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Conrad Roland

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Conrad Roland (born Konrad Roland Lehmann; 1934 – 26 September 2020) was a German architect. He was an important person in the construction of spacenets (tensile structures), which primarily are to be found as rope climbing frames on playgrounds.

In 1978 he designed and constructed the biggest spacenet of the world until today, the Super Four Mast Spacenet, for the Federal Horticultural Show (BUGA).[1]

He studied architecture in Chicago. Roland died on 26 September 2020, aged 86.[2]

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  1. [1] Archived 2012-02-18 at the Wayback Machine Super Four Mast Circus with photographs and plans
  2. Vater der Raumnetze Zum Tod von Conrad Roland (in German)