Curriculum
• Tübingen* • Carpentry apprenticeship • Studies 1961 HFG Ulm – Industrial Design 1962 Werkkunstschule Darmstadt - interior design 1963 HfbK Berlin Architecture • 1969 Cologne trade fair presentation of the first plastic shell chair with armrests • 1970 qualified as a factory architect at HDK Berlin • 1970 Atelier Konrad Schäfer for 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 concentration on material developments • 1985 Founding of Bick GmbH, development + production Noblan mineral stone • 1987 sale of Bick company to Glunz AG – mineral stone slab Noblan and production • 1990 “Einstein” mineral stone slab for TEXTEC - Wiebe AG Berlin Base Acrylic polymer + minerals • 1992– Geopolymer based water glass Silicate brick • 1994 founding of REC Werkstoffe GmbH in Adlershof Technology Park for material development geopolymer with water glass on a material cycle basis R&D collaborations • 1999 REC office and production hall Design and new building in Berlin Oberschöneweide • 2002 founding of REC Bauelemente GmbH Material development and production of high-performance concrete, ultra-light concrete Molded parts, plates, exposed concrete panels R&D collaborations • 2004 order from HBF Berlin for blind guide panels > 20,000 panels of high-performance concrete • 2006 Acryllith, stick-on guide plates for the blind - start of production First relocation at the Potsdamer Platz regional station • 2008 Start of production of exposed concrete panels. International projects
Awards
• 1971 International AWARDS for Furniture
for Topline, Belform, Setline etc.
• 1989 Paris Batimat Grand Prix de Triomphe
for Noblan mineral stone
• 2008 Cologne AIT Innovation Prize for Architecture and Office XXL
for wall panels
• 2009 Munich AIT Innovation Prize for Architecture and Construction
for Stuccolith, Betonlith & Betonlith light
• 2009 Hanover AIT Innovation Prize for Architecture and Soil from AIT
for Betonlith floor slab concrete
• 2010 Design Prize of the Federal Republic of Germany silver - material design
for wall panel exposed concrete
• 2011 Hannover AIT Innovation Prize Architecture and Soil of the AIT
for exposed concrete Betonlith gray,
Exposed concrete concrete - LIGHT white.
Exposed concrete concrete - LIGHT black
• 2011 Munich AIT Innovation Prize for Architecture and Construction
for concrete - LIGHT
• 2012 Focus Open International Design Award silver
for Beton-Light wall panel
• 2013 Munich AIT Innovation Prize for Architecture and Construction
for concrete light
• 2015 Munich AIT Innovation Prize for Architecture and Construction
for stuccolith sandwich board