First Annual San Francisco Edible Architecture Competition 2023 , San Francisco / Vereinigte Staaten

 

 

San Francisco, California — The office of Architect Mason Kirby is proud to announce the first Bernal Heights hosted, city-wide Edible Architecture Competition in San Francisco. The event, a celebration of creativity, sustainability, community, and the power of design to inspire joy, aims to raise awareness about the importance of sustainable and locally sourced food, as well as challenging architects and designers to think outside the box and approach their work in new and unconventional ways.

 

Inspired by a similar and innovative competition in New York City decades ago, which was limited to students at an art, architecture & engineering school, the first Edible Architecture Competition in San Francisco will be open to all imaginative entrants with an open theme comprising any form of architectural structure; house, building or topography; modern, traditional or antiquity. In keeping the brief broad and expansive, Mason Kirby Architects hope to challenge across generations, from amateur cooks and cookie-stacking fans to professional bakers and chocolate makers, artists, and designers.

 

There will be four competition categories: Professional (architects, designers, chefs, bakers, food services), Adult, ages up to 12, and ages 12-18. To be eligible for entry, all structural elements of an entry must be entirely constructed of edible components, which may be homemade or store-bought. The only part of the entry permitted to be inedible is the base platform, tray, or platter.

 

Concept and creativity will be the key components when it comes to judging, which will be presided over by a panel that includes Burrito Justice, cartographer, and blogger; Deborah Landis, SF Planning; Vega Freeman-Brady, restaurateur; Jane Willson, artist; and Karen Curtis, Red Dot Studio, amongst others.

 

 

KEY INFORMATION

Date: Saturday, June 10, 2023 

 

Time: 4-6 pm (entries to be set up between 2:30-3:45, judging 4-5 pm) 

 

Location: Office of Architect Mason Kirby, 306 Precita Ave, SF, CA 94110 / Precita Park 

 

Competition Director: Gilly Youner, Project Architect, Mason Kirby

 

Competition Website: masonkirby.com/ediblearchitecture

 

Eligibility: Everyone, all ages (individual or teams) 

 

Open Theme: Any form of architecture, structure, house, building, topography, modern, traditional, or antiquity 

 

Judges: TBD: Christian Divis, Divis Consulting; Burrito Justice, cartographer, and blogger; Vega Freeman-Brady, restaurateur; Jane Willson, artist; Nilgun Wolpe, NY Engineering; Karen Curtis, Red Dot Studio; Deborah Landis, SF Planning; Linda LeBlanc, Compass RE. 

 

Sponsors: Britex Fabrics, Bernal Star, Vega Pizzeria, Vinorosso Enoteca, Little Bee Baking, Barberella