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.
