Category: ARCH 502A: STORIES OF THE SECOND DECADE

This thesis explores the relationship between food and architecture. My exploration of this comparison is done by: diagramming architecture through food, plating food architecturally, photographing the construction process of a dish, making architectural models out of food, blurring food and building textures through elevations, using molds to make edible massing models, and redlining a menu. Through these modes, a discussion is opened on the difference between permanence and temporality, and how it can shed light onto the wasteful food and building construction industry. One third of the food produced for human consumption is wasted, globally, and the building and construction industry is the largest emitter of greenhouse gasses by far.

The impact of trauma on our memory of architecture. Through excerpts from memoirs, this project explores pre-war memories of dwelling spaces. Layers of transparency separate what was forgoten from what was remembered. The replacement of omissions become vital to making rational pieces of architecture that function as we are conditioned to expect. The absence of a door creates a room closed on all four sides; the loss of a stair makes levels all but useless. A surrealist undertone is exposed which unveils the true essence of a memory. It allows for disobedience against the rules of logic, gravity, and order.