1972 Munich Olympic Stadium

West Germany Pavilion at Expo 67, Montreal Canada

Multihalle in Mannheim

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Life

Otto studied architecture in Berlin before being drafted into the Luftwaffe as a fighter pilot in the last years of World War II. It is said that he was interred in a French POW camp and, with his aviation engineering training and lack of material and an urgent need for housing, began experimenting with tents for shelter. After the war he studied briefly in the US and visited Erich Mendelsohn, Mies van der Rohe, Richard Neutra, and Frank Lloyd Wright. He began private practice in Germany in 1952. His saddle-shaped cable-net music pavilion at the Bundesgartenschau Kassel in Stuttgart brought him his first significant attention. He earned a doctorate about tensioned constructions in 1954. Translation in progress Erich Mendelsohn (21 March 1887 – 15 September 1953) was a German Jewish architect, known for his expressionist buildings in the 1920s, the first in their style. ... Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies) (March 27, 1886 - August 17, 1969) was an architect and designer. ... Kaufman House, Palm Springs, California. ... Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959), Master of the Organic Architecture, was one of the most prominent and influential architects of the first half of the 20th century. ...

Otto is the world's leading authority on lightweight tensile and membrane structures, and has pioneered advances in structural mathematics and civil engineering. Otto's career bears a similarity to Buckminster Fuller's architectural experiments: both taught at Washington University in St. Louis in the late 1950's, both were architects of major pavilions at the Montreal Expo of 1967, both were concerned with space frames and structural efficiency, and both experimented with inflatable buildings. The work of both men go far beyond traditional methods of calculating structural stresses. The Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Kings Domain, Melbourne A tensile structure is a building that is made from materials under tension — This could be a Cable net supporting a fabric or sheet material, or it could be made entirely from fabric. ... Richard Buckminster (Bucky) Fuller (July 12[1], 1895 – July 1, 1983) was an American visionary, designer, architect, poet, author, and inventor. ... “Washington University” redirects here. ... Man and His World redirects here - for the 1990 animated documentary feature film by Bruno Bozzetto, see Man and His World. ...

Otto founded the famous Institute for Lightweight Structures at the University of Stuttgart in 1964 and headed the institute till his retirement as university professor. Major works include the West German Pavilion at the Montreal Expo in 1967 and the roof of the 1972 Munich Olympic Arena. Stuttgart [], located in southern Germany, is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg with a population of approximately 590,000 (as of September 2005) in the city and around 3 million in the metropolitan area. ... The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ... The Munich Olympiastadion from bigfotos At the heart of the Olympiapark München in northern Munich, the Olympiastadion was the main venue for the 1972 Summer Olympics. ...

The International Architecture Symposium "Mensch und Raum" (Man and Space) at the Vienna University of Technology (Technische Universität Wien) in 1984 received in international attention. Frei Otto participated, among others: Justus Dahinden, Dennis Sharp, Bruno Zevi, Jorge Glusberg, Otto Kapfinger, Paolo Soleri, Pierre Vago, Ernst Gisel, Ionel Schein. Front view of the main old building of the Vienna University of Technology towards the Karlskirche Vienna University of Technology is one of the major universities in Vienna, the capital of Austria. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Justus Dahinden (* 1925 in Zurich, Switzerland) is a notable Swiss architect, teacher and writer about architecture. ... Dennis Sharp (1933-) is a British architect, professor, curator, historian, author and editor. ... Bruno Zevi (born January 22nd 1918, Rome, died January 9th 2000) was an Italian organic architect, historian, professor, curator, author and editor. ... Paolo Soleri (Born in Turin, Italy on June 21, 1919) was awarded his Ph. ... Pierre Vago (August 30, 1910 in Budapest – February 1, 2002 in Noisy-sur-Ecole) was a notable French architect who worked on the Hansaviertel in Berlin. ...

As an architect and engineer, he is still active. One of his more recent projects was his work on the Japanese Pavilion at Expo 2000 with a roof structure made entirely out of paper. EXPO 2000 Hannover Germany Logo The Netherlands Pavilion at EXPO 2000 The Venezuela Pavilion Hungary Pavilion EXPO Mascot Twipsy Expo 2000 was a Worlds Fair held in Hanover, Germany from June 1 to October 31, 2000. ...

List of Buildings

• 1967 - West Germany Pavilion at Expo 67 Montreal
• 1970 - Tuwaiq Palace, Saudi arabia , with Buro Happold
• 1972 - Roof for Olympic Stadium, Munich
• 2000 - Roof structure of the Japanese Pavilion at Expo 2000, Hannover Germany (provided engineering assistance with Buro Happold)

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Awards (selected)

• 1974 Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture
• 1996/7 Wolf Prize in Architecture
• 2005 RIBA Royal Gold Medal

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See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Frei Otto

• Tensile architecture
• Tensile and membrane structures

Image File history File links Commons-logo. ... Wikimedia Commons logo by Reid Beels The Wikimedia Commons (also called Commons or Wikicommons) is a repository of free content images, sound and other multimedia files. ... Tensile architecture is a relatively new field of architecture devoted to lightweight membrane structures. ... The Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Kings Domain, Melbourne A tensile structure is a building that is made from materials under tension — This could be a Cable net supporting a fabric or sheet material, or it could be made entirely from fabric. ...

External links

• Frei Otto's website: http://www.freiotto.com
• Tawiq Palace Images : [1]
• Web page about Frei Otto (archINFORM database)

• Japan Pavilion Expo 2000 - [About the roof structure] - Design Boom