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ARCH 502: Quirky, Imprecise, Unexpected 2026

Instructor: Doris Sung

Mouthwatering Architecture

Designing Space Through the Logic of Food Noelle Osborne Architecture can be designed and understood through culinary language, translating food-based actions into spatial systems that shape human experience. Architecture is often communicated through bland terminology, creating a dull experience. However, this project questions how architecture can shift to use more appetizing terminology that satisfies the body. Grounded in the logic and expressive qualities of food, space is generated through the translation of its forms, textures, and underlying structures. Food becomes a framework for understanding and producing architecture and material expression. Through this lens, architecture emerges as an adaptive product capturing the essence of the food itself.

Mouthwatering Architecture