During the Italian Renaissance, the Mannerists created new, dynamic and complex forms by treating marble as if it were pasta. They referred to this technique as ‘marmo molle’ – the soft marble. In the realm of architecture, Mannerist sculpture represents the grand style that gave rise to the Baroque.
The ‘marmo molle’ of that era is now called ProtoPasta. It is amorphous, consists of a heat-treatable, environmentally friendly polylactic material and is extruded through a nozzle by a bot at a temperature of 428° Fahrenheit. Thanks to these new technologies, conventional reference systems can be dispensed with, giving rise to innovative forms.
With defining ideas on form, space and structure, the Zukunftsbackstube designs a microcosm in a grand manner and provokes a new, magnificent modernity.

In science, the formation of stars is a cosmic ‘baking process’ in the universe. Huge gas clouds are compressed under the influence of gravity and form whole galaxies. This process is known as ‘molecular gastronomy’. It takes millions of years and takes place in the ‘star kitchens’ of the cosmos.
‘Baking’ is the colloquial term used for simulating the formation of the universe on quantum computers, or for generating other physical models. Such data centres are often referred to as incubators or bakeries.
In the Zukunftsbackstube, ‘baking’ stands for a new, generative form of creative culture. It is applied to a generative and simulative design process in the architectural design of tomorrow.

Our modern age, in which everything seems feasible and developable, is a jack-of-all-trades. To do right by its time, the Zukunftsbackstube is conceived as an egg-laying wool-milk sow of art and architecture.
It aims to showcase its era and drive it forward like a colourful dairy cow. In this way, it offers a critique of its modern era as a jack-of-all-trades. By abolishing time, it wants to create the conditions for overcoming time in order to shape the future.