The Small Natural Stories of Architecture: How wheat invented cities?

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20 minutes

How did wheat invent the cities?

No, we are not talking about the money or the sorrel which made it possible to buy stones to make streets and buildings, but of the cereal which is at the origin of Paris or New York.

Oh yes !

This question, you've never asked yourself, have you?

No big deal, because every week,

20 Minutes

, in partnership with the Pavillon de l'Arsenal, Merci Alfred and Playground Paris, unveils a

Little Natural History of Architecture

, and answers questions you hadn't thought of.

This series of eight short animated films allows you to discover how climate, epidemics and energy have shaped the city and the buildings.

Imagined from the

Natural History of Architecture

exhibition 

, these fun and educational videos answer a simple and surprising question, but scientific.

They are based on the work of Philippe Rahm, architect and doctor of architecture.

In this second episode, we discover “How does wheat invent cities?

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