Christian Bartenbach
Christian Bartenbach (born May 14, 1930 in Innsbruck , Austria ) is an Austrian engineer , entrepreneur, inventor and university professor. He is a specialist in lighting technology and is considered a pioneer in lighting design .
Life
Bartenbach grew up in a family with a technical background and attended the technical college in Innsbruck .
In 1954 he graduated as an engineer for electronics and electrical engineering . He then worked in the family business "GA Bartenbach, Innsbruck" and built up the lighting technology development department. In 1960, together with his brother Adolf Bartenbach, he founded the "Leuchtenfabrik Bartenbach Lichtsysteme GmbH", in which he owned 50 percent of the shares at the time. In addition to his work as the managing director at the time, he researched and developed artificial lighting systems.
The encounter with Ivo Kohler, the head of the Psychological Institute at the University of Innsbruck, prompted him to expand scientific research within the company's development department, integrating perceptual psychology into applied light research. Since 1964, Christian Bartenbach has devoted himself exclusively to applied light research and reduced his activities as managing director. He developed the dark-light technology (mirror grid technology), the first glare-free lighting.
In 1968 Christian Bartenbach founded the “Lichtplanung Christian Bartenbach” planning office in Munich, which deals exclusively with the medium of light in connection with the light-architectural design of indoor and outdoor spaces, and moved his residence from Innsbruck to Munich. In 1970 the research results developed in Austria were consolidated and in 1975 they were concentrated on the field of lighting for open-plan offices.
He developed the daylight deflection technology and several sun protection systems, for which patents have been granted in several countries. In 1989 Josef Lackner created the new parent company, the "Bartenbach LichtLabor" in Aldrans . There, in the so-called “artificial sky”, light situations are generated that can occur at any latitude or longitude in the world, precisely determined by the time of year and day.
Since 1994 Christian Bartenbach has primarily been concerned with the redirection of daylight in interior spaces, especially in offices. With Christian Berger he developed the Cine Reflect Lighting System . In 2003 he founded the Bartenbach Light Academy , which is also located in Aldrans. Since October 2013 the company "Bartenbach LichtLabor" founded by Christian Bartenbach has been trading under the name "Bartenbach GmbH" with its divisions: Bartenbach lighting design, Bartenbach research & development, Bartenbach lighting applications, Bartenbach lighting solutions.
The Bartenbach academy is the current name of the Bartenbach Light Academy.
On November 8, 2018, he was awarded the Austrian State Patent Prize for his life's work as an exceptional Austrian inventor.
Teaching
Bartenbach has been an honorary professor at the Technical University of Munich since 1983 . He has also taught at the University of Innsbruck and since 1985 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and since 1994 at the Technical University of Vienna .
Planning
- with Thomas Herzog : Glass roof of the design center in Linz
Publications
- with Peter Bartenstein: Architecture and Daylight, Vaucher House , Amman, Zurich 1984, ISBN 3-250-10021-8 .
- Sixth Symposium on Innovative Lighting Technology in Buildings - January 27 and 28, 2000 , Regensburg 2000, ISBN 3-934681-03-4 .
- with Wolfgang Rang: Light is not visible, light makes visible , Frankfurt am Main University of Applied Sciences , Frankfurt am Main 2006, ISBN 3-9808490-7-4 .
- with Walter Witting: Handbook for lighting design - lighting technology and perception psychological basics , Springer Verlag, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-211-75779-6 .
Awards
- 1989 Tyrolean State Prize for Art
- 1995 Awarded the professional title of professor by the Austrian Federal President
- 1995 Entrepreneur of the year in the service sector, award from the Federal Section for Trade and Crafts and Trend / Austria
- 2002 Decoration of Honor of the State of Tyrol
- 2009 honorary doctorate from the University of Innsbruck
- 2018 Austrian State Patent Award for his life's work
Web links
- Literature by and about Christian Bartenbach in the catalog of the German National Library
- Christian Bartenbach. In: arch INFORM .
- Uwe Prieser: Christian Bartenbach devises the optimal lighting for mosques and museums, parliaments and palaces around the world. In: Die Zeit 1998
Individual evidence
- ↑ Designlines.de
- ↑ Christian Bartenbach at aut. Architektur und tirol ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Interview with Christian Bartenbach at Baunetz.de
- ↑ Bartenbach LichtLabor personal page on Christian Bartenbach, accessed on May 12, 2009
- ↑ Press release from the University of Innsbruck
- ↑ Bartenbach awarded for life's work on ORF November 9, 2018, accessed on November 9, 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bartenbach, Christian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian lighting technician and entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 14, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | innsbruck |