GARDEN OF EDEN TABLE LANDSCAPE
Collaboration Project Zain Kossous (Group 02) | Ilaya Daccache (Group 09)
C E R E M O N Y & R I T U AL 28.03.2021 The Palm Sunday feast (also known as Branch Sunday) commemorates Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem, an event mentioned in each of the four Gospels. Palm Sunday is celebrated by the blessing and distribution of palm branches (or the branches of other native trees). The difficulty of procuring palms in unfavorable climates led to their substitution with branches of native trees, including box, olive, willow, and yew. An event was designed for some in Piacenza who are celebrating away from their families and have come together as a new chosen family; a home away from home. The event was seen as temporary architecture, focusing on the table as the central nucleus that transforms and evolves from day to night. The table is where we cook, eat, work, create, and communicate. We invited nature as a guest from the outside into our living space, therefore blurring the line between inside and out. In the spirit of sustainability, we bought fruits, vegetables, and both fresh and dried flowers from local vendors. We mostly used dried flowers as we were attracted to the idea that they were frozen in time and are less harmful to the environment. Our collective subconscious memory is nostalgic to the time when man was cradled by Mother Nature in the Garden of Eden. This inspired the theme for this event that allowed us to cross the threshold between heaven and earth. We designed a living, transforming, evolving, partially edible MODEL.
TABLE LANDSCAPE Ceremony is a vehicle for belonging-to a family, to a people, and to a land.
The table as the nucleus of the home
Forraging from local Piacentini vendors
Beetroot Hummus
Spring Salad
Power of ceremony: marrying the mundane to the sacred Mama’s Salmon Tart
Truffle Bouchee
Seashell Spinach Ricotta
Red Thai Curry
“A homemade ceremony is a ceremony that makes a home”
Date Cake
HOMEMADE Eggplant Fatteh
MENU
PEOPLE, PLATES, & PLANTS
EVOLVING EVOLVING USE USE Day to Night
The table as a place for work and play