GERMAN PAVILION// MONTREAL//1967//cable nets
TUWAIQ PALACE//SAUDI ARABIA//1970// cable nets
OLYMPIC STADIUM//MUNICH//1972// cable nets
ORKS
MULTIHALLE MANNHIEM //GERMANY//1975// grid shells
JAPAN PAVILION EXPO 2000//HANOVER GERMANY//2000//grid shell
German architect and research engineer 1957 // Development Center for Lightweight Construc on in Berlin. 1964// Ins tute for Lightweight Structures in Stu gart. Exhibited a special gi for crea ng lightweight tent structures Computer-based procedure for determining their shape and behaviour Alterna ve system of grid shell structures
HE ARCHITECT /FREI OTTO
HE LIGHTWEIGHT PRINCIPLE/tensile
Tensile roofs/ every part of the structure is loaded in tension with no requirement to resist compression Cable nets/ grid of structural cables in tension forming the framework supports a weather shield. An clas c Surfaces/ tension forces are in equilibrium, the centres of curvature are in opposite side of the membrane Synclas c Surfaces/ the centres of curvature are on the same side of the membrane
an clas c curve
hyper paraboloid
hyper paraboloid/ minimum 4 pts with alteast 1 pt out of plane
Less material and effort Remarkably large spans Combined tensile structure and biological research Only a few members,are under compression while all others, for instance, cables and membranes, are under tension For tension and rigidity, an clas c or saddle-like curvatures
HE LIGHTWEIGHT PRINCIPLE
UNICH OLYMPIC STADIUM /details
SITE// Originally the se ng of a 1930’s airfield,former training ground for the Bavarian Royal Army and the site of Munich’s first civil airport. Ground had been used as a dump yard for ruined buildings’ rubble. 300m tall broadcast tower, s ll present today, a major landmark of the site. PROGRAM// 80,000 seats Smaller enclosed sports hall Swimming hall Warm-up arena