![]() ![]() The business ritual practiced in the tablinum was called negotium and salutatio. Although it was common practice for business to be practiced at many locations in the domus, the tablinum was the central locations for business transactions. ![]() The tablinum was situated between the atrium and the peristyle, or garden, and usually had no doors or walls on either side, which allowed the homeowner or guest to look straight down the axis of the domus and see almost everything (Nevett, 2005:5) This semi-open space also allowed the tenants to let air flow through the house for circulation on hot summer days. Most of the rain water caught by the impluvium went straight to the kitchen to be used for cooking and cleaning. The atrium had an open roof above it so that when it rained, the water would go into a basin called the impluvium and catch all of the rain water to be used in the pipes around the house. Decorations like paintings and mosaics were often found in this area (you can learn more about it in the "Decoration" tab.) The atrium is also where the homeowners could show off their genealogy with wax molds of deceased family members called imagines. One of the most popular and public rooms in the domus, the atrium acted as as a central hall where anyone who entered the house could venture into.īecause the atrium was such a public room, it was often highly decorated to impress the public and show the s tatus of the homeowner. Taberna, or the plural tabernae, were shops located at the front of the house open to passerby's on the street, but was not an entrance to the interior of the house These shops were constructed with barrel vaults and typically sold food, wine, and bread. The passageway lead from the street outside into the atrium. Glass walls on the south face are pulled back from the perimeter, shading the glass, opening space for an exterior balcony and freeing the architect from the task of detailing a window around the cross bracing of the steel cantilever (the structure is a hybrid of steel and wood framing).The fauces in the Roman domus acted like a foyer would in the modern world. ![]() A full-height window in the kitchen looks across the gabled rooftops of the neighboring bungalows to the west. A window on the floor of the living room allows easy views into the courtyard below. By carving away at the volume, the architects opened a corner window in the bedroom, which is on the north of the site, looking south across the side of the house toward downtown. Throughout the home, windows are carefully placed to frame specific views. The exceptions are the utilities closet and powder room, and, more choicely, the guest room, which can be enclosed by a secret door that swings 180 degrees from its concealment in the hallway’s millwork to shut off this space should it be occupied by a visitor. Instead, the spaces flow one into another. Logan, who professes to not like doors, kept the bedroom and adjoining bathroom almost entirely free of them. To obviate the need for drawer pulls, Logan drew a curving millwork detail for the opening and closing of the cabinetry. The interior is spare, and the materials are kept to a minimum: just drywall, white oak floors, and yards and yards of white oak millwork cabinetry and shelving. The main living space features a kitchen, a living/dining room, a primary bedroom with an en suite bathroom, a guest room, a powder room, and a utilities closet, all wrapped around the courtyard and cantilevered over the vacated corners below. The enclosed spaces on the ground level include the in-law apartment (a generous one-bedroom setup), an office with full-height windows overlooking the courtyard, and the entryway to the main living space upstairs. The two-story structure’s corners are carved away at the ground floor, opening space for two carports, a pedestrian entrance to the courtyard secured by a perforated steel gate (the perforations are a gradient of Xs and Os), and a small back patio. Situated on a tight corner lot in a sliver of Houston between the Woodland Heights Historic District and the Near Northside, XO House responds to its context while setting a new precedent. ![]() Here on this site, the typology we had in mind was the courtyard of the Roman domus, specifically the compluvium.” (Leonid Furmansky) “The last house we designed for me and my wife was a dogtrot. “Matt and I like to work with typologies,” Logan said. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |