FoodCAMP: How Food Makes Better Cities and Vice Versa

Can food form a better city - and vice versa? Prague's CAMP (Centre for Architecture and Metropolitan Planning) will search for the answers to this question during its FoodCAMP programme from December 2 to 6. Every evening of the week will explore a different layer of food - urban planning dynamics covering topics like the sustainable relationship between the city and countryside, urban gardening, restaurant design and street food. The programme includes movie screenings, talks, debates with foreign speakers like Carolyn Steel, author of Hungry City, a kids’ workshop and a talk show.

“Both food and architecture are prominent issues of today, but you rarely see them connected. That’s why I'm proud to introduce CAMP's audience to its mutual synergies and influences,” says Ondřej Boháč, Director of Prague Institute of Planning and Development. Food is a highly useful tool when solving many current urban issues, be it climate crisis adaptation, the unsustainability of the current food chain or urban renewal. “We're happy to establish this topic via FoodCAMP, especially with renowned speakers from both the architectural and culinary world, such as Carolyn Steel, author of Hungry City, or Ambiente Restaurants' Creative Chef Jana Bilíková,” adds Lucie Kohoutová, FoodCAMP's curator.

FoodCAMP starts on Monday 12/2 with a screening of City of Gold, a feature documentary on the famous food critic Jonathan Gold, whose passion for Los Angeles' street food has allowed his readers to explore the metropolis and its authentic ethnic food on a whole new level. Tuesday continues with a lecture by Carolyn Steel, author of Hungry City, as she talks about how food shapes our lives and the everyday miracle of feeding our cities. Wednesday is dedicated to a kids’ workshop and urban gardening: Amber Alferoff, London officer of Social Farms & Gardens will discuss best practices and challenges with the local community gardening scene. Thursday's talk show Camping represents a light take on food-related architectural projects and culinary travelling, as seen by food blogger Lukáš Hejlík, architect and co-author of Manifesto Market Ondřej Chybík and the show's host Ondřej Cihlář. Friday wraps it up with a focus on sustainability: Q&A with Jana Bilíková, Creative Chef of Ambiente Restaurants and a screening of Sustainable, a documentary testifying to the direct relationship between farmers and chefs as a sound alternative to the mass production of food and its destruction of the climate, soil, natural resources and human health.

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