Munich Olympia stadion

From the architect. Often mentioned as a pioneer in lightweight tensile

and membrane construction, yet overshadowed in the discipline of
architecture, Frei Otto along with Gunther Behnisch collaborated to
design the 1972 Munich Olympic Stadium in Munich, Germany.
 With the Olympics having already been held in Berlin in
1936, Otto and Behnisch took the second Olympics
games in Germany as an opportunity and a second
chance to show Germany in a new light. Their goal
was to design a structure that would emulate the
games motto: The Happy Games as more of a
whimsical architectural response that would
overshadow the heavy, authoritarian stadium in Berlin.

Otto and Behnisch conceptualized a sweeping tensile

structure that would flow continuously over the site
imitating the draping and rhythmic protrusions of the
Swiss Alps. The result is a suspended cloud-like structure
that appears to be floating over the site branching in
between the natatorium, gymnasium, and the main
stadium.