On a philosophical level Martin Heidegger links architecture, or building to be more precise, to food in his etymological analysis of the word building (bauen) in his text ‘Building Dwelling Thinking’ (’Bauen Wohnen Denken’). The origin of the word ‘bauen’ (building) is in ‘bin’ (being) but is also related to ‘bauer’ (farmer). So farming the land, the production of food, has an etymological link to building. Some of the first buildings were built because people started to grow crops and stayed in a fixed location. Heidegger also says that in order to build, you have to master living (”Nur wenn wir das Wohnen vermögen, können wir bauen.”). I would even go as far as to say that the preparation and consummation of food is a huge part of living and should be mastered in order to be able to build, to practice architecture.

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