uncube's editors are Sophie Lovell (Art Director, Editor-in-Chief), Florian Heilmeyer (fh), Rob Wilson (rgw) and Fiona Shipwright (fs); editorial assistance: Sara Faezypour (sf); graphic design: Lena Giovanazzi; graphic assistance: Diana Portela. Translators for this issue: Alisa Kotmair and Christine Wolfe.
uncube is based in Berlin and published by BauNetz, Germany's most-read online portal covering architecture in a thoughtful way since 1996.
Frei Paul Otto was a man after uncube’s own heart, with an œuvre stretching far beyond architecture.
With this, perhaps our lightest issue yet – but with the content of a small book, uncube brings some surprising insights into the versatility of the 2015 Pritzker Prize winner, who died aged 89 on March 9, this year. He was an investigator and inventor, combining the fields of engineering, biology, architecture, and design.
Far more than a simple retrospective homage, the thoughts, anecdotes and observations collected here, many from those who knew him, are an inspiration – reflecting the legacy of a man whose mother prophetically named him: “Free”.
Be experimental! Be radical! Be Frei!
Special thanks to Jürgen Paul‚ the ILEK archive, to Georg Vrachliotis and the saai archive, and to Oliver Elser and the DAM archive.
Cover image: Frei Otto busy form-finding. (Photo: © ILEK, Stuttgart) This page: Frei at IL (Film (no audio): © ILEK, Stuttgart)
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