At The Dinner Table — Green to Orange: Building Ireland’s food security and identity
By Jiyun Jeong (MLA '19) Food reveals the culture and identity of the place. What…
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.
How to mitigate the impact of an epidemic and prevent the spread of the next viral disease: A guide for designers
One hundred and fifty years ago, using a map of London and data of the…
Eulàlia Gómez-Escoda’s “Feeding Boston” addresses the staggering rate of food waste in the US
The entrance to an urban supermarket and its adjoining parking lot wouldn’t captivate the attention…
Work in Progress: Nan Yang’s Modern Food Supply System
Nan Yang (MLA I ’20) describes her final project for the option…
Elizabeth Hoover, “Seed Sovereignty and ‘Our Living Relatives’ in Native American Community Farming and Gardening”
Native heirloom seed varieties, many of which…
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…
“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…