There is a wealth of material dealing with Frei Otto is now on the internet. 
Note: The list below was compiled in 2016 and would not be complete and there may well be some faulty links (August 2025)

Some links include:

• YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cII1xV3XVhY 
• YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt-yAiieDn0 (Architectural Association School of Architecture London)
• YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra1_0O6EwIg (Architectural Association School of Architecture London)
• YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPdpN8dfvhA  (2001) Since the 1950s, the architect and engineer Frie Otto has been an outstanding innovator in the field of lightweight tensile and membrane structures, pioneering many advances in structural mathematics and civil engineering. His best-known works are the German Pavilion for the 1967 Expo in Montreal, designed with Rolf Gutbrod, and the roof structure of the Olympic Sport Stadium in Munich, Germany, with Behnisch and Leonhardt (1972). He has won numerous architectural awards and honours. NB: Slight audio disturbance at beginning. (110 minutes)
• YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbJw7uyT-uI Frei Otto: Spanning the Future (Official Trailer 2016)
• YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IW7o25NmeA Modelling with Soap Films
• YouTube Link:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=degls4ve_Dc FREI OTTO - Form Finding and Path Systems
• YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EG21xLQi9o In Memory of Frei Otto
• YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHZYEHBs7vz4llywAk5JKlA 

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Below are a few of his early cablenet structures - The IL, German Pavilion at Montreal 67 Expo and Munich Olympic Stadium Structures. 

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Photo credits: Peter Kneen

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Welcome to our Conference Mini-Workshop.

Normally, workshops dealing with the design of membrane structures take a full day!

We are restricted to half a day so it is strongly advised that you do some preparation beforehand so you will get the most out of the workshop.

You will be divided into small groups that will have a mix of current students from MADA/RMIT as well as the delegates from the Conference. There could be about 20 such groups and you will be spread out in various rooms in the MADA building. 

As a result each group will have a spread of skills that you will need to utilize. Spend only a few minutes to introduce yourselves and give some idea of the skills/experience that you might contribute.