Domestic Territories – Workshop, Cremona, Italy 2022
Domestic Territories is an ongoing design research exploring new relations, spaces, and forms of encounter between humans, other animals, plants, and minerals. The three-day workshop was dedicated to 1:1 collective prototyping through the use and re-use of available materials and tools at Ca'del Biondo, a historical farm in the Boschetto area of Cremona, Italy. Withinthe framework of the Master Interior Architecture: Research + Design (MIARD) program, in collaboration with Studio Ossidiana, a platform for a multi-species lunch was developed. Hay, soil, and lumber were chosen as the main materials with the intention for the platform to remain in the garden after the workshop, evolving, becoming overgrown, and used by various human and non-human visitors. The three days concluded with people and cows at Casa del Biondo gathering in the garden to share a meal. Bread, cheese, tomatoes harvested from the garden, grapes, hay, salt sculptures for licking, and weeds were prepared for both invited guests and unexpected visitors.