Vive las verduras

Minimalism

Kengo Kuma and Quique Dacosta

The architect Patxi Mangado chaired a round table at the Baluarte on “Minimalism” attended by the chef Quique Dacosta, The President of the Navarrese Academy of Gastronomy, Juan Ramón de Andrés Soraluce, and the Japanese architect Kengo Kuma. Kuma, the creator of spaces which bring the environment into building, is one of those who provided inspiration for one of Dacosta’s dishes.

A video, accompanied by a commentary from Dacosta himself, showed the public how architecture becomes gastronomy on his stoves: “I am not minimalist, or Baroque for that matter. I interpret architecture", claimed the chef. To which Mangado added, “Minimalism does not exist”. By means of example, Dacosta explained how the Guggenheim in Bilbao is taken to the plate in the form of a shelled oyster with a leaf of Aloe Vera and gloss to represent titanium. Aromas and other elements perceived by the senses are also incorporated.

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