For hydrology use (catchment area), see impluvium (hydrology)
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The impluvium (pl.: impluvia) is a water-catchment pool system meant to capture rain-water flowing from the compluvium, or slanted roof.[1][2] Often placed "inside", instead of "outside", a building, it is a notable feature in many architectural traditions.
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The impluvium (pl.: impluvia) is a water-catchment pool system meant to capture rain-water flowing from the compluvium, or slanted roof. Often placed...
catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area, river basin, water basin, and impluvium. In North America, they are commonly called a watershed, though in other...
slanted tiled roof. Directly below the compluvium was the impluvium. Impluvium: an impluvium was basically a drained pool, a shallow rectangular sunken...
planning. The Ancient Roman impluvium, a standard feature of the domus house, generally had a cistern underneath. The impluvium and associated structures...
had a central opening in the roof (compluvium) and a rainwater pool (impluvium) beneath it. The cavaedium passively collected, filtered, stored, and...
a white limestone impluvium, a basin for collecting water. The statue was found on October 26 of 1830 near one side of the impluvium and a small fountain...
impluvium in order to permit light and air through the walls since windows were absent among these structures. The stored rainwater in the impluvium was...
There are also instances of lightwell use by the Romans, such as the impluvium and compluvium shaft. In traditional Chinese architecture, the 天井 (sky...
most often contained a central pool used to collect rainwater, called an impluvium. These homes frequently incorporated a second open-air area, the garden...
kilometres from the Casamance's chief town Ziguinchor. It is noted for its impluvium houses, which are a distinctive feature of Jola architecture. 12°30′42″N...
rooms within the House of the Tragic Poet. Here, a large rectangular impluvium, or sunken water basin sits beneath an open ceiling, collecting water...
Seated Hermes, found at the villa in 1758. Around the bowl of the atrium impluvium were 11 bronze fountain statues depicting Satyrs pouring water from a...
(Klebs 1883) Lemmermann 1914 [Phyllomonas contorta Klebs 1883] Species A. impluvium Lee 2015 Species A. indica Glücksman & Cavalier-Smith 2013 Species A....
staircase; it determines the time of prayers. The rainwater collector or impluvium, probably the work of the Muradid Bey Mohamed Bey al-Mouradi (1686–1696)...
level. A single main drain collected water from the Forum and from house impluviums, latrines and kitchens along Cardo III.[citation needed] Other drains...
preventing heat gain. The house opens onto a central atrium with an impluvium (open to the sky); the evaporative cooling of the water causes a cross-draft...
peristyle, the bathing and kitchen quarters, and the main atrium with an impluvium which leads into a triclinium with access to a portico with a view of...
next. The House of the Impluvium is an early 4th c. BC example of an Italic house with an atrium whose roof fed the impluvium pool at its centre. The...
an opening that would allow Romans to collect rain water, known as an impluvium. The garden walls had both aesthetic and practical value. Walls were decorated...
22 August 2023. "Architecture rurale de Basse-Casamance : Les cases à impluvium du royaume Bandial" (in French). UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived...
village in Basse Casamance in the south of Senegal. The presence of cases à impluvium, typical of Jola architecture, greatly contribute to the reputation of...
the small atrium along with a cubiculum meant to house the cook and an impluvium, which was designed to catch rainwater from an opening in the roof. A...
rainwater from the roof tops. They perform the same duties as the Roman impluvium while restricting the amount of sunlight that enters the building. Sky...
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