An Oasis at the Centre of Everyday Life
At Vista in Hyllie, one of the Öresund region’s key transport hubs, Ideas has transformed the entrance floor of Wihlborgs’ building into a shared living room. Bringing together a reception, café, lounge and meeting spaces, the interior offers a welcoming place to pause within a setting defined by movement.
Commissioned in early 2025, Ideas approached the generous ground floor with a focus on human scale. The challenge was to create warmth and intimacy while accommodating the daily flow of people through the building. Inspiration came from classic hotel lobbies: places where different worlds meet, conversations unfold and visitors feel equally comfortable passing through or settling in.
A Social Heart
At the centre of the interior, a combined reception and café counter anchors the open space. Its rounded form creates an approachable presence from every direction, establishing a natural meeting point while helping visitors navigate the ground floor.
Around it, a varied arrangement of seating accommodates informal conversations, individual work and moments of rest. Bespoke built-in sofas and abundant planting give the café a sense of enclosure without disconnecting it from the surrounding spaces. A mix of furniture and colours introduces the warmth and individuality of a domestic interior.
Along the edges of the lobby, meeting rooms take the form of finely crafted volumes in dark-oiled oak. Fluted glass provides privacy while allowing soft daylight to filter through. Their proximity to the café and lounge makes it easy to move between focused meetings, informal discussions and breaks.
The largest meeting room accommodates up to 50 people and can be reconfigured for different events, with expansive views across the Scanian plains and passing trains. In the lounge, a fireplace provides a gathering point, reinforcing the idea of the entrance as a shared living room.
A palette of warm, tactile materials connects these different settings, giving the expansive interior a coherent and enduring character.
“Together with Ideas, we have created an entrance and meeting place that clearly reflects the building’s identity and ambition. A vibrant hub with a strong character—a place that makes a lasting first impression and that we are proud to present.”
— Rickard Berlin, Project Manager, Wihlborgs
Materials with a Past—and a Future
Sustainability informed both the material palette and the furnishing strategy. Ideas selected high-quality materials intended to age beautifully, while incorporating reuse and upcycling throughout the scheme.
Working with suppliers and collaborators, the studio sourced existing pieces from archived collections alongside former showroom furniture. Established design classics sit beside newer pieces that explore responsible production and alternative materials, including acoustic panels made from Danish seagrass and chairs made from flax fibre.
These choices contribute to the interior’s varied character. Rather than relying on a uniform furnishing scheme, the design brings together pieces with different histories, textures and forms, held together by a considered palette.
The result is an entrance floor that supports the practical rhythms of a working building while offering reasons to stay. Through carefully defined spaces, tactile materials and opportunities for both interaction and retreat, Vista’s lobby becomes more than a route through the building: it becomes a place to meet, work and return to.
