Tatiana Carbonell

Tatiana Carbonell is an architectural historian at ETH Zurich, specializing in the relationship between human infrastructure and natural disasters in the Swiss Alps. Her research focuses on the Giétroz disaster of 1818, which devastated a valley in Valais and highlights the historical interplay between nature and Swiss identity. Carbonell examines how engineering projects designed to mitigate such disasters reflect societal attitudes toward nature and risk, emphasizing the evolving understanding of human control over natural forces.