Gabriele Allendorf – light identity

The lightening of the special layered facade structure in the evening hours and at night emphasizes the effect of depth and turns it into a spatial experience. Coming through the entrance portal you are passing the back-lit pillars which create an impressive effect. The slightly illuminated arch leads the visitor into the foyer. The accentuation of the middle risalith by day continues consequently at night: the visual effect of the front part, the baluster of the balconies, is being created by narrow LED light lines. The gentle tongues of light in the barrel vault allegorize the balusters and figures, which rise against the sky like subtle pinnacles at historical buildings.

In March 2013 the temporary installation "Famous sons and daughters of Frankfurt" opened. It shows leading figures in the windows and in the foyer of the old General Post Office. Gabriele Allendorf curated this installation. She declared in her opening speech, that the intellectual bequest of our forefathers who have thought far beyond their temporal and social horizon are the best support for the development of the young "Westend Palais".

Client
Prime Office AG, München