On Wednesday, the 5th of February 2025 at 11:30 am, the Final Review of the Master Project "Closing the Circle. About Food and Space(s)” by the Chair of History of Architecture and Curatorial Practice (Prof. Andres Lepik, Dr Andjelka Badnjar) will take place.
About the project:
In this class, we asked how Munich relates to food locally and globally through particular case studies such as local (and global) strawberry production and its effect on the Alpine landscape surrounding Munich, the urban transformation of the slaughterhouse district, local carp and again global shrimp breedings, poultry production and soy import from Amazon as a source for regional animal feed. Further, we focused on how local places of food procurement adapt to the rise of tourism or change in food cultures through cases of Viktualienmarkt and the development of bio-grocery shops following the legacy of the Lebensreform movement. We mapped which processes follow chains of food waste within the city and how Germany relates to global food challenges such as the dissolution of the breadbasket region of Ukraine. Finally, we discussed the historical consequences of the Green Revolution and addressed typologies of food aid in the city from Suppenküche to Münchner Tafel. In all of these iterations, we asked how food chains relate to spaces, architectural typologies, and changes in urban districts and what these parallels tell us about the environment and politics.
We explored relations between foods and spaces through drawings, quantifying statistics, material investigations and critical statements based on site analysis, understanding of the city, and the link with industry and commercial partners. As the project is part of the Architekturmuseum curatorial program and a preparatory phase for the future exhibition, its results are framed through two phases: research and design of a segment of the exhibition space.
Guests:
Dr Isabel Greschat, Director of the Museum ‘Brot und Kunst’, Ulm
Prof. Dr Dietrich Erben, Chair of Theory and History of Architecture, Art and Design (TUM)
When:
Wednesday, 05.02.2025, 11:30 am - 16:30 pm
Where:
Seminarroom 0340B
Technical University Munich
Arcisstrasse 21
80333 Munich