a+u 24:04, 643: Feature: Architecture Surrounding Food

by A+U Publishing (Editor)

Overview

a+u's April issue, guided by guest editors Ko Nakamura, Keigo Kobayashi, and Mamiko Miyahara, investigates the interconnection of architecture and food. Food insecurity is a major challenge that cities face in the Anthropocene that architects and urbanists must rise to meet. Presenting more than 20 projects of varying scales, this issue highlights alternative strategies that architecture and urban design may adopt in the urgent effort to address this shared global burden. Five key themes – New Ways of Production, Globalism and National Strategies, In Community, Meeting the City, and Exploring Food Space – organize the projects. Real-time examples, such as Vertical Urban Farm, reveal possible directions that could be followed, while other projects interrogate existing notions, like Floating Farm Dairy, which aims to reintegrate isolated industrial harbor spaces with the rest of the city by introducing space for animal husbandry. Food is an integral part of not only basic survival but also of fostering community and the conviviality of the built realm. Thus, architecture acts as the crucible where agricultural innovation, forms, community action, and environmental sustainability meet. (a+u) Text in English and Japanese.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9784900213029
Publisher:	Shinkenchiku-Sha Co., Ltd
Publication date:	10/16/2024
Series:	a+u - Architecture and Urbanism
Pages:	168
Product dimensions:	8.62(w) x 11.50(h) x 0.45(d)

About the Author

a+u - Architecture and Urbanism – is a monthly architectural magazine established in 1971 that highlights a broad range of the work and activities of top contemporary architects from around the world in a well-presented format.

Table of Contents

Introduction

: Architecture Surrounds Food Ko Nakamura New Ways of Production Floating Farm Dairy, Goldsmith Casa Wabi Coop, Kengo Kuma and Associates Black Slavonian Eco Pig Farm, SKROZ Essay: Foodscape for Security Keigo Kobayashi Japan College of Fish, Tezuka Architects Essay: From Fish to Commodity: London’s Billingsgate Market as Connector between Terrestrial and Marine Landscapes André Tavares Globalism and National Strategies West Louisville Food Port, OMA Vertical Farm Entrance Building, van Bergen Kolpa Architects Vertical Urban Farm, ilimelgo Thammasat Urban Rooftop Farm, Landprocess Agripolis – Paris Exhibition Center Hall 6, Valode and Pistre Picnic, Laila Gohar Essay: The Near-Future Outlook for Food Production Facilities in Urban Areas Satoru Nimura, Osamu Goto In Community Big Roof, 1+1+ Architects Chipperfield Canteen, David Chipperfield Architects McDonald’s Chicago Flagship, Ross Barney Architects Cozinha Comunitária das Terras da Costa, Colectivo Warehouse + Ateliermob Essay: Communality and Eating Spaces in Modern History Fumiyo Suzaki Meeting the City Design District Canteen, selgascano Temporary Site of Shengli Market, LUO studio Megane Coffee and Spirits, rhythmdesign Track/Truck, Ko Nakamura, Keigo Kobayashi, Mamiko Miyahara B-Flat Commune, Mosaic Design Essay: Food, Place, and Edible Nature-Based Solutions: Learning from Recent Projects Susan Parham Exploring Food Space Chongqing Underground City’s Hotpot Restaurant, Bo Jiang Lapin Kulta Solar Kitchen Restaurant, Martí Guixé, Antto Melasniemi Essay: Outside the Plate: Gastronomy as Multisensory Experience Kosuke Nagata