Thinking by Modeling - Softcover

Otto, Frei

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3959050895 ISBN 13: 9783959050890

Verlag: Spector Books, 2016

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Investigating the manifestation of sexual liberation and the undoing of censorship laws in moving-image art from around the world

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. The innovative potential in his work is based on the interdisciplinarity of a mode of thinking that took in architecture, technology, art, science, and society. He saw nature as a model and tried throughout his life to harness it for the sake of architecture and civil engineering — and thus also for the future. The Frei-Otto Archive features a large number of experimental models. The book will be the first time Frei Otto’s models have appeared in print. The book is being published in conjunction with the most extensive exhibition to date of the work of Frei Otto at the ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe in association with the Wüstenrot Foundation.

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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. The innovative potential in his work is based on the interdisciplinarity of a mode of thinking that took in architecture, technology, art, science, and society. He saw nature as a model and tried throughout his life to harness it for the sake of architecture and civil engineering -- and thus also for the future. The Frei-Otto Archive features a large number of experimental models. The book will be the first time Frei Otto's models have appeared in print. The book is being published in conjunction with the most extensive exhibition to date of the work of Frei Otto at the ZKM - Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe in association with the Wüstenrot Foundation.

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Experimental architect and engineer Frei Ottos (19252015) 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 Ottos 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. Ottos 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 Gaud., 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.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Spector Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 3959050895
• ISBN 13: 9783959050890
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 408
• Herausgeber: Vrachliotis Georg
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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