Dance Studio – Dancing in an Old Building

The traditional dance studio, shaped by various development phases, featured a partially listed staircase (1892), a dance hall with an adjacent break room (2001), and a modern winter garden extension (2021). The goal was to unify these different styles into a harmonious overall composition through targeted interior design.

A key intervention was the 90° rotation of the counter, which allowed for a more generous connection between the winter garden – previously accessible only via a narrow passage – and the break room. This transformation resulted in a 70-square-meter lounge, centered around a counter made of black natural stone. The counter serves as the focal point, opening toward the break room while being visually separated from the dance hall by its rear glass wall.

In the style of Baroque theater halls, an additional staircase was introduced, leading from the break room down to the dance hall. Integrated seating steps were built in between, functioning as both storage space and a flexible stage surface.

Contrasting with the dark carpet and herringbone parquet, the ceiling surfaces were kept light. In the dance hall, white acoustic panels and 60 suspended fabric panels create a soft, flowing spatial effect. Meanwhile, the previously dark break room is now illuminated by a suspended ceiling consisting of twelve backlit, arched ceiling panels.