Taste and Nutrition
The taste and nutritional value are often the most talked about aspect of any meal. Author Amanda Schmaltz in her paper, “The Architect’s Dilemma: Searching for an Architecture of Pleasure and Sustenance”, tackles both concepts .Schmaltz brings forth an analytical discussion by insightfully posing an issue with the quality of modern architecture by drawing a parallel of one partaking in a building as they would food.
The view that food can be used as a means to draw reference to architectural value was demonstrated through a whimsical illustration by using the story plot from a 1980’s children show, Fraggle Rock. The shows’ main humanoid characters, the Fraggles, love to consume buildings, especially those built by tiny …show more content…
Schmaltz assesses that these buildings are merely “appetizers, whetting (the) palates for a meal to come.” This assertion is based on the fact that despite the buildings ability to excite and influence the masses to view architecture in a different light by “tempting the world to reconsider architecture as a venue for pure delight” , they still remain another beautifully admired globally recognized building because the amount of persons inside and outside of China that will experience and benefit from their creations post 2008 is very small. Additionally, Schmaltz contends that “there is currently a need and opportunity within architecture to tempt the public back to eating [architectural] creations, and likewise for [these] creations to please, nourish and sustain the public.”

Figure 2.5-2, Emily Pilloton. Beijing’s Olympic Stadium by Herzog & Demeuron. 2007.Photograph. Inhabitat, http://inhabitat.com/beijings-olympic-stadium-by-herzog-and-demeuron/.

Moreover, the previous statement mentions yet another important point made by Schmaltz which is the matter of the nutritional value of architectural works. Comparatively, the nutritional facts for packaged foods are shown on almost every food item. Their