Breakfast
Bricolage on grid by Ben Rieß
The breakfast was one of the earliest moments for the Zukunftsbackstube in 2020. The aim was to freely interrelate conventional frames of reference and to highlight the dimension of a microcosm. Much like the picnic scene in Powers of Ten by Charles and Ray Eames.
In the same year, the coronavirus outbreak began and the first lockdown followed shortly afterwards. Never before has a microcosm been so popular. Time stood still and an apocalyptic mood prevailed. The Zukunftsbackstube is a phenomenon emerging from a time of multiple crises, characterised by hyperobjects such as the global pandemic or climate change. To overcome this period, hybrid structures were rapidly developed and businesses are transforming into future proof forms.
The Zukunftsbackstube’s workshop cult of ideas is a spirit of this time. The Zukunftsbackstube is a melting pot of methodology, a microcosm, a mutant, and the modern manner of a new creative culture.
construire la pasta
Collective Catalogue I
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 style and provokes a new, magnificent modernity – with the creme dell'arch creme for an architecture al dente.
digiti(c)e it icyhot
Collective Catalogue II
Using handcrafted and computer-aided models, Zukunftsbackstube develops urban interventions, innovative spatial and usage concepts, and sustainable, resource-efficient building designs in dynamic and contemporary forms for architecture that is fit for the future.
With a strict focus on the outcome of spatial architecture and design language, as well as the right blend of a maker culture and artistic ideas, it designs a methodological microcosm and develops urban prototypes that, with intelligent climate concepts — ranging from those classically inspired by waffle irons or baking dish to experimental approaches based on multivitamins or dextrose — that address the specific challenges of our era of global warming.
Somethings: A tablespoon, a stone fruit, and a toothbrush.
Critical trilogy comprising three scholarly autobiographical essays by Ben Rieß
In his three autobiographical essays, Ben Rieß describes the spirit of his younger days at the dawn of the Zukunftsbackstube.
With a healthy sense of humor and using scientific language as a catalyst, he explains the exact position of the Zukunftsbackstube in the universe. (The matter on the brush — a paradigm in the universe.)
The fact that the Earth is in reality neither spherical nor egg-shaped, but rather, upon closer inspection, “belly-shaped,” is a paradox. (The earth is a fruit — a paradox of worldview.)
Left to his own devices amid lockdowns, depression, and an energy crisis, he invents the Zukunftsbackstube and designs a microcosm. (The world in a spoon — a work of art as a microcosm.)
Enamored with stars, apples, and round glass, he firmly believes in the future — a free intellectual life.
One Corn within the Wave
Homage to Peter Kubelka by Ben Rieß
Kubelkas Somnium: Visionary, trailblazer, dreamer… and my popcorn — a namedrop out of the Zukunftsbackstube.
Bake Button
Benchy