Full version of the authors of the interview published in the El País Babelia supplement with the title Vivimos un urbanismo loco (We are living through a crazy urbanism) (19/12/2009).
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In a conversation which took place with Juan María Songel (GG Barcelona, 2008 p 91) Frei Otto regrets that the Olympic stadium roof could not be lighter, owing to the necessity to adapt it to a form previously designed by the winner of the competition, the architect Günter Benisch.
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The renovation of this block, in the heart of Munich, is a work of composing in-fills and voids in which that already existing is submitted to the new order, based on the use of the entire ground floor as retail space.

A series of passageways links up with the surrounding streets, each one having a distinct character. In the project several studios took part, within the general urban concept designed by H&dM.

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The headquarters of the collection is a small building in the garden of the private house of the owner, Ingvild Goetz, who wanted a space where she could temporarily exhibit some works.

The planning regulations of the residential area where it is located restricted the footprint and the height, such that it is made up of one excavated floor and one upper floor as exhibition space. The floor between, on ground level, houses a library and an office. Initially conceived for private use, .
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Located in the Museum district of Munich, the new Brandhorst Museum is a rectangular box three-storeys high, including the basement, which houses a private contemporary art collection.

The authors' intention was to create a facade which was also an abstract painting. The exterior skin is made up of several layers: in front of the structure and the insulation layer, comes a sheet of two-tone folded microperforated metal which absorbs traffic noise. In front, the glazed ceramic pieces a.
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Four years after its completion, the climbing vine has not managed to get past the second storey and the East and West facades suffer the consequences.

The solution for enclosure thought up by the architects is made up of a stainless steel mesh, - which acts as a safety parapet and facilitates the green wall – and of double-glazing with adjustable shutters inside (building detail in D.
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