Architecture Homework

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Ari Lewkowitz / ARCH150

A. Great Bath of Mohenjo-daro / Indus Valley, Pakistan / 3000 BCE

B. Advanced drainage system with a large corbelled drain for maintenance (to the left) and a double-walled well (to the right) supplied water for the pool

C. The bath is oriented along the cardinal points aligning with celestial bodies. Its high platform dispersed floodwater through a series of covered drains

D. The bath (building on the left) was built with standardized kiln-burnt brick, waterproofed by bitumen, and covered by timber beams

Photograph sources for A - D: Gregory L. Possehl, The Indus Civilization: A Contemporary Perspective (New York: Altamira Press, 2002)