Publisher's Synopsis
"The most in incredible street in the world", a description used at the opening of the Zeilgalerie, is neither a department store nor a shopping mall. A space has been created on the Zeil in Frankfurt that is unique in the history of commerce and the city.;This complex conceived by architect Ruediger Kramm is devoted to the movement of light and colour. Numerous groups of lamps and movable colour filters with computer-controlled external sensors draw and model the surroundings in constantly changing patterns. The architect's unconventional concept offers an overwhelming exeprience in terms of perspective, light and space: 650 metres of window shopping in a vertical passage with arcade-like corridors, like Saint Elia's vision of space.;This book analyzes the emergence of a building that is intended not just to display and sell goods, but also uses lively and colourful architecture to produce a cultural experience.
