Sechser | Söhne&Partner architects

Heterotropic Nightclub in Vienna Vienna / Austria

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To create a new cosmopolitan nightclub in Vienna, the two underground floors of former Palais Palffy nightclub were completely transformed from scratch.


The design concept of the new bar and nightclub is Mannerist. Mannerism has always stood for a time of change in the historical context and is represented by keywords such as adornment, uncommonness, opulence, artificiality, and abstruseness. To keep up with the current trend of Mannerism, the location was developed with clashing styles as well as opulence, by using fine fabrics and wallpapers from House of Hackney London.


The challenging part of the project, was to transform the typical basement rooms into an extravagant world. In order for the guests not to perceive the rooms as an underground basement, we replaced the characteristic barrel vault with a dynamic and undulating ceiling construction, transforming the rooms into an unusual, crazy and surreal world – making the ceiling alive.


The non-predictable is manifested by the ceiling and stresses the complexity of the whole clubbing environment. The heterotopia is accentuated by the curved shapes, to evoke confusion and drama.


With violent colors, patterns, shapes, and reflections, Sechser creates a decadent and provocative world that hardly attributable. This world is born out of the interplay of form, function, and materiality.

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    To create a new cosmopolitan nightclub in Vienna, the two underground floors of former Palais Palffy nightclub were completely transformed from scratch. The design concept of the new bar and nightclub is Mannerist. Mannerism has always stood for a time of change in the historical context and is represented by keywords such as adornment, uncommonness, opulence, artificiality, and abstruseness. To keep up with the current trend of Mannerism, the location was developed with clashing styles...

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    • Status Completed works
    • Type Bars/Cafés / Discos, Clubs
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