Vita

➤ Tübingen*

➤ Apprenticeship as a carpenter

➤ Studies

• 1961 HFG Ulm – Industrial Design

• 1962 Werkkunstschule Darmstadt – Interior Design

• 1963 HfbK Berlin – Architecture

➤ 1969 Cologne Trade Fair – Presentation of plastic shell chair with armrests

➤ 1970 Diploma in Architecture, HBK Berlin

➤ 1970 Konrad Schäfer Studio – Product, trade fair, and furniture design

➤ 1979 K'79 Düsseldorf – Trade fair stand for Hoechst AG
The World's No.1 Trade Fair for Plastics and Rubber

➤ 1980 Focus on material development

➤ 1985 Founding of Bick GmbH – Development + Production
Mineral stone Noblan

➤ 1987 Sale of Bick GmbH to Glunz AG – Mineral stone panels
and production

➤ 1990 “Einstein” mineral stone panels for TEXTEC Wiebe AG Berlin
Base: acrylic polymer + minerals

➤ 1994 Founding of REC Werkstoffe GmbH in Technology Park Adlershof
R&D project: geopolymer with binder water glass

➤ 1999 REC office and production hall – Design and new construction in Berlin Oberschöneweide

➤ 2002 Founding of REC Bauelemente GmbH
Production + material development
R&D collaborations
Tactile guidance systems for the visually impaired
High-performance concrete (svb)
Ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC)

➤ 2006 Acryllith® material introduction – Adhesive tactile plates

➤ 2008 Start of exposed concrete panel production – International projects

➤ 2023 Magnesium binder R&D project – Waste recycling / circular economy

Awards

➤ 1971 International Awards for furniture – for Topline, Belform, Setline, among others

➤ 1989 Paris Batimat Grand Prix de Triomphe – for mineral stone Noblan

➤ 2008 Cologne AIT Innovation Award – Architecture and Office XXL for wall panels

➤ 2009 Munich AIT Innovation Award – Architecture and Construction
for Stuccolith, Betonlith & Betonlith Light

➤ 2009 Hannover AIT Innovation Award – Architecture and Flooring
for Betonlith concrete floor panels

➤ 2010 Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany – Silver, Material Design
for exposed concrete wall panels

➤ 2011 Hannover AIT Innovation Award – Architecture and Flooring
for Betonlith gray exposed concrete, Beton-Light white, Beton-Light black

➤ 2011 Munich AIT Innovation Award – Architecture and Construction
for Beton-Light

➤ 2012 Focus Open International Design Award – Silver
for Beton-Light wall panels

➤ 2013 Munich AIT Innovation Award – Architecture and Construction
for Beton-Light

➤ 2015 Munich AIT Innovation Award – Architecture and Construction
for Stuccolith Sandwichboard

➤ 2016/2017 “Innovative through Research” – Award by the Donors’ Association for German Science

➤ 2020/2021 “Innovative through Research”

➤ 2022/2023 “Innovative through Research”

➤ 2025 Focus Open – Gold
for recycling waste materials back into the material cycle