The Architect, the Cook and Good Taste: On behalf of the Academy of the Hesse Chamber of Architects and Town Planners

Cooking and architecture Since time immemorial, cooking and building have been among humanity’s most basic occupations. Both of them are rooted in necessity, but both of them also possess a cultural as well as a sensory, aesthetic dimension. And while it is true that cooking is a transitory art form, it gives expression to the periods of human cultural history just as architecture does. Moreover, both arts accord a central role to the materials employed. Both involve measuring and proportioning, shaping and designing, assembling and composing. This book pursues the astonishing parallels and deeply rooted connections between the art of building and that of cooking. A variety of essays takes up questions of materiality and proportioning. Attention will also be given to food cultivation and architecture, to the places where meals are prepared as well as a range of different culinary spaces. With articles by Annette Gigon, Stanislaus von Moos, Claudio Silvestrin, Ian Ritchie, and others. * A source of inspiration for everyone with a passion for cooking and building * 15 essays, rich and multifaceted subject matter * Numerous drawings and color illustrations

Since time immemorial, cooking and building have been among humanity’s most basic occupations. Both of them are rooted in necessity, but both of them also possess a cultural as well as a sensory, aesthetic dimension. And while it is true that cooking is a transitory art form, it gives expression to the periods of human cultural history just as architecture does. Moreover, both arts accord a central role to the materials employed. Both involve measuring and proportioning, shaping and designing, assembling and composing.
This book pursues the astonishing parallels and deeply rooted connections between the art of building and that of cooking. A variety of essays takes up questions of materiality and proportioning. Attention will also be given to food cultivation and architecture, to the places where meals are prepared as well as a range of different culinary spaces. With articles by Annette Gigon, Stanislaus von Moos, Claudio Silvestrin, Ian Ritchie, and others.

Seit jeher gehören kochen und bauen zu den grundlegenden Tätigkeiten des Menschen: Beide entspringen der Nützlichkeit, beinhalten aber zugleich ein kulturelles, wie ästhetisch-sensorisches Moment. Und auch wenn das Kochen eine vergängliche Kunstform darstellt, drücken sich in ihm die Kulturepochen der Menschheit ebenso aus wie in der Architektur. Zudem sind für beide Künste das verwendete Material und dessen Bearbeitungsweise von zentraler Bedeutung: Es wird gemessen und proportioniert, geformt und gestaltet, gefügt und komponiert. Das Buch sucht nach den erstaunlichen Parallelen und auch den tief verwurzelten Beziehungen zwischen der Kunst des Bauens und der des Kochens. Dabei erörtern verschiedene Essays Fragen der Materialität und der Proportionierung, zudem wird es um Speisenanbau und Architektur gehen, um die Orte der Speisezubereitung sowie um Räume unterschiedlichster Art im kulinarischen Umfeld. Mit Beiträgen von Annette Gigon, Stanislaus von Moos, Claudio Silvestrin und weiteren. Foreword Introduction Architecture and Food Composition Measurement and Number in Architecture Measurements in Cooking Materials and Colours The Homely Hearth. Building and Living, Eating and Drinking, Considered in Terms of Architectural Theory Rules of Fasting and Desire Derailed. Notes on Architecture and Gastronomy The Reproducibility of Taste Meaningful Architecture in a Globalised World The Eater and his Ancestors Hearth and Home. Food Preparation Locations in Changing Times From Pot au Feu to Processed Food. The Restaurant as a Modernist Location The Globalisation of Taste Architectural Essentials The Order of Courses. A Theatrically Composed Structure Slow Food A Visit to Raymond Blanc at Le Manoir or A Culinary and Architectural Gesamtkunstwerk The Cuisine of Making Shelter Biographies Illustration Credits This book pursues the astonishing parallels and deeply rooted connections between the art of building and that of cooking. A variety of essays takes up questions of materiality and proportioning. Attention will also be given to food cultivation and architecture, to the places where meals are prepared as well as a range of different culinary spaces. Petra Hagen Hodgson is an independent architecture critic, a correspondent for werk, bauen + wohnen, and the author of many articles on architecture and town planning in journals and books. Rolf Toyka is director of the Akademie der Architekten- und Stadtplanerkammer in Hessen Seit jeher gehören das Kochen und das Bauen zu den grundlegenden Tätigkeiten des Menschen: Beide entspringen der Nützlichkeit, beinhalten aber zugleich ein kulturelles, wie ästhetisch-sensorisches Moment. Das Buch sucht nach den erstaunlichen Parallelen und auch den tief verwurzelten Beziehungen zwischen der Kunst des Bauens und der des Kochens