Sail Away.(Gisela Stromeyer's innovative creations for a Zurich nightclub)(Statistical Data Included)
Interior Design, July, 1999 by Cohen, Edie
Gisela Stromeyer conjure a fantasia of tensile structures at Club Incognito Zurich.
CONVENTIONAL BUILDING MATERIALS--metal, glass, plaster, stone, and concrete--are not for Gisela Stromeyer. She relies instead on stretched fabric to create her otherworldly interiors. "I never thought I'd end up doing this," says the Konstanz-born architect, who trained in dance before studying architecture in Germany and, eventually, at Pratt Institute in New York. Genetics may be responsible for Stromeyer's career path: Born to a family of tentmakers, she is now following proudly in her father's footsteps. Peter Stromeyer and his partner Frei Otto pioneered the use of tensile structures, counting the German Pavilion at Montreal's 1967 World's Fair and the 1971 Olympic Stadium...
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