Main entry:

Otto, Frei, 1925-2015, artist.

Title & Author:

Frei Otto 1925-2015 : building with nature / edited by Joaquín Medina Warmburg and Anna-Maria Meister ; with Mechthild Ebert and Martin Kunz ; Translation (German to English) Ian Pepper and Russell Stockman.

Publication:

Munich ; London ; New York : Prestel Verlag, [2025]
©2025

Description:

253 pages : illustrations (some colour), plans ; 30 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 251).
On the unity of the world: Frei Otto and the biotechnical traditions of modernisms / Joaquín Medina Warmburg -- Nature: Biology Ecology Climate -- The institute for the development of lightweight construction in Berlin 1959 / Martin Kunz -- Protestant church in Berlin-Zehlendorf 1959-1963 / Mechthild Ebert -- Otto's house and Atelier in Warmbronn 1966-1971 / Jos Tomlow -- Frei Otto, Peter Stromeyer and Johann-Gerhard Helmcke: how does nature build, and the tent-makers? / Walter Scheiffele -- Plural ecologies: Frei Otto's integrative environmental understanding as an architectural avant-garde / Georg Vrachliotis -- Climate shells: natural constructions for a novel air architecture / Joaquín Medina Warmburg, Jos Tomlow -- Technics: Structures Methods Moulds -- The German Pavilion at Expo 67 in Montreal 1967 / Joachim Kleinmanns -- Munich Olympic Park 1968-1972 / Irene Meissner -- Mannheim's Multihalle 1975 / Mechthild Ebert -- Lightweight structures and roofs: types and forms / Irene Meissner -- 'I cannot trust the pure calculation, if this cannot be verified with a model': Frei Otto and model statics / Christiane Weber -- 'Ähnliche Prozesse': natural and cultural self-formation / Sean Keller -- Society: Ethics Participation Networks -- Project study 'City in the Arctic' 1971 / Szilvia Gellai -- The eco-houses in Berlin 1980-1991 / Georg Vrachliotis -- Diplomatic club in Riyadh 1980-1986 / Martin Kunz -- Thresholds of calculation: the material experiments of Frei Otto / Daniela Fabricius -- Frei Otto teaching architecture: form-finding for society / Anna-Maria Meister -- Otto the educator: formative experiments in the USA / Rob Whitehead -- Interviews -- Paths in interdisciplinary research and architectural exploration: a conversation with Jan Knippers and Achim Menges -- Growing architecture: a conversation with Ferdinand Ludwig

Summary:

"Published to mark the architect's centennial, this beautifully illustrated book celebrates Frei Otto's groundbreaking achievements in creating lightweight architectural structures and pioneering sustainable design practices. Featuring insightful essays by leading scholars and a thematic overview of his most important works, the book investigates Otto's mastery of tensile structures, his innovative application of biological principles to architecture, and his trailblazing use of unconventional materials and construction techniques. Otto's forward-thinking approach paved the way for energy-efficient and environmentally conscious architecture long before these ideas became mainstream. With plans and photographs from the saai archive for architecture and civil engineering at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, which highlight the influence of natural concepts in his work, this monograph serves as an essential introduction to a visionary architect who provided a blueprint for creating sustainable, functional, and harmonious buildings."

ISBN:

9783791377506 (hardcover)
3791377507 (hardcover)

Subject:

Otto, Frei, 1925-2015.
Lightweight construction.
Tensile architecture.
Architecture Environmental aspects.
Architects Germany.
Construction légère.
Structures tendues.
Architecture Aspect de l'environnement.
Architectes Allemagne.
lightweight construction.
tensile structures.

Form/genre:

Illustrated works.
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Warmburg, Joaquín Medina, editor.
Meister, Anna-Maria, editor.
Mechthild, Ebert, contributor.
Kunz, Martin, contributor.
Pepper, Ian, translator.
Stockman, Russell, translator.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 321498
Call No.: 321498
Copy: 1
Status: Available