From the landscape to the cup: the architectures of Colombian coffee. Contributions to the construction of an edible imaginary

Description

Although coffee cultivation has been relevant since the 19th century, the creation of the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia in 1927 boosted the modernisation of coffee production and the internationalisation of the market. In addition, the promotion of various infrastructures in rural and urban areas built a much broader landscape and architectural heritage than what today constitutes the Colombian coffee imaginary. The review of its dissemination organ, the ‘Revista Cafetera de Colombia’ (1928-2008), allows us to expand the catalogue of coffee architectures, with diverse spatialisations of this industry, from its colonial origins to its recent gourmetization. The preliminary result adds to Colombian architectural historiography a general categorisation with examples published in this documentary source, contrasted with specialised publications. As an important finding, warehouses and factories (storage and processing), pavilions and stands (promotion) and coffee shops (consumption) show tensions between traditional and avant-garde representations of Colombian coffee culture.

Period	16 Jun 2025 → 18 Jun 2025
Event title	V Congreso Internacional "Cultura y ciudad": Comida y arquitectura
Event type	Other
Location	Granada, SpainShow on map
Degree of Recognition	International