2002 - 2004
Urban Food and Quality of Life
The content focus of the studio in years 2002-04 was on food production, distribution, and retailing. The studio included interdisciplinary work and research in urban food retailing, urban design, and quality of life issues for urban supermarkets and their neighborhoods.

From early times to the present, food has occupied a central place in the urban community. The food we eat is telling of our identity, our ethnicity, our social class, our political and social views, and our state of health.
Access to urban retail food outlets by diverse socio - economic, ethnic, and age groups; the distribution and design of these outlets and associated uses in the physical and social urban fabric; and the current and emerging trends in retail food on consumer preferences; the presence and use of food in public places; the production and availability of fresh food to urban points of sale; and other food related issues are important considerations to food retailers, local governments, planners, urban designers, architects, and other urban professionals.

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