Grid-Based Design in Roman Villas: A Method of Analysis

Pinho, Eliana Manuel; Xavier, João Pedro

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“…These include the proposition of building designs using a regular or modular organisation and division of spaces (e.g., Jacobson 1986;Jones 1989 andBarresi 2008) including some studies in Lusitania (Pinho & Xavier 2013;Sousa 2019). These are based on the premise that building or room design would be achieved by using an evenly spaced (modular) grid using a primary dimension, preferably a round number of feet, to determine the basic outline and main subdivisions of space, as well as a purposeful sizing and proportion of specific rooms.…”

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Urban dining rooms in Lusitania: a metrological and morphological approach

Sousa

Felício²

2023

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This study aims to characterise the urban dining rooms located in the province of Lusitania from a metrological and morphological point of view. The studied examples were identified in the cities of Conimbriga (Condeixa-a-Velha), Capera (Cáparra), Augusta Emerita (Mérida), and Mirobriga (Santiago do Cacém) and were built between the 1st and the 3rd century CE. The conducted analyses demonstrated the existence of a certain hierarchy in room dimensions, with widths being more homogeneous. This led to the definition of four size clusters, that have a more heterogeneous set of lengths associated, suggesting greater importance of room width, possibly related to the placement of the couches. The existence of relatively standardised size clusters, as well as the presence of several dining rooms in the same house, suggest a relationship between size and functional character, as well as the existence of established rules for the sizing of certain spaces.

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“…The different studies have proposed the use of distinct modules, ranging from 12.5 or 25 ft in an imperial complex (Jacobson 1986) to 5 and 7 ft in more modest buildings (Pinho & Xavier 2013;Sousa 2019: 76-92;Sousa & Felício 2022). Some examples of modules established in punic feet have also been found (Barresi 2008).…”

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Urban dining rooms in Lusitania: a metrological and morphological approach

Sousa

Felício²

2023

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“…The programme to be developed is based on a domestic space established in a reference in the Netherlands from the seventeenth century (Rybczynski 1986). Different approaches to the domestic cube have been carried out before, from the square grid-based design Roman villas in the first to fourth centuries (Pinho and Xavier 2013) to the primitive hut of Marc-Antoine Laugier in the eighteenth century. According to Rudolf Laban (1966) and his theory of the icosahedral ergonomic and choreographic space, this primitive hut with six two-dimensional faces creating a three-dimensional space responds to human necessities: a floor to isolate from the ground, walls to protect from the air and a roof to protect from the rain.…”

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Domestic Prototypes Co-Designed Through Experimental 1 m3 Topological Cubes

Jorge-Huertas

Moreno

2017

Nexus Netw J

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This paper shows a prototyping project carried out with first-year architecture students at the University of Alcala ´. The project starts with the development of a 1 m 3 prototype associated to a micro-domestic space for each student, generating forty-five microarchitectures. The main objective for all students is domesticity. Students interpret their domestic intimate space developed in a 1 m 3 cube. The aim of this paper is to test the learning process on domestic layout through a prototyping approach. The approach is based on twenty-five previously selected architectural references, and proceeds through a process of co-design learning and design thinking to the translation and experimental approach of ten prototypes constructed at a scale of 1:1. This paper focuses on the learning process carried out with the DPM (diagram, plan, model) methodology and patterns generated by the students' architectural projects through the development of prototypes.

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3D Digital Models for Scientific Purpose

Cipriani

Fantini

Bertacchi

2017

Advances in Religious and Cultural Studies

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Reality-based digital models assist in the achievement of accurate analysis of historical buildings as well as archaeological sites and, more in general, of monuments featuring more or less complex forms. Their reliability is particularly useful when the state of conservation of masonries and vaults has been altered due to deterioration phenomena or as a consequence of incorrect interventions. In these cases, a highly detailed “digital copy” of the ancient constructions, if correctly observed via reverse modelling applications, can provide useful indications for an accurate and scientifically-based digital reconstruction. The Octagonal Hall of Small Baths at Hadrian's Villa, with its daring design of vaults and audacious building techniques, was chosen to test several interpretation techniques based on the customization of contemporary reverse modelling procedures integrated with standard protocols of design analysis and archaeological investigation.

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Grid-Based Design in Roman Villas: A Method of Analysis

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Urban dining rooms in Lusitania: a metrological and morphological approach

Urban dining rooms in Lusitania: a metrological and morphological approach

Domestic Prototypes Co-Designed Through Experimental 1 m3 Topological Cubes

3D Digital Models for Scientific Purpose

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