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Compluvium

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Com`plu´vi`um
n.1.(Arch.) A space left unroofed over the court of a Roman dwelling, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern.
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We find in every house a Tuscan atrium, with a cavaedium or gangway running round the rectangular impluvium, the tank or piscine which catches the rain and drippings falling through the compluvium or central opening in the roof.
Nigeria: behold a city called Benin; Great Benin, also known as Edo, ... by Walker, Robin / New African
Under the compluvium (the opening that let the rain in), the impluvium was more than just a cistern, for the image of the sky was caught in it, and light was reflected upwards to the roof and surrounding rooms, as well as reaching them from above.
Water water by Davey, Peter / The Architectural Review
 
 
 
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