Future Breakfast
Bricolage on a Grid
The Future Breakfast was one of the earliest events for the Zukunftsbackstube in 2020. The aim was to freely interrelate conventional frames of reference and to highlight the dimension of a microcosm. The picnic scene in Powers of Ten by Charles and Ray Eames happens to be a similar scene.
In the same year, the coronavirus broke out and the first lockdown followed soon after. The Zukunftsbackstube is a phenomenon emerging from a time of multiple crises and hyperobjects such as the pandemic and climate change. Time stood still and an end-time mood prevailed. Hybrid structures were rapidly developed and companies mutated into more future-proof forms in order to overcome the times.
The cult of idea and workshop at the Zukunftsbackstube is a spirit of this time. The Zukunftsbackstube is methodology, microcosm, mutant and modern manner of a new creative culture.
Text and Bricolage: Benjamin Rieß
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’, or soft marble. Mannerist sculpture, applied to the scale of architecture, defined the grand manner and gave rise to the Baroque.
The ‘marmo molle’ of yesteryear is now called ProtoPasta. It is amorphous, consists of a heat-treatable, environmentally friendly material and is extruded through a nozzle by a bot at a temperature of over 220° Celsius. Thanks to these new technologies, conventional reference systems can be dispensed with and innovative forms can emerge.
With defining ideas on form, space and structure, the Zukunftsbackstube designs a microcosm in grand manner and pioneers a new, magnificent modernism – with architecture al dente.
Text and Photography: Benjamin Rieß
digiti(c)e it icyhot
Collective Catalogue II
Using handcrafted and computer-aided models, the Zukunftsbackstube develops urban interventions, innovative spatial and utilisation concepts, sustainable and resource-saving building designs in dynamic and contemporary forms for future-proof architecture.
With a strict focus on the interplay of spatial architecture and design language, combined with the right blend of a hands-on culture and artistic ideas, the Zukunftsbackstube creates a methodological microcosm and develops urban prototypes that, through intelligent climate concepts — ranging from classically inspired designs based on baking tins or waffle irons to experimental approaches using dextrose or multivitamins — address the specific challenges of our era of global warming.
Text and Photography: Benjamin Rieß
The World in a Spoon
Autobiographical Essay I
In his autobiographical essay, Benjamin Rieß describes his youthful spirit at the dawn of the Zukunftsbackstube. With a healthy sense of humour and using scientific language as a catalyst, he explains the precise position of the Zukunftsbackstube in the universe.
For just as cosmic coincidences contributed to the formation of the universe, so too has it been with the time for the Zukunftsbackstube. The fact that the Earth is in reality neither spherical nor egg-shaped, but rather, on closer inspection, ‘pot-bellied’, is a paradox of the modern perspective.
Left to his own devices between lockdown, depression and energy crisis, he began as an amateur astronomer and believed firmly in the future. Enamoured of stars, apples and round glass, he invented the Zukunftsbackstube from the world in a spoon.
Text and Photography: Benjamin Rieß
A Matter on the Brush
Autobiographical Essay II
In his second autobiographical essay, Benjamin Rieß explores the young ideas on display at the Zukunftsbackstube. With a healthy sense of humour and scientific language as his catalyst, he explains how solid matter is the egg-laying wool-milk sow for the Zukukunftbackstube.
For just as it took us humans a long time to realise that the Earth is spherical, it is said that eighty per cent ‘more stuff’ lies hidden behind the visible part of the universe. Simulating the formation of the universe using quantum computers is a paradigm drawn from making and baking.
Left to life between faith, luck and sweat, he begins to create his own works and shapes the future. Remaining true to his love of stars, apples and round glass, he crafts a methodical microcosm from a matter on the toothbrush.
Text and Photography: Benjamin Rieß
The Earth is a Fruit
Critical Essay III
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