As part of the MIDIS ARCHI lecture series, you are cordially invited by the Interior Architecture department of HEAD – Geneva to attend the lecture by Emanuele Coccia, which will take place on Monday, October 19, 2026, from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in the Georges Addor Room in Building E.

Emanuele Coccia is a philosopher and Associate Professor at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris. His work brings the living world back to the center of philosophy and explores the links between nature, architecture, and culture. He is the author of The Life of Plants (2016), Metamorphoses (2020), Philosophy of the Home (2021), and, most recently, Traité de l’amour moderne (Flammarion, 2026), all translated into many languages. In 2026, he co-authored Planetary Museums (Park Books) with curator Béatrice Grenier and architect Jeanne Gang. With Olivier Saillard, he curated the exhibitions The Many Lives of a Garment (2024) and Borderless (2025) at ITS Arcademy in Trieste. In 2024, he received the Mondriaan Prize for his work bridging philosophy, art, and architecture.