An immovable feast

The architecture of a sustainable foodscape

Master thesis (2024)

Authors

B. Claver Architecture and the Built Environment

Contributors

A.S. Alkan Theory, Territories & Transitions - Architecture and the Built Environment (mentor)
Florian Eckardt (mentor)
A.M.R. van der Meij Theory, Territories & Transitions - Architecture and the Built Environment (mentor)
N. Katsikis Urban Design - Architecture and the Built Environment (graduation committee member)
Faculty
Architecture and the Built Environment, Architecture and the Built Environment
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Published Date

04-07-2024

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Abstract

The foodscape of a city is a complex set of systems and actors that is directly linked with the city through the acts of producing, processing and consuming food. These acts shape not only the surrounding hinterland but also the environment, infrastructure and social make-up of a city. The relationship between the city and this hinterland has almost completely disappeared over the last century. This has negatively impacted the way food is valued which has caused negative consequences such as environmental degradation, disappearance of relationships and knowledge, and a worsening of both human and animal welfare.

The focus of this project is to reestablish this lost relationship through an architectural project that reintroduces historic conditions and practices and combines them with contemporary flows and actors to form a program that fits the 21st century. This will result in a pilot project which will demonstrate how architecture can have a central role in reestablishing the relationship between consumer and the food they consume, and thus the creation of a sustainable foodscape, resulting in healthier and happier cities.