The Foodprint LAB

"Reconnecting food, people and livelihoods through collaborative design"


We are 3 architects and city planners with a passion for true sustainability. During the past 4-5 years we have been on a journey to reinvent architecture and city planning as we know it. It all started with the international Biomimicry Design Challenge in 2012. The Visual Water team, reached the international finals with t

he concept of closing the loop of water and nutrients on a building scale. In autumn of 2015 we decided to start a company together and The Foodprint LAB was born! We love food, we love people and we love good urban and rural planning. We believe that when we connect people with their food and the city with the countryside we can create a society with sustainable livelihoods for all citizens. We believe that if we combine good planning and architecture with engaging people and creating space for growing both food and relationships we can build a society of true resilience and sustainability. Because we believe in your dream, and your capacity to realize it. During the coming month we will have a lot of exciting projects to share. Nice to have you with us on this journey!

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The Foodprint LAB is a social startup with the mission to help you realize your vision of a more socially, ecologically and economically resilient food system and urban/rural environment. We are working through the method of collaborative design. In cooperation with the local actors such as; researchers, NGO:s, businesses and public actors we map out challenges and deliver solutions for the benefit of all! We work in all scales from practical events such as the "Urban Farming Safaris" on community level to overall food system innovation and mapping of cities and regions. Don't hesitate to contact us at:
info[at]thefoodprintlab.com

Who are we? Jonathan Naraine is an architect and permaculture designer with a passion and experience of integrating food production into architecture and city planning and reconnecting people with the origins of food. He has been engaging people in food activism since 2010 and was the founder and project leader of the Food Rescue Project and the Urban Farming Safari's. Contact him at:
jonathan[at]thefoodprintlab.com

Victoria Bengtsson is an urban and rural planner with a special interest in participatory design. She has worked in Växjö municipality with urban farming and greening the school yards. Victoria did her master thesis on how to engage citizens in the process of climate adaptation, and has studied examples in place of facilitating and mapping the urban farming movement in New York. Contact her at:
victoria[at]thefoodprintlab.com

Cristina Ramos Caceres is a spanish architect with a passion and talent for visual comunication and inphographics. She also has an interest in temporary constructions and recycled material. Apart from attending international architecture workshops and competitions she has recently worked at the communication company Lonely Alien in Belgium. Contact her at:
cristina[at]thefoodprintlab.com