Interior design
In abundance.
“There is no such thing as a neutral design.” says Christian Prasser. “I grew up in an old town house in Steingasse, on the other side of the Salzach. I know from my early childhood what it means to live in a century-old house. That’s why my experiences flow naturally into the design of the Blue Goose.” For the architect Christian Prasser, who lives in Vienna, the differently designed rooms, the low ceilings, the irregular plaster, the vaults and arcades embody a feeling of protection and security – associations that stand in stark contrast to the open and clean spatial structures of modern hotel architecture.
The simple, “classic” furniture shapes such as the bed and desk in the rooms in the Getreidegasse wing that he designed for the Blaue Gans speak the language of modern design despite the use of knotty oak wood. The coarse oak floorboards and the milled wool fabrics refer to the “mountain town character” of the city. The dirndl fabrics for the lamps are an ironic touch, a design by polkadesign – a loving, if not entirely serious, allusion to the Salzburg traditional costume culture in the citizens’ alley.
At Karajanplatz, once and now the scene of “courtly life”, the design of the rooms and suites, despite their simplicity, reveals a more sophisticated attitude. “Architecture is often understood as a shell. In the shell that represents the historical building structure, we build another shell full of references and points of contact, which we offer to the guests as intellectual freedom.”
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