Food safe?

The building. Two years ago, my wife and I were photographing the unbelievably beautiful, expanded-metal facade of the Wüstenrot Bausparkasse in Salzburg. We walked around the building, which stands in a public park, and an employee began speaking to us. Beautiful building, blah blah blah, you know the drill. “The roof is even more beautiful. Do you want to see it?” We went through the bike storage area and took the staff elevator up to the top. It was, in fact, stunning. We went back down and walked outside to the public atrium. We asked if we were allowed to take pictures inside. The answer: “NEIN!” Then we were asked if we were here as “architects or as patrons?” If the former were true, we would be asked to leave the building. If the man had only known where we had been. 

The consumer. She brings her horse back to the stable and puts her boots into her grocery bag, because she has to take them to the cobbler. After that, she will go grocery shopping. Since she is buying ingredients for her dinner, she buys countless packages with products that have been prepared in 30 different kitchens. She stuffed all the groceries, including several pate sandwiches and sashimi for lunch, into the space created in her bag after she took out her dirty riding boots. That makes sense, since you can’t use disposable bags any more. However, no one was complaining that she was lugging around a pound of plastic packaging. How food safe is the consumer?

Image of the future. The man on the moon had seen it all. However, he could not explain one thing: why do you have to transport something 6000 km before it can have the perfect taste and be considered safe to eat it? What was so unusual was the fact that a rat dropping could be baked into the biscuits (what was that recipe?) at 250 degrees. In terms of bacteria, there was nothing wrong with that. The crunch was just a little bit different. In short, food safety has many sides. 

Question: We are busy developing a food-safe factory with no drains. Who can help me set up a system that works like an aeroplane toilet?

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Herman Bessels is architect BNA at Bessels architekten & ingenieurs B.V.