Abstract
Over the past decades, the attention towards fresh food ingredients has promoted the emergence of growing vegetables in domestic spaces and sharing homemade ingredients with neighbors. The introduction of producing and exchanging food in domestic territories not only creates new forms of recreation, but also foregrounds inhabitants' anxieties concerning food security and community engagement, especially amidst global unrest during the pandemic. Within this imperative context, the pictorial essay intends to introduce food as a collective medium and a social act. By showing a series of representations and photographs of an installation project, the essay speculates on the performative and spatial aspects of food-related furniture in developing a collective, sustainable community. As the project was part of the 9th Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism and Architecture, the essay is also intended to reflect upon the project's disciplinary values and constraints, glimpsing into the future of architectural exhibitions through the lens of food.
Keywords
urban furniture, domestic farming, community engagement, architectural exhibition
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21606/iasdr.2023.854
Citation
Li, L.(2023) Domestic infrastructure of food: thoughts on community engagement through food, furniture, and architectural exhibition, in De Sainz Molestina, D., Galluzzo, L., Rizzo, F., Spallazzo, D. (eds.), IASDR 2023: Life-Changing Design, 9-13 October, Milan, Italy. https://doi.org/10.21606/iasdr.2023.854
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Domestic infrastructure of food: thoughts on community engagement through food, furniture, and architectural exhibition
Over the past decades, the attention towards fresh food ingredients has promoted the emergence of growing vegetables in domestic spaces and sharing homemade ingredients with neighbors. The introduction of producing and exchanging food in domestic territories not only creates new forms of recreation, but also foregrounds inhabitants' anxieties concerning food security and community engagement, especially amidst global unrest during the pandemic. Within this imperative context, the pictorial essay intends to introduce food as a collective medium and a social act. By showing a series of representations and photographs of an installation project, the essay speculates on the performative and spatial aspects of food-related furniture in developing a collective, sustainable community. As the project was part of the 9th Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism and Architecture, the essay is also intended to reflect upon the project's disciplinary values and constraints, glimpsing into the future of architectural exhibitions through the lens of food.