Title. URBAN BANQUET
Designer. WONG KAI YI
University. UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD, UK
‘As buildings lose their plasticity, and their connection with the language and wisdom of the body, they become isolated in the cool and distant realm of vision.’ – Pallasmaa This project studied the five human senses alongside emotions which define human interaction and experience and explored architecture’s role in experiencing them. The project used food as the catalyst to celebrate and highlight the cultural diversity in Burngreave, Sheffield whilst also restructuring employment and tackling poverty in the vicinity. The informal ephemera of smells escaping from kitchens and aromas wafting invitingly out of restaurant doors have come to define these urban territories in more meaningful and evocative ways.