The charming Hotel Schlüssel, run by Manuel Berger and Walter "Willy" Willimann, joins its hotel siblings Beau Séjour and Villa Maria in Lucerne with ten rooms. All of the rooms at Hotel und Restaurant Schlüssel were inspired by our artistic family members Nina Staehli and Daniel Hunziker. The artist and designer also designed the Beau Séjour and Villa Maria.
Nina Staehli developed the overall artistic concept for the Schlüssel hotel and restaurant. The artist created a work cycle consisting of 24 paintings and 20 relief sculptures. Two face-shaped figures, which appeared in the foundation stone wall on the first floor, served as inspiration for the latter. We call them Mrs. & Mr. Borromaus. Nina made a negative of the faces and transferred the figures into an artistic context. The reliefs can be found in all rooms, on the first floor and in the Borromeo Hall. The minimalist paintings hang in all hotel rooms, two large-format pictures in the Borromäus Hall.
Daniel Hunziker conceived and designed the entire appearance of the Schlüssel hotel and restaurant. As with the Beau Séjour and Villa Maria projects, the designer worked closely with the hotel operators and artist Nina Staehli. Hunziker's brief included designing the interior architecture with a lighting and color concept as well as designing a furniture line for the hotel rooms. The Schlüssel collection consists of bedside tables, desks, wall and ceiling lamps and wardrobe modules. Daniel and his team were also responsible for developing the corporate identity and brand, including the logo design.
Full-blooded hoteliers Manuel Berger and Walter "Willy" Willimann are delighted with their latest addition: the Hotel and Restaurant Schlüssel in Lucerne's Old Town. They design, create and manage according to the conviction: "What we do, we do in and with a large, strong community. Be it our biological family or a chosen family." They have captured their credo in the claim of Hotel und Restaurant Schlüssel: familia supra omnia - family above all else.
