André Bauer

André Bauer’s career has taken him through live events, loudspeaker manufacturing and AV consultancy, giving him a perspective shaped by both practical delivery and technical design. Today, as senior av design engineer at medienprojekt p2, he applies that mix to projects including the Museum of the Viking Age in Oslo, the Allianz Auditorium in Munich and Lufthansa Hangar One in Frankfurt.

Bauer has also focused on making complex project work more consistent and scalable. He has developed standardised processes covering documentation, technical specifications, project management workflows and BOQ templates, with the aim of automating recurring tasks and freeing more time for tailored design, consultation and technical development.

His view of the industry is similarly pragmatic. Bauer would like to see greater standardisation and interoperability, with wider adoption of open approaches such as IPMX to reduce reliance on proprietary systems and make products from different manufacturers easier to integrate. He points to IT and telecommunications as useful examples of industries built on shared protocols.

Before moving fully into consultancy, Bauer also spent three years lecturing part-time at the European Media and Event Academy in Baden-Baden. Teaching, he says, gave him the chance to support new entrants while also reflecting on and deepening his own knowledge – reinforcing his belief that experience has lasting value when it is passed on.