three-dimensional arrangement of rooms at different levels and ceiling heights according to their function and importance, rather than as stacked uniform floors; literally the 'plan of spaces' or 'plan of volumes'.
Dwelling Production
Details
- Introduced
- 1920s
Classifications
- Holder
- Individual
- Source of authority
- Reason
- Subject
- Human centred
- Mode of transmission
- Text drawing
- Knowledge type
- Relational embodied
- Epistemic cluster
- Western philosophical
Referenced by
- The Architectural Promenade relates to
- The Five Points / The Free Plan opposes
- Adolf Loos proposed
Sources
- Adolf Loos. Trotzdem (Nevertheless): Essays 1900–1930. Brenner-Verlag, 1931.
- Heinrich Kulka. Adolf Loos: Das Werk des Architekten. Anton Schroll, Vienna, 1931.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Raumplan." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theory/raumplan/. Accessed July 17, 2026.