How did the eruption of a volcano create the modern city?

The Small Natural Stories of Architecture: How did the eruption of a volcano create the modern city?

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What if we told you that it was the Tambora, an Indonesian volcano, which inspired Baron Haussmann at the beginning of the 19th century to create modern Paris?

A volcano at the origin of the great avenues of Paris, where the fresh air caresses the faces of passers-by, and especially the kilometers of sewers that meander under the city?

How it is possible ?

This is the question to which 

the Pavillon de l'Arsenal, Merci Alfred and Playground Paris are answering this week via a new video from the 

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

exhibition 

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

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

In this fourth episode, we discover why the Decorative Arts are above all thermal.

Society

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Society

Why did the fear of bad odors raise huge domes?

• 20 minutes video

• City

• Indonesia

• Society

• Architecture

• Volcano