Company history

Team

Herwig Bretis

Herwig Bretis

M.Eng. Dipl.-Ing. (FH)

Managing Director

Alexander Spänig

Alexander Spänig

M.A. (arch.) M.Eng.

Managing Director

Carolina Völkl

Carolina Völkl

Team assistant

Jörg Beierbach

Jörg Beierbach

Dipl.-Ing. (FH)

Project manager

Juan Carlos Valdes

Juan Carlos Valdes

Dipl.-Ing. (FH), M.Sc.(arch.)
Hussamaldeen Gomaa

Hussamaldeen Gomaa

M.Sc.(arch.)
Shirin Shevidi

Shirin Shevidi

M.Sc.(arch.)

Services

Icon Structural planningEngineering and structural planning

As civil engineers, we have specialized in the field of lightweight construction, spatial structures of particular elegance and innovative and adapted construction.

All conceivable building materials are taken into consideration and a suitable choice is made with regard to use, production, costs, availability and existing craftsmanship and technological knowledge.

We take great pleasure in the play of forces, the secrets of material behavior and the shaping design of structures.

We work with an awareness of the importance of traditional craftsmanship and the cultural treasure it contains, as well as using the latest computer-aided technologies. We particularly enjoy exploiting unprecedented possibilities
the generation and processing of geometric data for presentation, communication, structural analysis and production.

Our great role model is nature with its unrivaled beautiful and efficient load-bearing structures.

The range of our previous projects includes:

  • Classic structural design
  • Membrane buildings
  • Pneumatic structures
  • Interior textile applications
  • Objects of art
  • Light and design objects
  • Metal and lightweight steel construction
  • Glass and facade construction
  • Cable-tensioned structures
  • Convertible buildings
  • Plant buildings

Icon RealizationsRealization of objects

When it comes to the technical processing of (usually larger) art and design objects, it is always a challenge for us to capture the essence of the design and help it become a material form in the best possible way. As we want to exploit all technical and manufacturing possibilities in this process and have a major influence on quality, costs and deadlines, we are happy to go one step further from planning to execution. This also applies in the same way to the realization of special constructions of all kinds.

We believe that we only have the best chance of exploring the limits of what is physically, technologically, financially and time-wise feasible if we accompany the creation or production process up close, together with all those involved, and retain an appropriate influence on all details. This allows us to relieve our clients of a large amount of detailed technical and organizational work.

In doing so, we take over in part or as a whole the

  • Object planning,
  • the invitation to tender,
  • the awarding and
  • the monitoring of execution through to
  • for the sale of complete solutions.

We have a network of selected specialists from a wide range of sectors at our disposal for the production of the objects. Numerous examples of our work on art objects and special constructions can be found under Projects.

Icon Project managementProject management

Interdisciplinary work, communication, structured processes and their monitoring are prerequisites for the successful completion of projects. Thanks to our experience in realizing objects and our involvement in large-scale international projects, we are able to offer the project management sub-area separately from other planning and implementation tasks.

Icon Work plansWork plans

Particularly in the area of complex spatial structures, error-free and seamless work planning is crucial to the success of the project for the companies carrying out the work. We can rely on the latest software development in the area of spatial design. The path from the three-dimensional object to the flat plan or the preparation of production data for processing machines is a daily routine for us. We often use individually programmed software to help us make our work planning more efficient and flexible (e.g. generative geometry, parametric design).

ArtEngineering GmbH also offers work planning services independently of structural planning.

Icon Product developmentProduct development and technology development

Our interdisciplinary team is predestined for the innovative development of products thanks to its special and broad know-how. We have developed textile-covered, backlit modules and tensioning systems for large-area textiles for ceiling and wall cladding, protected them with patents and used them in a variety of ways. Another focus of technological development is the production of double-curved flat components from thin sheet metal. For this purpose, we deal with forming according to the principle of the forming load case (see below: Switbert Greiner dissertation and Herwig Bretis master’s thesis summary) and the associated special welding technologies.

We look forward to breaking new ground with you, contributing to technical planning with an inventive spirit, developing products and opening up new areas of business.

