Foreword

Abstract

Will the health crisis we have been experiencing since March 2020, with the Covid-19 epidemic that has spread worldwide, lead to a radical change in the way we produce the city? This is what a retrospective look at the health crises of 19th century Europe, which led to the invention of new architectural and urban models, invites us to consider. Born in the middle of the century, developed thanks to Louis Pasteur’s discovery in 1865 of the role of microorganisms in contamination and contagion,...