The 'Routes and Roots' experimental lab proposes a living archive built at the scale of a shared meal. It will bring PPS’s (People, Places & Spaces) practice into dialogue with Liwan’s building: its courtyard, workshops, and labs become both stage and studio for relearning how we eat, design and remember - together. Drawing from Gulf foodways and Sufra traditions, Ayesha Erkin's work blends public dinners with hands-on making, field study with open research and development, and oral histories with film. Recipes, tools, vessels, and gestures become primary evidence.
Ayesha Erkin is an architect, culinary storyteller, and founder of People, Places & Spaces. A design and consulting studio creating sensory experiences at the intersection of architecture, food, and culture. She is the author of Date of the Day and leads DATE LAB, exploring culinary tradition and innovation, and founded Global Girls Food Club, a sisterhood building community through food. Ayesha is recognised as a Rare with Google Leader. She is mixed Turkic and Arab, and grew up across Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Germany and Texas, which directly influence her work investigating belonging