Room 7
THE ARCHITECTURE OF A NEW LAND
To become a terrazzano, that is, an inhabitant of a new land, meant building one’s own house. The time permitted was extremely short so the technique of pisé was used: sand pressed into formworks (moulds) that made the foundations of the houses. The houses, reproduced in the room with the help of models, consisted of a workshop on the ground floor, a first floor as living area and a kitchen garden with a well shared with another plot. They could also be enlarged: wealthy people usually occupied several adjacent lots, as in the case of Palazzo Salviati, known as Il Palazzaccio.