The ambiance of the modern home

Carlotta Darò (1)

1 LIAT - Laboratoire Infrastructure, Architecture, Territoire

What happened to the interior of the private home with the advent of modern telecommunication? Reaching beyond the confines of intimate domestic space, human interaction across long distances opened up powerful avenues to the outside world, leading to a questioning of both the private and public dimensions of the dwelling place. Physical mobility and transportation, for their part, became obsolete conditions for communication and entertainment. In this paper, I will discuss how innovative means of communication supported new patterns of life as well as visions of the modern home and its interior atmosphere. As a result, I will argue that telecommunication systems came to embody the process of modernization, becoming instruments for innovative domestic experiences in the process.

Mots clés: telecommunication; modernity; home; mobility; private; public

Domaines: Architecture, aménagement de l'espace; Sociologie

Carlotta Darò. The ambiance of the modern home. Ambiances in action / Ambiances en acte(s) - International Congress on Ambiances, Montreal 2012, Sep 2012, Montreal, Canada. pp.385-389. ⟨halshs-00745927⟩