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Frei Otto : thinking by modeling / editors: Georg Vrachliotis and Joachim Kleinmanns, Martin Kunz, Philip Kurz ; translation: Simon Cowper, Ariane Kossack.
Uniform title
Denken in Modellen.
English.
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Book
Language
English
Εdition
1. edition.
Published/Created
Leipzig : Spector Books, [2017]
Description
408 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 33 cm
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NA1088.O78 A4 2017q Oversize
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Architecture
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Germany
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History
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20th century
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Otto, Frei 1925-2015
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Host institution
Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe
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Sponsoring body
Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe
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Editor
Vrachliotis, Georg
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Kleinmanns, Joachim
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Kunz, Martin
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Kurz, Philip
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Vrachliotis, Georg
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Kleinmanns, Joachim
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Kunz, Martin
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Meissner, Irene
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Escher, Cornelia, 1981-
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Kurz, Philip
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Hanselka, Holger
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Schielke, Joachim E.
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Cowper, Simon
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Kossack, Ariane
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Summary note
Experimental architect and engineer Frei Otto's (1925-2015) innovative tent structures were modeled first and foremost on nature. Illustrated with over 250 black-and-white images and drawings from his archive, this oversized first monograph on his work accompanying the extensive exhibition at ZKM (2016) features for the first time a large number of his experimental models and drawings. In the 1950s, Frei Otto's tent structures left their mark on the horticultural shows of the new Bonn Republic; together with Behnisch & Partner he created the roof landscape for the Munich Olympic Games in 1972. Otto's interdisciplinary mode of thinking harnessed architecture, technology, art, science, society and nature to civil engineering. Known for his lightweight tensile and membrane-based structures incorporating massive tent constructions like those by Russian engineer Vladimir Shukhov and architect Antonio Gaudí, Otto perfected the construction of tents for both temporary and alternative housing. His interest in alternative materials for shelter originated with his internment as a POW after the war.
Notes
Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at ZKM, Zentrum für Kunst und Medien, Karlsruhe, November 5, 2016 - March 12, 2017.
"A joint project of the Südwestdeutsches Archiv für Architektur und Ingenieurbau (saai) of KIT and the Wüstenrot Stiftung in cooperation with the ZKM/Karlsruhe."--Page 408
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Essays. Thinking in models : architecture and operative aesthetics in the work of Frei Otto / Georg Vrachliotis ; The path to lightweight construction : Frei Otto's early work / Joachim Kleinmanns, Martin Kunz ; Lightweight construction versus a display of prestige : from Montreal '67 to Munich '72 / Irene Meissner ; Model-experiment-environment / Cornelia Escher
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Thinking by modeling
ISBN
9783959050890 ((English edition ; : pbk.))
3959050895 ((English edition ; : pbk.))
OCLC
1000489817
International Article Number
9783959050890
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