Townhouse Villa Exterior Walls

The exterior walls in the townhouse villa are now up. This will be the last work I will do on the villa until my return, The first attempt at a lawn around the rustic villa turned out fairly well, however there are a few bare spots which I will deal with, also when I return.

Townhouse Villa Exterior Walls

Today the four walls went up on the ground floor of the townhouse villa. This will be the lat of the construction on this project until I return from my trip. The first go around of establishing a lawn around the rustic vills went pretty well, There are just a few spots which are bare and I will get some people onto that also when I return

Masonry Twin Arch Bridge

 

Masonry Twin Arch Bridge, top view.

Villa Progress

Today the progress with the Rustic Villa has gone forward with the laying of the front approach walk, and a lawn all around the villa, In regard to the townhuse villa the ground floor is laid and the rooms and spaces are clearly marked for construction to begin.

"Townhouse" Villa

Ladies and Gentlemen;

Well, we are on our way with the basement finished.  The rectangular shape of the house is taken from a similar building in the suburbs of the city of Pompeii which has been completely excavated and explained in detail.  It was built on a rectangular lot between corners on a residential street.

As indicated on the previous floor plan provided, there are two hypocausts, one to heat the major living portion of the house, and one to heat the dining area.  The storerooms are provided essentially for both food and fuel storage as well as the inevitable brick-a-brac collected in a house being constructed.  The piping from the main cistern under the atrium would have been clay pipe buried in a trench cut into the ground under the house.  The piping for the toilet is not shown, but would have led into a common waste reservoir of some kind.  The well has been moved from the atrium, since in my view, it was simply too far to walk to the kitchen, and getting water from a well is not what I wanted to see in that part of the house.  I could have put it even closer but it gets the kitchen slaves out of the atrium, which was the primary reason for the design.  

Essentially the second or ground floor will be the living section of the house while the upstairs of the house will mostly be devoted to bedrooms.

Respectfully Submitted;

Marcus Audens

Townhouse Villa Basement Floor Model #2

 

This is a second view of the "townhouse" villa basement floor plan model.  See the previous model image for color explanation.

"Townhouse" Villa, Baement Floor Plan Model

 

Above is a view of the "townhouse" villa basement model.  The RED areas are hypocaust areas, the YELLOW areas are passageways and storerooms, the BLACK areas are the water cisterns and well.  The BROWN rectangle enclosing all indicates the ground level below which the basement area is constructed.  The white lines are walls in the basement area.