Foodscapes - eating, we digest territories is a journey of exploration through the Spanish agro-architectural context to address global issues

Explore other possible models, capable of feeding the world without devouring the planet

Explains Eduardo Castillo-Vinuesa, curator: "At a time when debates on energy are more pertinent than ever, food remains in the background, yet the way we produce, distribute and consume it mobilizes our societies, shapes our metropolises and transforms our geographies more radically than any other source of energy. After analyzing our food systems and the architectures that make them up, Foodscapes looks to the future to explore other possible models, capable of feeding the world without devouring the planet".

The audiovisual project

In a historical moment in which the debates on energy are more topical than ever, food remains in the background. Yet the way we produce, distribute and consume it mobilizes our societies, shapes our metropolises and transforms our geographies more radically than any other source of energy.

The journey through the architectures that feed the world consists of an audiovisual project of five short films, an archive in the form of a recipe book and a public program of conversations, debates, events and collective research.

See also: Architecture Biennale 2023: information, calendar and updates

The architecture of the Spanish Pavilion

The Spanish Pavilion in the Venice Gardens was designed in 1922 by Javier De Luque and renovated in 1952 by Joaquín Vaquero Palacios.

The curators

Eduardo Castillo-Vinuesa is an anti-disciplinary architect, curator and researcher based in Madrid, Spain. He is an associate professor at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid ETSAM-UPM , where he is an active member of the ProLab research group and of the didactic innovation group Devices Aglutinadores de Proyecto.
Manuel Ocaña, born in 1966, is an architect and lives in Madrid, Spain. In addition to being an architect, he worked as a road manager for a pop group in the 90s, as a blacksmith, carpenter and photographer.

Spanish Pavilion, Biennale 2023, in brief

• Title: Foodscapes 
• Curators: Eduardo Castillo-Vinuesa, Manuel Ocaña del Valle
• Exhibitors: Aldayjover Architecture and Landscape, C+ arquitectas, Common Accounts, Daniel Ibañez + Vicente Guallart + Manuel Bouzas, Dolores Palacios + Federico Soriano, Elii + María Jerez, Gerard Ortín + Pol Esteve, GRANDEZA + Locument, Guillermo Fernández Abascal + Urtzi Grau, Institute for Postnatural Studies, Iván L. Munuera + Vivian Roti + Pablo Saiz, Lucía Jalón Oyarzun, Lucía Tahan, MAIO + Agnes Essonti, Marina Otero Verzier + Manuel Correa , Naranjo-Etxeberría, Pedro Pegenaute
• Commissioners: MITMA (Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda), AECID (Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation) AC/E (Acción Cultural Española)