in their notes on the selection of Frei Otto in 2015 as winner of the Pritzker prize, the jury described as an architect who has taken his work beyond the boundaries of the discipline, as an architect who was also a "researcher, inventor, form-finder, engineer, builder, teacher, collaborator, environmentalist, [and] humanist. "
to learn more about the Otto multidisciplinary approach to architecture as well as its emphasis on experimentation, we turned to an interview he did with Juan María Songel in 04 published in the book Conversation with Frei Otto . in the interview, Otto discusses many topics of interest and relevance to the architecture of the 21st century, and in particular the importance of experimentation and research, stating, "the productive research must be brave"
Otto began the interview by sharing his thoughts on the idea that there are "endless discoveries to"
"the ability to build assumes knowledge of all forms of architecture and construction, and development. to build ways to advance this process, investigate and make. The development of the buildings began there more than ten thousand years and reached an extremely high level, but is by no means a closed process. There are still an infinite number of possibilities open, endless discoveries to "
Yet for Otto there is a lack of interdisciplinary research within the profession :.
"Today, neither architects nor engineers conduct significant research. They are not involved with either the human or natural sciences . "
Otto has worked closely with the engineers, and was known for his emphasis on technology, years before the beginning of the era of high technology.
Frei Otto had close and fruitful relations with some of the leading engineers :. Fred Severud, Ove Arup, Ted Happold, Eduardo Torroja, Heinz Isler and Felix Candela, among others It is through these friendships he came to meet Walter Gropius during a trip to the United States in 1950:
"I continued to develop relationships with some of them to their death, particularly Walter Gropius and Mies van der Rohe -. very beautiful and important relationship for me "
Gropius came to be seen Otto is a true successor to the experimental design of the Bauhaus movement, because Otto" has not started from formal approaches but sought for the future architectural form through experiments. "Through his sketches of the system, Otto sought to organize the infinite possibilities of shapes, he calls his" systematic method of invention. "
" But the really important things does not arise from this method, but largely incidental or occasional observations during the experiments, some were planned in a completely systematic style, "he explained.
Today, the need to perform experiments and physical tests with models is challenged with the ability to use the computer as an optimization tool and a way to search new forms. But what is the use of the computer really
"the computer can calculate what is already conceptually inside of it ; you can not find what you are looking in computers. Nevertheless, you can find what you did not try to free experimentation "
Yet Otto not abstain completely from the use computers in his designs .:
"I should add that, since 1965, all my buildings were calculated with the computer. This is natural and n does not need to be questioned, as it is common practice today. "
the extracts of the conversation with Otto Songel provide an overview Otto curious approach to architecture, its multidisciplinary perspective of the area and some of the challenges ahead. Otto's belief in the importance of experimentation and how it is the key for future generations is also part of the conversation. Before his generation by decades, including Otto years of human-technology duality before the era of high technology took off.
"One can think of everything, one can calculate everything using the computer."
all of our coverage in 2015 Pritzker Prize See here, and buy a copy of Conversation with Frei Otto on Amazon here.
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