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Architecture

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Inspired by the Performance Arts thread, I have decided to make a thread on Architecture (you can also talk about civil engineering and monumental sculpture, as they go together IMO).

So, what is the architecture of your conculture(s) like? Construction techniques, building materials, general plans, styles?

Classic Feom Architecture is characterized by a strong preference for the use of earth and stone, including early ceramic construction, rammed earth and somewhat later concrete, all of which remain ubiquitous today. In rural areas, though, more perishable building materials were (and still are) acceptable, such as wood, cob and cordwood.

Another set of two characteristics, both of which go together, are a very strong focus on monumentality and durability: Feom architecture was, and is, customarily built to last. This goes along with the usage of non-perishable building materials, especially in public or monumental works. Even though housing blocks had flat-topped hipped roofs of perishable bamboo and wood with perishable bamboo shingles, their floors were of durable terrazzo (typically covered in elegant rugs) and the supporting posts were of rammed earth, ceramic or concrete; at least in the largest urban areas.

Despite the Feom use of earthy and stony materials in most of their construction (excluding vernacular architecture), modular curtain walls somewhat similar Japanese shōji were, and are, used, even on the outside of buildings (also as in much Malagasy architecture). Much like in Madagascar, these were of woven bamboo strips or palm leaves.

The capital of Reója, located in a vast inland delta wetland, already had over four million people by this time, fed by vast tracts of intensive chinimpa-like raised bed state-operated aquaforests surrounding the city (and, much as in Teotihuacan, a lack of other any significant settlements in its region).

Like Tenochtitlan or Venice, Reója is entirely built on pilings; however, unlike those real cities' wood pilings, a more durable rubble monopile system is used. These monopiles serve as platforms for all the buildings in the city. Being a wetland city, Reója was subject to frequently floods, until a massive hydraulic engineering megaproject (similar to the Qin Dynasty Dūjiāngyàn) alleviated this issue.

Finally, Feom architecture is characterized by the usage of façades that are usually quite low in cost, often mass produced, but very well-fashioned items using materials, such as plaster, tile or base metal plaques being the most common during the Classic Age, for the purpose of decorating most every part of both vernacular and public/monumental architecture quite ornately.
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