Frei Otto - Structures |
Contents
Introduction 1 From glider pilot to designer of lightweight structures | 1 |
Methods of work | 2 |
Frei Ottos contribution to architecture 3 Classification of structures | 3 |
Copyright | |
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anchorages anchored arch Berlin bracing brane bubbles buckling buckling lengths building cable networks cablenet carrying cables catenary centre compression members comprising concrete consisting construction contour lines cross-section curvature cushions deformation developed direction edge cables elastic erection Exhibition fabric membranes fabric strips flexurally rigid four-point surfaces Frei Otto Fritz Leonhardt function giant envelopes ground hexagonal high points humped infilling Interbau intercepting cables internal pressure kg/m² large spans length lightweight low points material maximum means membrane stresses membranes or cable meshes minimal surface Otto's plane plastic pneumatic structures pneumatically distended pole possible prestressed produced radial retractable roof ring roof membrane roof structures roof surfaces saddle surfaces saddle-shaped selfweight shape sheets shells soap film space spherical stiffening struc structural system structures loaded struts suitable surface structures suspended roofs synclastically tensile forces tension structures thin transparent tubular undulating vertical weight wind suction wire