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Frei Otto

Born on 31 May 1925
in Siegmar, Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany
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Associated with the following firms:

Status unknown
Founder 
Atelier Warmbronn

Participation in the following structures
Role, name of structure (year of completion)Structure part
 
Entrance Arch of the Federal Garden Exhibition (1957)
King Abdul Aziz University Sports Center (1981)
Roof over the buildings of the Olympic Games in Munich (1972) 18
Design 
"The Harbour" of the Swiss National Exhibition (1964)tents
Multipurpose Hall and Restaurant of the Federal Garden Exhibition (1975) 1tents
Architecture 
Dance Pavilion at the Federal Garden Exhibition (1957) 1
German Pavilion for EXPO '67 (1967) 1
Inter-Continental Hotel and Conference Center (1974)
Mechtenberg Bridge (2003) 20
Schwarzbach Bridge (2003) 17
Consulting 
Japanese Pavilion at the Expo 2000 (2000) 5
Venezuelan Pavilion at the Expo 2000 (2000) 4

Bibliography
* Otto, Frei   Mehr von der Natur verstehen - ein Gespräch mit Frei Otto, in "Detail - Zeitschrift für Architektur + Baudetail", 2005, n. 12 v. 45 .
* Otto, Frei   Tensile structures (4th edition), MIT Press, Cambridge (USA) , ISBN 0262650053, 1979.

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External LinkSelected Works of Frei Otto and his Teams German English
External LinkVitruvio: Frei Otto English

Relevant Literature
* Bundesingenieurkammer   Ingenieurbaukunst in Deutschland, Junius Verlag GmbH, Hamburg (Germany) , ISBN 3885065630, 2005; pp. 138-153.
* Burkhardt, François   Arte, scienza, naura: I nuovi compiti di architetti e ingegneri alle soglie del ventunesimo secolo / Art, science, nature: the new task of architects and engineers in the twenty-first century, in "Crossing", June 2001, n. 2 v. 2 .
* Frampton, Kenneth   Il mestiere del progettista tra pura invenzione e trasformazione dell'esistente / The role of the designers among invention and transformation, in "Crossing", June 2001, n. 2 v. 2 .
* Nerdinger, Winfried   Lightweight Construction, Natural Design, Birkhäuse, Basel (Switzerland) , ISBN 3764372311.
* Otto, Frei   Mehr von der Natur verstehen - ein Gespräch mit Frei Otto, in "Detail - Zeitschrift für Architektur + Baudetail", 2005, n. 12 v. 45 .
* Picon, Antoine   L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 350-1.
* Trautz, Martin   Formfindung versus Formgebung, in "Bauwelt", 28 May 2004 v. 95 .

 
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