60 - Frei Otto

Frei Otto (Siegmar 1925–2015 Leonberg), “Atlantis Pilot Project Mariposa, Tenerife: Elevation and Floor Plan of a Guest Pavilion, 1990,” 1994, color screen print on BFK-Rives paper, signed in pencil at the bottom margin, dated and numbered “24/100,” sheet 7 of the portfolio “Pro Deutsches Architektur-Museum,” published by Deutsche Bank Bauspar AG in collaboration with Edition LIMITED, Münster (with their dry stamp in the lower left corner), 38 x 60 cm (paper size: 60 x 80 cm), mounted under glass in a white anodized aluminum frame, overall size: 61.5 x 81.5 cm. Limited edition of 162 The original sketch on which this is based was created in 1990 in connection with the Atlantis pilot project “Mariposa.” It depicts an elevation and floor plan of a guesthouse for one or two people, located within a meeting, discussion, and work space for artists, scientists, philosophers, and politicians. “The structure—a galvanized steel truss with marble floors, all-around glazing, and a double-pitched tent roof—is placed directly on the volcanic rock on four supports without altering the soil structure or vegetation” (from the accompanying text in the portfolio). Frei Otto was honored with the Pritzker Prize in 2015 and was the second German architect, after Gottfried Böhm, to receive this world-renowned architectural award.