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Entwurf • Design Ester Bruzkus Architekten, Berlin
Bauherr • Client Villa Kellermann Betriebs GmbH
Standort • Location Mangerstraße 34, Potsdam
Nutzfläche • Floor space 380 m 2
Fotos • Photos Jens Bösenberg, Berlin
Mehr Infos auf Seite • More information on page 126

VILLA KELLERMANN

IN POTSDAM

As is well known, every recipe for success is based on
the quality and the interacction of its ingredients. In the
Potsdam Villa Kellermann, the “basics” could not be any
better: The restaurant belongs to TV star Günther Jauch,
top chef Tim Raue sets the tone in the kitchen and Ester
Bruzkus designed the salon-like interior for the more
than 100 years old villa right on Heiliger See in Potsdam.

W ith eyes wide open, Frederick the Great, the “Alte Fritz”, sur-
veys the salon which is named after him. Andy Warhol’s co-
lourful silkscreen dominates the whole room. The art-loving Prussian
King would no doubt have enjoyed what he sees: The Villa Kellermann
restaurant opened in autumn 2019 is a culinary-architectural overall
work of art. Günther Jauch had the villa constructed in 1914 on Heiliger
See and steeped in GDR history elaborately refurbished according to
the specifications for monument preservation. In star chef Tim Raue,
the TV host found his top chef. Both found their architect in Ester Bruz-
kus. Her salon concept tailored to the old building is unique! Every one
of the historic rooms has its very own look regarding colours. Inter-
esting visual relationships link the room sequence. This restaurant am-
bience feels very private as if it were the rich great-aunt’s home on the
lake. This was the intention of the triumvirate! The architect kept the
furniture she herself had designed at a respectful distance from the
walls. Upholstered benches and chairs as well as tables and carpets
produce seating islands in the room. The salons benefit from a skilful,
opulent mixture of old textures and new surfaces – graphically inter-
esting and pleasant to touch. Filigree furniture of brass and black steel
are found everywhere. Velvet conveys a feeling of security. Bare, beige
walls and a striking, exposed stucco ceiling exude historic charm in the
salon Alter Fritz. Wall-, pendant- and floor lamps specifically develo-
ped for Villa Kellerman ensure very unique light moods. The “Elephant
Salon” owes its name to the vintage wallpaper with tiny, white trunked
animals on a blue background. Door elements, furniture, ceiling, trims
and carpets are immersed in deep-warm Prussian blue. The rabbits,
peacocks and foxes of the upholstery fabric look as if they had just
come in from the nearby woods. The two-part Grüner Salon virtually
brings nature inside. And then there is again and again this view to the
outside … Tim Raue would, at one time, have liked to become an ar-
chitect himself. That the interior and the delicacies served correspond
Axonometrie • Axonometry so perfectly cannot be merely a coincidence.

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