Remembering the German pavilion
Inspired by nature, the architect
Frei Otto and his team have inspired many.
Canadian Creative Designer and “Archineer”
Samuel Fournier has acquired, after 15 years of intense interest as well as 10 years living and working in the domain in Germany, a unique expertise in advanced architectural design, specialized in lightweight structures.
A revolutionary architecture, structurally efficient and inspired by nature, as developed by German architect Frei Otto and his team at the Institut for
Lightweight Structures and Conceptual Design in Stuttgart. His German Pavilion (GDR) for the
Montreal Expo '67 is a good example of this type of structure, and became his first project of magnitude with these techniques.
Learn more about Frei Otto and his lightweight structures, and discover the advantages of this type of architecture.
As part of the
Journées de la culture. In collaboration with
Lightweight Structures Group SA
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