Dissertation Switbert Greiner

Summary Master’s thesis Herwig Bretis

Customers

Architects/Designers

Architects of Air, UK
Architects BKSP, D
Atelier Brückner, D
Atelier Gentle Structures, D
BAD. Built by Associative Data, E
Behnisch Architects, D
Bureau Baubotanik, D
Christian Schneider-Moll, D
COOP HIMMELB(L)AU, A
EXPOLAB, D
Felicitas Mossmann, D
Gerber Architects international, D
Günter Leonhardt & Associates, D
Hans-Walter Müller, F
Henning Larsen Architects, DK
Herzog & de Meuron, CH
Impulse Design, D
iO – Interdisciplinary Objects, D
Just-Burgeff Architects, D
kwy, D
Matthias Bauer Associates Stuttgart, D
Milla & Partner GmbH, D
Perkins + Will, USA
Pfrommer + Roeder, D
realities:united, D
Scala Architects, D
Schmidt Hammer Lassen, DK
SL-Rasch, D
Snøhetta, N
Studio Dinnebier, D
Studio LTA, D
Studio Ora ïto, F
Studio Other Spaces, D
Thomas Herzig – Pneumocell, A
Regrouping, D
Wehdorn Architects, A
Werner Paul Kestel, D
Zaha Hadid Architects, UK
Zoran Spehar, CH

Artists

Alicja Kwade, D
Anne Blanchet, CH
Astrid Klein, D
Doug + Mike Starn, USA
Ebon Heath, D
Immanuel Victor Eiselstein, D
Ingar Dragset & Michael Elmgreen, D/UK
Integral Ruedi Bauer, CH
Jorge Pardo Sculpture, USA
Mariele Neudecker, UK
Raimund Kummer, D
Robert Currie, UK
Simon Starling, UK
Stephan Breuer, F
Studio Bigert & Bergström, S
Studio Henrik Håkansson, D
Studio Jeppe Hein, D
Studio Katharina Grosse, D
Studio Olafur Eliasson, D
Studio Tobias Rehberger, D
Studio Tomás Saraceno, D
Timo Nasseri, D
Ulrich Brüschke, D

The company

A. Arnegger, D
Aeronautec, D
Al Mirkaz, KSA
Arnold AG, D
Delafair, D
Eicher workshops, D
Heinrich Rohlfing, D
Hermann Meisel, A
Iceland Prime Contractor, IS
Isolag, CH
KuKuk GmbH, D
Lantal Textiles, CH
MAHLE International GmbH, D
NUSSLI, CH
Peter Wörsching, D
Pollux Edelstahlverarbeitung, D
Rickmers-Linie, D
s-hamacher, D
Saudi Binladin Group, KSA
Schmid GmbH, D
Sefar, CH
Siteco lighting technology, D
Synex Tech, A
Waagner-Biro Stahlbau AG, A
Zumtobel Lighting, A
[Steelworks] GmbH & Co KG, D

Engineers

Alfred Rein Engineers, D
Eberhard Raff, D
gbd, A
CCGT, D
Leonhardt, Andrä and Partner, D
Rainer Wohlleber, D
Walt+Galmarini, CH
Werner Sobek Engineers, D

Galleries/art associations/museums/theaters

Esther Schipper, D
Gallery König, D
Gallery neugerriemschneider, D
Kulturbetrieb Wagenhallen, D
Wolfsburg Art Museum, D
Ordrupgaard Museum, DK
Papageno Music Theater, D
Municipal Gallery in the Lenbachhaus, D
Tate Modern, UK
Textile Museum St.Gallen, CH
Wentrup Gallery, D
ZKM – Center for Art and Media, D

Universities/Institutes

GSI SLV Munich, D
Institute for Construction and
Design, A
Institute for Lightweight Structures Design and
Construct, D
Institute for Membrane and Shell Technology
technologies, D
Institute Fundamentals of modern
Architecture, D
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, D
Blum laboratory, D
Laboratory for lightweight load-bearing structures, D
MPA University of Stuttgart, D
Münster School of Architecture, D
Technical University of Denmark, DK
TÜV SÜD, D
Stuttgart University Building Office and
Hohenheim, D

Public institutions

Company for technical cooperation
work, D
Cultural Institute, City of Braunschweig, D
State capital Stuttgart, D
Olfen town council, D
Vermögen u. Bau Baden-Württemberg, D
Württemberg State Museum, D

Project development/foundation

Randers Regnskov, DK
UBS Foundation (AST), CH

Vacancies