Who’s cooking (for whom)?

The House for Collective Imagination

The House for Collective Imagination is (amongst others) a collective design process for the renovation of Globe Aroma’s building. Rather than designing a ‘public building’ in the conventional way – with fixed functions, counters, waiting areas, toilets, access gates, and mechanisms of control – we begin by questioning the norms and practices that typically shape such spaces.

Through co-creative processes focused on specific places, such as the door, the toilet, the kitchen, or the reception area, Globe Aroma reflects (across cultures, bodies, and gender identities) on who belongs and who is excluded, what it means to belong somewhere, and how this can take shape through dialogue and relationships with one another.

Who’s Cooking (for whom)?

In March 2026, Globe Aroma began a design exploration for the future kitchen. The central question guiding this exploration is what a community kitchen could look like that fosters shared ownership: a place where people cook together and welcome others. How can the design of a kitchen transform the relationship between guest and host in shared community spaces?

Once a week, on Thursdays at lunchtime, we eat together at Globe Aroma. By cooking together, talking with one another, and collectively transforming the space during each lunch, we are gradually designing the new kitchen.

More info: heleen@globearoma.be

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