FOODSCAPES | Biennale Architettura 2023
“By eating, we digest territories.”
At the Biennale Architettura 2023, visitors to the Pavilion of Spain embarked on a journey of exploration into the architectures that feed us—from the domestic laboratories of our kitchens to the vast operational landscapes that nourish our cities.
Curated by Eduardo Castillo-Vinuesa and Manuel Ocaña, FOODSCAPES brought together more than two dozen architects, architectural studios, filmmakers and researchers to critically examine the agro-architectural context of Spain—Europe’s food engine—to survey the present landscape of our food systems and its systemic, political and ecological implications.
The exhibition was composed of three main parts: an audiovisual project of five short films; an archive in the form of a recipe book; and a public programme of collaborative research.
The ideas and themes in FOODSCAPES were thoughtfully explored by Amy Frearson in DEZEEN, Graham Keeley for Euronews, Paula Corroto in El Confidencial, Fabian Dejtiar in Arch Daily, Rosa Pérez on RTVE and Gonzalo Sánchez in La Vanguardia.