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Case Study Das Halensee — Luxury Lakeside Venue Website

Das Halensee

Hospitality & Web Development Web Design + Development + CMS Case Study

A complete digital presence for Berlin-Charlottenburg's iconic lakeside destination. From a blank canvas to a fully operational multilingual website with a bespoke admin dashboard — designed so the client team can manage every piece of content without touching code. Built with a focus on visual storytelling, search engine discoverability, and AI engine optimization.

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Scope of Work

Website Design

Art-deco inspired design system with custom SaveurSans typography, warm color palette, and parallax storytelling across 10 pages.

Custom Admin Panel

A purpose-built CMS dashboard with glassmorphism UI — edit menus, events, gallery, FAQ, pricing, and more. Zero code required.

Firebase Backend

Firebase Realtime Database as a headless CMS. Content changes appear instantly on the live site. No server deployment needed.

SEO & AI Optimization

Schema.org structured data, Open Graph, sitemap, robots.txt with AI crawler rules, llms.txt, and per-page meta optimization.

10
Pages
3
Languages
9
JS Modules
0
Frameworks

Tech Stack

HTML5 CSS3 Vanilla JS Firebase Realtime DB Google Maps API Google Places API Netlify Schema.org i18n (DE/EN/FR) DSGVO Consent PWA

What Makes It Special

01

Admin Dashboard

Fully custom admin panel with tabbed navigation, CRUD for all content, image gallery management, event scheduling, and a master sync feature.

02

Trilingual Engine

German, English, French — auto-detected from browser, switchable via UI. All content translates dynamically including FAQ and events.

03

Google Ecosystem

Live business hours via Places API with 24h caching, Google Reviews with Firebase fallback, embedded Maps, and Analytics-ready consent.

04

AI Search Ready

Structured data for AI engines, llms.txt for LLMs, ai-content-description meta tags, and crawler-specific rules. Built for the future of search.

05

Zero Framework

Pure vanilla HTML, CSS, JavaScript. No build step, no dependencies. Instant page loads and a codebase any developer can understand in minutes.

06

Security First

CSP headers, HSTS, X-Frame-Options, SHA-256 admin hashing, Firebase server-side rules, and honeypot fields. Enterprise-grade protection.