Reflections on Frei Otto as a promoter of sustainable architecture and his collaboration with Kenzo Tange and Over Arup in 1969

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Oliva Salinas, J.G., Mendoza, M. ORCID: 0000-0002-1349-9758 and González Meza, E., 2018. Reflections on Frei Otto as a promoter of sustainable architecture and his collaboration with Kenzo Tange and Over Arup in 1969. Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures, 59 (195), pp. 87-100. ISSN 1996-9015

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.20898/j.iass.2018.195.900

Abstract

The present paper will discuss through personal accounts from Professor Juan Gerardo Oliva Salinas who was a doctorate student in Stuttgart from 1977-1982 the ingenious and sui generis persona of Frei Otto and his contributions to promote the design and construction of sustainable lightweight structures and which without doubt together with his academic and professional accomplishments took him to win the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2015. The paper will also discuss the 1969 Kuwait Sports Centre Competition, which was the first project in which Kenzo Tange, Frei Otto and Ove Arup worked together and which can be considered as a prelude to the seminal project 'Artic City' in 1971.

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Journal article

Alternative Title:

Reflections on Frei Otto as a mentor and promoter of sustainable architecture and his collaboration with Kenzo Tange and Over Arup in 1969

Publication Title:

Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures

Creators:

Oliva Salinas, J.G., Mendoza, M. and González Meza, E.

Publisher:

International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS)

Date:

1 March 2018