Why does oil make cities grow in the desert?

The Small Natural Stories of Architecture: Why does oil make cities grow in the desert?

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“Hot air is good.

But now, how do you deal with cold air?

This is the question that man asked himself until the beginning of the 20th century.

(Granted, maybe not quite in those terms.)

It was engineer Willis Carrier, an employee of an American ventilation company, who in 1902 found a technical means of cooling the air.

His invention was wildly successful: by 1955, one in twenty-two Americans had air conditioning;

and in the South it's one in ten Americans.

And we owe him the urban development of cities located in regions with hot climates.

How? 'Or' What ?

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.

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• Architecture

• Global warming

• Oil

• Cold

• Society

• 20 minutes video