Food Eudaimonia
2019-2020 ED Thesis
Project by Elva Zhang
Instructor: Ala Roushan & Carlos Jarvis
"Food Eudaimonia" is an architectural exploration to bring the highest good in food of its characteristic as the word eudaimonia suggests flourishing and living-well. Food is both a tangible form that sustains the lives of the planet and an intangible concept that connects people with culture, lifestyle and traditions. The project is aiming to response to the current food supply system, critiquing corporate ownership over food, and the chain effect it brings, such as waste, environmental damages, food justice and the health of general public.
The goal is to generate a system and new typology of aggregated spaces that offer an alternative way for experimental food preservation, transportation, and consumption as well as pubic spaces for community engagement into the process based on the principle of sharing instead of private ownership.
