NUTZ

NUTZ (meaning 'use' in German): Nutz is the essence of using, making use of, re-using and 'what use it is'. Use is not only function but rather functions being created by using. For us, use is re-using something. We see re-using as enabling the use of structures that have lost their original function. Many of our projects deal with the re-using (umnutzen) of space. The user consumes Nutz. Nutz is far more complex than function. Architecture needs Nutz. Nutz makes form intelligent.
A special degree of Nutz is hacking. A hacker uses a thing or structure for something else than it is usually used for. For our project »Hell Cuisine« we have used construction-machines for cooking. The use of »alienated« materials and buildings could be a hack, too.