IL6 – Information of The Institute of Lightweight Structures, May 1973
Issue 6 of IL was dedicated to wide-span structures. Contents includes: Frei Otto “ IL and Biology”; Benno Kummer “Trajectoral Structures in the supporting apparatus…”; H.M. Peters “Spiders and their webs”; Rainer Schill “ Structural analysis of plant organisms”; Rudolph Doernach “Archaitecture”; Berthold Burckhardt “ The problem of form presentation”; Walter Reinhardt “Geometrical definition of the form of a minimal surface soap film between a circular area, and pear-shaped internal support”; Wolfgang Faig “Photogrammetric determination of the shape of thin soap membranes”; D. Schwenkel “Three-dimensional perspective representation of structures using automatically drawn anaglyphs”. Texts in English and German.
The legendary experimental architecture journal, IL, was published by the Institute for Lightweight Structures, Stuttgart University, directed by Frei Otto (1925-2015) from 1964 until 1991. The pages of IL present the institute's interest in going beyond the discipline of architecture and a fascination with experimentation which underpinned Frei Otto’s work. He spoke of the need to understand the "physical, biological and technical processes which give rise to objects", concerns evident in the images of and texts inspired by natural phenomena such as bird skulls, soap bubbles, and spiders' webs which are included in these scarce issues. With his interdisciplinary research and teaching in the field of wide-span surface structures and natural constructions, Otto developed the IL into a globally recognised centre of lightweight construction. He was awarded with the Pritzker Prize in 2015.
Title: IL6 – Information of The Institute of Lightweight Structures, May 1973
Author: Frei Otto (ed.) with contributions by Benno Kummer, H.M. Peters, Rainer Schill, Rudolph Doernach, Walter Reinhardt, Wolfgang Faig, D. Schwenkel
Publisher: University Stuttgart
Publication date: 15 Mat 1973
Format: Perfect-bound softcover
Pages: 88
Images: 3D, colour and b/w throughout
Condition: Very good
Stock Number: RB03501
Issue 6 of IL was dedicated to wide-span structures. Contents includes: Frei Otto “ IL and Biology”; Benno Kummer “Trajectoral Structures in the supporting apparatus…”; H.M. Peters “Spiders and their webs”; Rainer Schill “ Structural analysis of plant organisms”; Rudolph Doernach “Archaitecture”; Berthold Burckhardt “ The problem of form presentation”; Walter Reinhardt “Geometrical definition of the form of a minimal surface soap film between a circular area, and pear-shaped internal support”; Wolfgang Faig “Photogrammetric determination of the shape of thin soap membranes”; D. Schwenkel “Three-dimensional perspective representation of structures using automatically drawn anaglyphs”. Texts in English and German.
The legendary experimental architecture journal, IL, was published by the Institute for Lightweight Structures, Stuttgart University, directed by Frei Otto (1925-2015) from 1964 until 1991. The pages of IL present the institute's interest in going beyond the discipline of architecture and a fascination with experimentation which underpinned Frei Otto’s work. He spoke of the need to understand the "physical, biological and technical processes which give rise to objects", concerns evident in the images of and texts inspired by natural phenomena such as bird skulls, soap bubbles, and spiders' webs which are included in these scarce issues. With his interdisciplinary research and teaching in the field of wide-span surface structures and natural constructions, Otto developed the IL into a globally recognised centre of lightweight construction. He was awarded with the Pritzker Prize in 2015.
Title: IL6 – Information of The Institute of Lightweight Structures, May 1973
Author: Frei Otto (ed.) with contributions by Benno Kummer, H.M. Peters, Rainer Schill, Rudolph Doernach, Walter Reinhardt, Wolfgang Faig, D. Schwenkel
Publisher: University Stuttgart
Publication date: 15 Mat 1973
Format: Perfect-bound softcover
Pages: 88
Images: 3D, colour and b/w throughout
Condition: Very good
Stock Number: RB03501
Issue 6 of IL was dedicated to wide-span structures. Contents includes: Frei Otto “ IL and Biology”; Benno Kummer “Trajectoral Structures in the supporting apparatus…”; H.M. Peters “Spiders and their webs”; Rainer Schill “ Structural analysis of plant organisms”; Rudolph Doernach “Archaitecture”; Berthold Burckhardt “ The problem of form presentation”; Walter Reinhardt “Geometrical definition of the form of a minimal surface soap film between a circular area, and pear-shaped internal support”; Wolfgang Faig “Photogrammetric determination of the shape of thin soap membranes”; D. Schwenkel “Three-dimensional perspective representation of structures using automatically drawn anaglyphs”. Texts in English and German.
The legendary experimental architecture journal, IL, was published by the Institute for Lightweight Structures, Stuttgart University, directed by Frei Otto (1925-2015) from 1964 until 1991. The pages of IL present the institute's interest in going beyond the discipline of architecture and a fascination with experimentation which underpinned Frei Otto’s work. He spoke of the need to understand the "physical, biological and technical processes which give rise to objects", concerns evident in the images of and texts inspired by natural phenomena such as bird skulls, soap bubbles, and spiders' webs which are included in these scarce issues. With his interdisciplinary research and teaching in the field of wide-span surface structures and natural constructions, Otto developed the IL into a globally recognised centre of lightweight construction. He was awarded with the Pritzker Prize in 2015.
Title: IL6 – Information of The Institute of Lightweight Structures, May 1973
Author: Frei Otto (ed.) with contributions by Benno Kummer, H.M. Peters, Rainer Schill, Rudolph Doernach, Walter Reinhardt, Wolfgang Faig, D. Schwenkel
Publisher: University Stuttgart
Publication date: 15 Mat 1973
Format: Perfect-bound softcover
Pages: 88
Images: 3D, colour and b/w throughout
Condition: Very good
Stock Number: RB03501
“The roots of today's Institute of Lightweight Structures and Design at the University of Stuttgart go back to the beginning of the 20th century. In 1916, Emil Mörsch was appointed to the chair of statics, reinforced concrete construction and arched bridges at the TU Stuttgart, where he was one of the first to comprehensively develop the fundamentals for the theory of reinforced concrete. Emil Mörsch and the chair at the university were soon regarded as world leaders. Emil Mörsch's successor, Karl Deininger, continued his work and also developed fundamental contributions to the calculation and construction of very tall chimneys. Deininger's successor in turn, Fritz Leonhardt, was for many years considered the world's leading engineer in the field of reinforced and prestressed concrete, as well as in the areas of bridge construction and the construction of towers. Fritz Leonhardt's books were translated into many languages and found worldwide circulation, as did his lecture notes, the famous so-called "Red Books". On his initiative, the Institute for Lightweight Structures (IL) was founded in 1964 and Frei Otto was appointed its director. With his interdisciplinary research and teaching in the field of wide-span surface structures and natural constructions, he developed the IL into a globally recognised centre of lightweight construction by 1991. In 2015, Frei Otto was awarded with the Pritzker Prize.” – Text via The University of Stuttgart Institute for Lightweight Structures and Conceptual Design. https://www.ilek.uni-stuttgart.de/en/institute/history/
