During yesterdays spatial/pictorial seminar we took a look at the rest of the blogs from Andrew, Roxanne, Mila and Mike. It was fun. During that time, we looked at Roxannes work. I was trying to think of the name of Frei Otto. He is the German architect who designed the 1972 Olympic Stadium in Munich. He has been influencial in the development of tent structures in architecture.
Many of the structures are devised upside-down as hanging catenary structures.
Here is a model displaying Ottos approach to building. Another architect who has used the hanging catenary arch approach extensively is Spanish architect Antonio Gaudi. I have some great photos from Spain of Gaudi's models and studies. I will include them into my next blog.
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