The disappearance of the round houses

The history of human habitation is unique. When you look at the first houses, most adopted curves. Whether it’s tipis, igloos or yurts, it seems that early civilizations were obsessed with circles. Yet today, bubble houses are extremely rare. How is this explained?

In fact, to accommodate more citizens in one place, engineers have noted throughout history that it was more interesting to use lines and right angles in order to delimit buildings more simply. The bubble houses appeared in the post-Second World War when certain architects wanted to bring singularities and more luminous dwellings. Thus were born a few initiatives in the 1960s and 1970s. Then, real estate regulations sealed the fate of these houses which, ironically, are today part of the international heritage.

Duration: 5min20