Triclinium in itself roughly translates to ‘three couch place’ because the guests treated here (with lavish dinner parties) often ate and drank their sumptuous fares by lying on their sides on the couches that were arranged in a U-shaped fashion. Now the dining room was considered a privileged place by the ancient Romans. These rooms were often flanked by the alae (side rooms), which further led to the triclinium (dining room) at the corner of the atrium. Most of these enclosed spaces comprised the cubicula, which were basically chambers of the house (few being also located on an upper floor) and they were accompanied by the lararium (household shrine at one corner), slave/servant quarters, and latrines of the house. The video continues by showcasing the rooms that were attached to this central hall of the atrium. Used primarily for ventilation purposes, this conspicuous aperture also allowed the entry of rainwater, which was then collected on the floor-based cavity known as the impluvium and then passed on to the underground cisterns for household usage. Now intriguingly enough, the animation showcases a rather curious opening through the ceiling, which was actually called the compluvium. Now like its modern-day counterpart of a living room, the atrium was the semi ‘public’ area ( pars urbana) that was primarily used for entertaining the guests – and thus it was typically the most decorated section of the entire domestic scope. This central hall was the focal point of the entire house and was accessed from the fauces (a narrow passageway connecting to the streets) or the vestibulum. The video starts off with what is known as the atrium section of the Roman domus. In any case, the resourceful folks over at Ancient Vine and Museum Victoria have given a go at virtually reconstructing the typical Roman domus of a ‘well-to-do’ family – and we daresay they have succeeded in portraying the dynamic internal layout of the Roman ‘domestic’ side of affairs.
Now beyond origins and influences, a typical Roman domus served as a dwelling for the Roman familia, while being (sometimes) used as a ‘personalized’ center for business and religious worship.Īs can be deduced from these functions, the extensive domus were constructed for the higher middle-class Roman citizens – and even then there were no standardized forms of the ancient dwelling-type (though ‘on an average’, there were probably 8 domus per city block). Locally he has worked on Ropa Boutique, Shinetec Auto Detail and numerous homes.From the historical perspective, the Roman domus (house) was oddly enough not exactly ‘Roman’ in its character rather it was possibly inspired by a few older Mediterranean cultures including the Etruscans and the Greeks – as is evident with the architectural focus on the central courtyard. A five million dollar, four hundred thousand square foot project. He has designed and managed both residential, commercial and most recently spent four years supervising the design and restoration of a 1926 hotel located in San Francisco. Jared focuses on the project management as well as the design of all Domus projects with a background in accounting and business at Walmart and other NWA businesses. His commercial experience includes hotels, corporate and retail. He has been published in NY Times, Sunset, Contract Magazine and for his multiple restaurant designs Restaurant Today and Pizza Today. From there he designed, planned and project managed renovations, new construction from kitchen renovations to multiple building estates.
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