The act of gleaning has been lost with the separation of city and field. Understanding where our food comes from is a fundamental truth that we seem to have forgotten, this has lead to excessive food waste on one hand and severe food insecurity on the other.
This project aims to reconnect us with the land.
The new architecture is one which acknowledges the extra, it is one which celebrates waste and glut and excess, it is an architecture of bagginess, one which facilitates moments of simplicity, and care of one another. This architecture is found in the spaces in between, in overlooked nooks, ones which need to be rediscovered within our society.
In this web page I will focus on my initial proposal for a Garlic tower, further information and the second part of the project can be found in the full portfolio.
Our project begins in Leith Links, where the reclaiming of one of Edinburgh's many hidden common lands by the Earth in Common community, has led to an aggregation of allotment plots defined by a hedge, bound together with thin threads and wire.
And after a frustrating and unsuccessful attempt to find garlic at the supermarket, a tower was erected.
The south facing tower warms with the sun, naturally drawing air up and through the hung garlic, aiding in the curing of the spicy bulbs, while a shelf of glut breaks the impenetrable boundary and presents a giving hand.
