The Culture Show: Tents - The Beginning of Architecture

Taal: nld
Categorie: LIFESTYLE

Tom Dyckhoff looks at the history of the tent. All architecture begins with the tent. Tents are what humans lived in before we put down roots and began our love affair with bricks and mortar. But has civilisation - and architects in particular - unfairly overlooked the efficient design of the tent? In an overcrowded world faced with a housing crisis and dwindling natural resources, could the tent be the answer? As festival season begins, Tom's freewheeling journey into the secret life of the...