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Papavasileiou Mara, Zomas Alexandros, Papageorgiou Dimitrios

Micromega / Demetrius Pope

http://www.micromega.gr

38 Andrea Papandreou Street, 15232 Halandri, Greece
Micromega, founded by Alexandros Zomas and Mara Papavasileiou, is an architecture and urban design office, based in Athens since 2015. For "Embassy of Taste" the office collaborated with Demetrius Pope, a creative director specialised in space branding and exhibition design.

Call for ideas 2020

Embassy of Taste


Embassy of Taste


"Embassy of taste" aims to raise awareness about the contemporary unsustainable food systems.
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Type of project
  • Systemic changes

Embassy of Taste, imagined as a touring installation, aims to raise awareness about the unsustainable food production-consumption model where distance between places of production and urban areas, exploitation of developing world's resources and food waste levels are core issues. Our proposal incorporates pioneering and traditional methods of food production and preservation, such us aquaponics, UV dehydration, lactic acid fermentation alongside centuries-old yet still relevant techniques like sprouting, pickling and salt-curing. The installation is divided into 3 distinct parts: food production, food preparation/dining and food preservation. An elevated steel grate floor hovers above fish tanks while galvanized steel profiles, connected through typical scaffolding clamps, provide the structure on which production and preservation take place, in a form of performative action. The space's feel and form are informed by greenhouse structures and laboratory tool-kit aesthetics.


Exploded axonometric where the detailed arrangement of food production, preparation/dining and preservation is exposed.

Perspective plan of the installation

Embassy of Taste


Embassy of Taste


"Embassy of taste" aims to raise awareness about the contemporary unsustainable food systems.
File under
Type of project
  • Systemic changes

Embassy of Taste, imagined as a touring installation, aims to raise awareness about the unsustainable food production-consumption model where distance between places of production and urban areas, exploitation of developing world's resources and food waste levels are core issues. Our proposal incorporates pioneering and traditional methods of food production and preservation, such us aquaponics, UV dehydration, lactic acid fermentation alongside centuries-old yet still relevant techniques like sprouting, pickling and salt-curing. The installation is divided into 3 distinct parts: food production, food preparation/dining and food preservation. An elevated steel grate floor hovers above fish tanks while galvanized steel profiles, connected through typical scaffolding clamps, provide the structure on which production and preservation take place, in a form of performative action. The space's feel and form are informed by greenhouse structures and laboratory tool-kit aesthetics.


Exploded axonometric where the detailed arrangement of food production, preparation/dining and preservation is exposed.

Perspective plan of the installation


Idea by

Papavasileiou Mara, Zomas Alexandros, Papageorgiou Dimitrios
Micromega / Demetrius Pope
38 Andrea Papandreou Street
15232 Halandri
Greece
Micromega, founded by Alexandros Zomas and Mara Papavasileiou, is an architecture and urban design office, based in Athens since 2015. For "Embassy of Taste" the office collaborated with Demetrius Pope, a creative director specialised in space branding and exhibition design.