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The ancient Greeks, Etruscans and Romans implemented in their aristocratic residences a new architectural system known as compluvium, designed to divert rainwater into the impluvium. This structure, located in the heart of the domus, not only had an initial practical function of expelling smoke from internal fires, but also evolved to improve funda...
Project name
Compluvium House
Architecture firm
Fran Silvestre Arquitectos
Location
Madrid, Spain
Photography
Jesús Orrico