For the design of chef Tim Raue’s restaurant in the historic Villa Kellermann in Potsdam, Ester Bruzkus Architekten combined a series of contrasting positions: old and new, traditional and innovative, familiar and surprising. The architecture of the dining areas is designed to be a fresh and surprising take on familiar themes -the same approach that the chef uses for his world-famous cooking.
The design idea is to present each of the historical rooms as its own unique rich chromatic experience. Saturated in different hues, each room is its own colorful experience based on contemporary interpretations of historic colors: blues, greens, and beige tones. The main dining room, the Alte Fritz Saal, preserves the light beige textures and colors of the historic building; the Green Dining Rooms are saturated in a harmony of carefully selected hues; the Elephant Room is a cozy lounge in Prussian Blue for languorous views of the Lake.
The rooms are furnished with comfortable and rich settings made from a playful montage of materials and textures and new and old furniture. The custom furniture is precisely detailed in brass, fabrics, woods and steel. The rich and contrasting fabrics, materials, paints and wallpapers come from many different companies to make a playful collage of colors and textures that come together to define the dominant hue of the space. It is a play of delightful contrasts and surprises-familiar and new, innovative and based in tradition, comfortable and stylish.