Béton, la fin d'une ère?
Alia Bengana
This investigation begins in the middle of a confinement in a chalet near Bex, Switzerland. From their window, Alia Bengana and Claude Baechtold see a drill in the plain. This is the beginning of a thrilling story about the ruthless war between the young lord Orllati and the old glory Holcim to get their hands on the last reserves of sand in Vaud. What follows is a worldwide investigation of concrete, which, after having seduced humanity throughout the 20th century, reveals such a plethora of defects that one wonders if it would not be wiser to simply do without it. But is this possible?
