EPISODE 5
2015 PRITZKER ARCHITECTURE PRIZE LAUREATE: Frei Otto
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Frei Otto was born in Siegmar, Germany, on May 31, 1925, and grew up in Berlin. “Frei” in German means “free”; his mother thought of the name after attending a lecture on freedom. Otto’s father and grandfather were both sculptors, and as a young student, he worked as an apprentice in stonemasonry during school holidays. For a hobby he flew and designed glider planes - this activity piqued his interest in how thin membranes stretched over light frames could respond to aerodynamic and structural forces.
Among numerous accolades, Frei Otto was awarded the Thomas Jefferson Prize and Medal in Architecture by the University of Virginia in 1974; the Medaille de la recherché et de la technique by the Academie d’Architecture, Paris, in 1982; the Grand Prize and gold medal by the Association of German Architects, also in 1982. He received the 1980 Aga Khan Award for Architecture (together with Rolf Gutbrod) for the conference centre in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, and the 1998 Aga Khan Award for Architecture (together with Omrania and Happold) for the Diplomatic Club in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He was named Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, London, in 1982 and Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Structural Engineers, London, in 1986. In 1996, he received the Grand Prize of the German Association of Architects and Engineers, Berlin. In 2005, he was awarded the Royal Gold Medal of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). In 2006, the Japan Art Association awarded him the Praemium Imperiale in Architecture.
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🎵 | Sleepermane
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🎶 | Tracklist
[00:00] clear eyes, blind sight
[02:20] where light can’t reach ft. Sleepermane
[04:30] timeless gift ft. Hoogway
[06:59] something dear ft. Towerz
[09:19] beauty in everything
[11:52] lovely glow
Ceremony Song: KUBBI - Formed By Glaciers
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