Frei Otto Research Paper

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o Yes the world and we agree that Frei Otto is a master builder, as he believed and practiced that engineering and Architectural design goes hand in hand and how both can be tweaked a bit for getting an altogether different, light weight structure other than ―massy‖ structures and creating altogether new experience of space and vibrations within it. o He tried creating an envelope with minimum use of material and power, and enclosing air and space with roof and interior could shape as per area/use requirements. 
 o His structures were fluid, which showed and expressed the logics of nature and its unity with mankind. 
 o Architecture as a collective teamwork. 
 o At the time when all modern architects were experimenting and using heavy and

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