Neighbours Vol. 7: The Spectacle of Science, Carlotta Darò (ETH Zurich) / THEMA, HITAM, TPOD.
Event details
| Date | 06.05.2026 |
| Hour | 12:30 › 14:00 |
| Speaker | Carlotta Darò is an architectural historian, Associate Professor at ENSA Paris-Malaquais, and currently a Senior Researcher at the Gramazio Kohler Chair in Digital Fabrication at ETH Zürich, where she leads the Immersive Models: Acoustic Simulation in Architecture and Spatial Sound Arts project (ETH and ZHdK). Her work lies at the intersection of architecture, sound technology, and media studies. She is the author of Avant-gardes sonores en architecture (2013), Les Murs du son: Le Poème électronique au Pavillon Philips (2015), and Paysage de lignes: Esthétique et télécommunication (2022), forthcoming from MIT Press (2025). |
| Location |
Archizoom SG
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| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
| Event Language | English |
The Spectacle of Science. A domestic artifice by Robert-Houdin
The watchmaker and renowned magician Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin retired in the early 1850s to a priory in Saint-Gervais-la-Forêt, near Blois. This residence, equipped with a centralized, electric time-keeping system, reflects a distinctive feature of 19th-century bourgeois homes. Conceived as an internal controlled world, the house also serves as a public showcase for the application of scientific and technological advancements. This case prompts us to examine the epistemological models—ranging from the tradition of empirical knowledge to practices of illusory simulation—that characterize the modern era. This research is part of an ongoing SNF project titled Immersive Models (Gramazio and Kohler Research/ETH Zurich/Institute of Computer Music and Sound Technology/ZHdK).
Practical information
- General public
- Free
Organizer
- THEMA
HITAM
TPOD