Francois Cointeraux and the School of 'Agritecture' in Eighteenth-Century France

摘要

In eighteenth-century France, Francois Cointeraux was as an advocate of pise, a provincial technique that rammed pure earth into artificial stones. Economical and sturdy, pise could be used for a variety of rural constructions, ranging from sheds to silos. To share this knowledge, Cointeraux founded the "School of Agritecture," which combined agriculture ("agri-") with architecture ("-tecture"), and taught students how to work the land for food and shelter. Despite its practical benefits, the hybrid curriculum was not adopted elsewhere, for its agrarian values ultimately proved incompatible with the interests of industrial capitalism.