Name | Villa Sapieha |
Street | |
District | |
Place | Olomütz |
Country | Czech |
Built | |
Designed | 1918 |
Type | Villa |
Condition | Own interpretation of Loos's plan |
Photos by | Studio Agram |
Co-operating | Engelmann |
Reference |
Rukschcio nr. 117
nooit gebouwd loos |
Description | Prince Leo Sapieha was a secret advisor (geheimrat) to the Austrian Emperor. He asked Loos to restore his parents castle Przemysl in Poland which was heavily damaged in a war. Sapieha also asks to design him a country-house in Olomütz, Czechia. When Loos returns from Poland he collapses. Friends think he has cancer of the stomach, but he recovers after six months. In the meantime Paul Engelman is contracted to work on the castle in Poland. When the Monarchie crumbles down after the first world war the country-house project is no longer continued. This country-house for Sapieha stands in the middle of a development that starts with the Bauleitungshütte and ends with Payerbach as far as the 'raumplan' is concerned. It is a farm-like house with a big hall as a living area. As far as we know there were four different incomplete versions, so the reconstruction gave a lot of guesswork to do. |