rome presentation

1. 1. Introduction
2. Temples
3. City of Rome
4. Public Buildings
5. Houses

2. ”all roads lead to Rome“
Julius Ceasar Hadrian’s Wall

3. Engineering Skills
Sewer System – Cloaca Maxima
Aqueducts
Bridges
Crane

4. Engineering Skills
Roman roads

5. Roman Concrete Roman Walls
Building with concrete

6. Symbolic Arch –Military victories Decorative Techniques
opus sectile –walls & floors
in marble, glass or pearls
mosaics
ornamentation

7. Roman Oders
Ionic Corinthian
Composite

8. Roman Art of Vaulting
types of arches
tunnel vault & groin vault
aqueduct and arch
barrel / tunnel vault
groin vault on 4 points

9. TEMPLES

10. Roman Temples
• Etruscan influence
• Located within the city
• Placed on the podium
• Approach from one side
• Deep front porch – “front design”
• Imposing façade – one point view
• Roman temples emphasized
front of the building
• Interior design treatment
Temple of Hadrian
Arch breaks into the pediment “Syrian Pediment” over
the main entrance

11. Nimes, Maison Carree 20 BC-15BC
6 x 11
columns

12. Pantheon - for all Roman Gods (120AD – 124AD)
circular building
8 recesses & huge dome 42m x 42m
28 ribs & oculus
square coffers

13. Pantheon

14. Complex of Baalbek (2c AD) - Lebanon
Temple of Venus
Temple of Jupiter
(20m height)
Temple of Bacchus

15. CITY OF ROME & PUBLIC BUILDINGS

16. City of Rome
Forum Romanum

17. Forum Romanum – growth by accretion
(increase in size by gradual external addition)
center of the city
roofed colonnades, statues,
temples, markets, basilicas,
libraries

18. Trajans Market covered market street

19. Basilica of Maxentius (313 AD)
• nave
• aisle
• apse
• groin vaults
• tunnel vaults
• length 24mx3
• height 35m
• nave higher
than aisles

20. Roman Bath – Caracalla (211 – 217 AD)
• 2 entrance halls
• natatio (roofless swimming pool)
• frigidarium (cold water)
• tepidarium (warm water)
• calidarium (hot water)
• open peristyles
• gymnastic rooms
• park & stadium
• lecture halls & library
• aqueduct

21. Hypocaust system – “fire beneath”
• central heating / under floor heating
• hot air
wall flues for hot air circulation

22. Theatres
Greek Theatre Roman Theatre

23. Amphitheatre - Collosseum
• 45 000 people
• 180m x 150m
• height 50m
• arena & 3 rings of
seats
• 3 Orders
• underground level

24. Engineering Wonder

25. Houses & Villas
Library in Ephesus

26. Shall we revised…..
• Masters of Engineering Skills 
• Materials & Building Techniques
• Art & Decoration 
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27. • Roman Orders 
• Temples 
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28. Shall we revised…..
Roman Temples VS Greek Temples 

29. • City of Rome & Forum 
• Public Buildings 
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30. Shall we revised…..
Public Buildings 