Noble residential house in Roman style - Who builds something like this?

  • Erstellt am 2018-10-01 03:07:32

MarcVillet

2018-10-01 03:07:32
  • #1
Good day,

This is my first attempt to publicly address this topic, which may seem somewhat quirky to many. I hope that by choosing this forum, I have found a suitable place to present my concern. However, if I have chosen a completely wrong place for my concern, I would appreciate suggestions on where this topic should best be addressed and otherwise apologize for the inconvenience.

Before I go into more detail about my concern, I would like to mention that I myself am a still quite young partner of a small GbR at 24 years old and by no means have elaborate plans for my dream yet, but I am slowly reaching an age where I want to inform myself more precisely about the realistic possibilities and therefore decided to use this forum. So I am certainly both financially and in terms of planning still far from my dream, and this inquiry is purely for exploration, to find out who to best contact in such a case and where the limits of what is possible lie. But to really start:

For many years now, I have been fascinated by ancient architecture, whether based on virtual reconstructions, still existing buildings such as the Pantheon in Rome, or the Maison Carrée in Nimes etc., or neoclassical replicas like La Madeleine in Paris etc. Certainly, there are many other styles that also have their charm, but I have always wondered why so little is actually built nowadays in that style. In any case, early on the dream arose in me to one day enable my own residential house in the classical Roman style at some point in my life.

It is important to me that it is really made from noble materials (Corinthian columns, frescoes, marble floors, mosaics, sculptures, etc.) as was/is the case with the ancient models, and, if possible, has as authentic, contemporary design as possible, while of course being adapted to modern life. Despite all the splendor, I expect to keep it as modest and small as possible, since I could certainly never afford a large villa and therefore want to keep it on as realistic a scale as possible. I would already be satisfied with a small building as a life goal; a size that still allows a small atrium with an inspiring garden would be nice.

My actual questions are now: To what extent is something like this realistically feasible today? And if it is, whom should one contact to undertake such a project? I would really appreciate any advice I can get, as I have been researching on and off for several years now but feel like I am going nowhere.

I thank you in advance for any small assistance you can provide! I am happy to answer any further questions.
 

matte

2018-10-01 06:33:33
  • #2
Leaving the financial aspects completely aside, because that is the reason why no one builds like that anymore nowadays, I would probably try my luck with restorers and sculptors. They can surely give you further contacts so that you head in the right direction.

Ultimately, something extravagant like that comes down to a building with an architect who can ideally realize himself in the building and knows about the subject. So I would also look in that direction, probably even first.
 

Climbee

2018-10-01 06:51:37
  • #3
The question is also whether a small house and this style are compatible. Honestly, I don't think so. The style elements you mentioned were only used in ancient Rome by those who could build representatively and on a large scale. Those who had to build small usually lived rather simply. Without Corinthian columns, frescoes, and sculptures. Mostly very simple, rectangular shapes. Typically, I would imagine a courtyard, a so-called patio.
Whether that makes sense here and is feasible (zoning plan!) is another matter.
I remember a dream house from the BR series of the same name that had a modern courtyard. It was very chic!
You can certainly realize mosaics in the bathroom area (ancient Rome offers a lot of inspiration here); frescoes can also beautify a living area or a patio.
You can always use marble tiles (and in our regions combined with underfloor heating, they are also comfortable; and the ancient Romans were the inventors of underfloor heating!)

Overall, with a small construction project, I would use the style elements very sparingly. In ancient Rome, only those who lived on the Palatine and other noble areas had columns. The little Roman among the hills, rather not ;-)
And most likely, you will have to deal with a predetermined zoning plan. And if it specifies a gable roof with a slope of 28°-40°, it will be difficult to create the Roman ambiance. At least from the outside.
 

haydee

2018-10-01 10:52:15
  • #4
Architects who may have already built something in this direction before. On Pinterest, there are floor plans and modern interpretations. All of this is useless without the necessary money (and that will be significantly more than a single-family house of comparable size with medium to upscale fittings) A large plot of land A development plan that allows this
 

11ant

2018-10-01 15:41:16
  • #5
You probably have to wish yourself a lot of commercial success as an entrepreneur, because a house like that is not cheap. What appeals to someone with this sense of style is still relatively feasible. However, if it is not only to be imitated but is supposed to look like an authentic replica, you can basically add a zero to the price. Stucco is now commonly sold by the meter, and fresco painters, to put it mildly, are not listed in the Yellow Pages.


Unfortunately, the wish does not become easier to realize if you scale it down to normal house dimensions. Besides, in the original, an impluvium rather belongs in the atrium, and the hortus is a separate additional part. So far, there is already a stone called "floor area ratio" on your path. And on it goes with ...


... whereby the killer criterion of Corinthian columns already kicks properties out of §34 areas. If you were willing to do without noble materials, the range of offers would broaden considerably, although not in Germany: in the USA (or also Russia as the future leading nation in terms of nouveau riche baroque) Disneyland architects can more easily find their shopping paradises. However, you must not mind if these are hollow façades – culture as an injection-molded product (and preferably in, to put it mildly, not classical proportions) is well received by Uncle Sam.
 

Lumpi_LE

2018-10-01 15:57:26
  • #6
Someone here has built something like that (or is still building it), mixed with modern elements. It looks quite impressive, but somehow it clashes in parts. It is surrounded by columns with the typical flat triangular roofs above (I have no idea what the technical terms are here). Behind them huge glass surfaces, marble facades (I think it is marble), roof terraces with Roman/Greek balustrades... etc. The house has 3 full floors and basic dimensions of about 20x30m, I would estimate the ground floor ceiling height at 5m. Construction has been going on for at least 6 years. So you need to bring time.
 

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