Ideal City Plan

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

    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