Can We Eat Buildings? Thoughts About Edible Buildings Made of Earth

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The use of earth-based materials appears in two practices throughout history: in the construction of buildings and – far less commonly known or conclusively understood – in certain dietary consumption patterns. To put it simply – soil, the most important nutrient collector on earth, can be used for both building and for eating. 

During the 6th Tallinn Architecture Biennale (TAB 2022), titled "Edible; or, The Architecture of Metabolism" and curated by Lydia Kallipoliti and Areti Markopoulou, ArchDaily partnered with TAB 2022 to stimulate a discussion on how architects, planners, and environmental designers can take a proactive stance on architecture’s expressive capacity to perform circular operations, generate resources – food and energy – and self-decompose.

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Cite: Lola Ben-Alon, Sharon Yavo-Ayalon & Amy Zhang. "Can We Eat Buildings? Thoughts About Edible Buildings Made of Earth" 18 Jul 2022. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/985493/can-we-eat-buildings-thoughts-about-edible-buildings-made-of-earth> ISSN 0719-8884

The bricks, showing a range of clay minerals and colors. . Image Courtesy of Lola Ben-Alon

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