Pratt Institute Interior Design

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Interior Provocations: WEATHER - Announcements - e-flux On November 7, The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture presents Interior Provocations: WEATHER.

Pratt Interior Design student Jenny Nguyen Le teamed up with her architect mentor Christina Galati from Gensler to create a stunning miniature space for the AIANY Interiors Committee’s Recipe for a Room contest! 🍽️✨ Designing small-scale Places of Food and Culture was such a fun and inspiring challenge.

Foraging Futures explores how overlooked resources can become ingredients for survival. The space invites visitors to forage and prepare invasive plants, turning a nuisance into a solution for dialogue about food insecurity.

Inspired by Vietnamese culture, where foraging was once a common practice during times of scarcity, the project reclaims this tradition as both a means of survival and a cultural identity. By making the model entirely of rice (a staple in Vietnamese culture), it highlights the importance of looking to what is locally abundant and how culinary habits can hold memory and meaning in a fast-paced city like New York.

Imagined on public foraging grounds, the space proposes a future where communities shift their consumption toward renewable, fast-growing materials. It becomes not only a place to gather but also a platform for rethinking habits, survival, and belonging.