Food System Resilience: Addressing the Vulnerability of Miami’s Food System Through Distribution Cluster Centralization
by Daví Parente Schoen (MLA/MUP '19) Food distribution and processing in Miami is clustered around…
Topic Food
The global food and beverage industry is the largest in the world, not only because of its size but also because of the multi-scalar breadth of the industry. Looking at a broad range of topics—from farming and distribution to consumption and waste—these investigations explore the relationship between the alimentary, architecture, and urbanism.
“Regenerative Empathy” exhibition shares studio’s findings with the French community that inspired it
Humans have exploited soil—truly, much of nature—for millennia. Soil can hold eras’ worth of stories…
Food Sociability: Common Social Denominators
Evan Shieh (MAUD '19) and Panharith Ean (MArch '20) How do we design around the…
It Starts with a Seed: Exploring Place-Based Socio-Ecological Care and Alternative Economies in Community Seed Saving Initiatives
by Kathryn Gourley (MUP '19) — Recipient of the Urban Planning and Design Thesis Prize in…
Regenerative Empathy: Complex Assemblages in a Shared Environment
Regenerative Empathy: Complex Assemblages in a Shared Environment explores the relationship between humans and…
Kiley Fellow Lecture: Montserrat Bonvehi Rosich
Montserrat Bonvehi Rosich is a Lecturer of Landscape Architecture…
Almost, But Not Quite, Entirely Unlike a Supermarket
by Shaina Kim (MArch '18) This thesis proposes an architectural typology of the supermarket. By…
Work In Progress: Rose Florian Rodriguez’ school and food production facility
Rose Florian Rodriguez (MAUD ’18) describes her final project for the option studio…
Design Engineering students explore multi-scale challenges in program’s inaugural year
By Adam Zewe, SEAS Communications The nation's systems of producing, delivering, and consuming food are…
Zea Mays / Corn as Civilization, Commodity, Consumerism and Control
Alberto de Salvatierra (MDes '17) Maize (zea mays)—commonly known as corn—often evokes nostalgic visions of…