Main entry:

Denken in Modellen. English.

Title & Author:

Frei Otto : thinking by modeling / editors: Georg Vrachliotis and Joachim Kleinmanns, Martin Kunz, Philip Kurz ; translation: Simon Cowper, Ariane Kossack.

Edition:

1. edition.

Publication:

Leipzig : Spector Books, [2017]

Description:

408 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 33 cm

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.
Includes bibliographical references.
Preface / Holger Hanselka, Joachim E. Schielke, Georg Vrachliotis, Philip Kurz -- 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 -- Models -- Projects.
English translation from German.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

9783959050890 (English edition ; pbk.)
3959050895 (English edition ; pbk.)
(German edition)
9783959050753
3959050755

Subject:

Otto, Frei, 1925-2015 Exhibitions.
Otto, Frei, 1925-2015.
Architecture Germany History 20th century Exhibitions.
Architecture.
Germany.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs.
exhibition catalogs.
History.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Vrachliotis, Georg, editor, writer of supplementary textual content.
Kleinmanns, Joachim, editor, writer of supplementary textual content.
Kunz, Martin, editor, writer of supplementary textual content.
Kurz, Philip, editor, writer of preface.
Meissner, Irene, writer of supplementary textual content.
Escher, Cornelia, 1981- writer of supplementary textual content.
Hanselka, Holger, writer of preface.
Schielke, Joachim E., writer of preface.
Cowper, Simon, translator.
Kossack, Ariane, translator.
Otto, Frei, 1925-2015. Works. Selections.
Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, host institution, sponsoring body.

Thinking by modeling

Holdings:

Location: Library main 295943
Call No.: BIB 242306
Status: Available