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Public Bathhouse

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Only the very wealthy Romans had indoor plumbing; they believed cleanliness was linked to good health and bathed regularly. Not only was it seen as a necessity to bathe, it was also a time of gathering and a social event. The ancient Romans used their advanced understanding of technology and science to construct efficient bathhouses. Water was brought into the building using their system of aqueducts. The building is mostly concrete; concrete was mixed with another substance(volcanic ash) in order to make it more waterproof. Clay tiles were placed under the concrete floors of the heated rooms. The wood furnace, or hypocaust, kept up by slaves, heated the rooms. The floor was elevated in order for the gases to circulate; also, gases traveled through the walls to heat them and was piped out of the building to prevent overheating. This bathhouse is public while some Roman bathhouses might have had a small fee in order to keep out slaves and the poor. Instead of having separate
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Wealthy Household

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    The architectural designs I decided to implement for this design of a wealthy Roman's house were the internal open air garden, impluvium in the atrium, and walled divisions between the different rooms. Roman houses of wealthy people during their time were built to have outstanding elements on the interior of the building, leaving the outside plain. Around the open air garden are many columns and divisions between where the grassy areas and stone flooring would meet. The impulivium was another section of the house left with open space in the roof over it to catch rain water and bring an elegant element in an environment made almost entirely of stone. Because this would be the house of a wealthier person, they would have money to make a bigger home, therefore leading to needing multiple rooms for entertaining as well as live their own lives. Due to the individual owning this house being wealthy, they were either extremely successful in their business or
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Roman Temple- Brooke

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In its earliest forms, the Romans built temples in a very simplistic and standard way.  That way, as represented in my sketch and floor plan, was typically a raised rectangular platform encompassed by columns.  Within the model, there are two different columns that are used.  One being style being engaged columns, which are columns that are embedded into the walls and thus are not full columns, and the other being free-standing columns.  Free-standing columns are columns that are not impeded by walling, meaning that they stand as full columns away from the walls.   The composition of the Roman temples is primarily a two-part structure, where there is an outdoor patio shielded by columns and a roof that extends above, and then an enclosed cella, which is the interior that is designated for worship.  The entirety of the temple is elevated on what is known as the podium of the temple.  Due to the elevation, a stairwell is necessary, which consists of at least ten steps.  To furth
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Governmental Building

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The basilica was first known for being a place of worship. During the time when the Roman Empire turned to Christianity, the word came from extension to refer to a large and important church that had been given ceremonial rites by the Pope. After a while the basilica was known during the times of the leader Augustus, it was used for transacting business that was included in the city. It held the courts and majority of the shops within it. Also it was also located in the forum of any Roman city. T he structure of this building was an overall large hall with an roof. It also had columns where they would be spaced out to divide the spaces inside the building. The center was wide so that light would be able to go through the windows. The nave is taller compared to the aisles, making a row of windows, which are a clerestory. The gallery was split from the offices in the buildings making it apart from the other rooms. Also there would be marks on the pavement, where games were dis
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