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We have big, big problems - flooding, earthquake, and many foolish things which now people are doing - I mean, these self-made catastrophes. We are able to give to every man on the street the possibilities to help himself. And to fight for this was one of my duties.

~Frei Otto

Topics: Able Big Doing Duties Earthquake Every Every Man Fight Flooding Foolish Give Help Himself Man Many Mean Now People Possibilities Problems Self-Made Street Things Which

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I have never been satisfied with a piece of work I have been actively involved in, and would never want to be.

~Frei Otto

Topics: Actively Been Involved Never Piece Satisfied Want Work Would

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Buildings are 'humane' only when they promote peaceful human co-existence.

~Frei Otto

Topics: Buildings Human Humane Only Peaceful Promote

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Most architects think in drawings, or did think in drawings; today, they think on the computer monitor. I always tried to think three dimensionally. The interior eye of the brain should be not flat but three dimensional so that everything is an object in space. We are not living in a two-dimensional world.

~Frei Otto

Topics: Always Architects Brain Computer Did Drawings Everything Eye Flat Interior Living Monitor Most Object Should Space Think Three Today Tried World

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My hope is that light, flexible architecture might bring about a new and open society.

~Frei Otto

Topics: About Architecture Bring Flexible Hope Light Might New Open Open Society Society

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I have only one dream. It is the oldest of humanity, of man, in time. It is paradise. I would like to give paradise to everyone.

~Frei Otto

Topics: Dream Dream It Everyone Give Humanity Like Man Oldest Only Paradise Time Would

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My architecture is the architecture of survival.

~Frei Otto

Topics: Architecture Survival

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Everything man is doing in architecture is to try to go against nature. Of course we have to understand nature to know how far we have to go against nature. The secret, I think, of the future is not doing too much. All architects have the tendency to do too much.

~Frei Otto

Topics: Against Architects Architecture Course Doing Everything Far Future Go How How Far Know Man Much Nature Secret Tendency Think Too Too Much Try Understand I Think

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My architectural drive was to design new types of buildings to help poor people, especially following natural disasters and catastrophes... I will use whatever time is left to me to keep doing what I have been doing, which is to help humanity.

~Frei Otto

Topics: Architectural Been Buildings Design Disasters Doing Drive Following Help Humanity Keep Left Me Natural Natural Disasters New People Poor Poor People Time Types Use Whatever Which Will

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Why should we build very large spaces when they are not necessary? We can design halls spanning several kilometres and covering a whole city, but we have to ask, what does it really make? What does society really need?

~Frei Otto

Topics: Ask Build City Covering Design Does Halls Large Make Necessary Need Really Several Should Society Spaces Very Whole Why

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Biography

Nationality: German

Type: Architect

Born: May 31st, 1925

Died: March 9th, 2015

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