
VALO Hotel & Work
Valo is a new hotel concept that offers hotel services, meeting and coworking facilities. The hotel needed a combination of a multi-purpose bistro and a lounge bar to serve the hotel guests but also to function as an independent restaurant and a bar
Client
SSA Hotels Oy
Location
Helsinki
Area
Elo bistro 304 m² and Suo bar 246 m²
Year
2020
Photography
Riikka Kantinkoski
Expertise Hospitality Design
Background




Fyra designed two different restaurant spaces for Valo, with Scandinavian communality as the unifying roof theme. Nordic style is reflected in the material choices as well as in the atmosphere. The core of the plan for Elo bistro and the Suo bar is functionality. In the morning, both serve as the hotel’s breakfast room, during the day as a business lunch spot, and in the evening the bistro and bar serve local people in addition to the hotel guests.


Strategy & Delivery


Beautifully patinated natural materials were preferred in Restaurant Elo’s material choices. Ash parquet and ceramic tiling create light warm tones. When choosing the furniture Fyra had to take into account heavy use and sufficient room to move around the furniture.
Most of the furniture is designed by Fyra and commissioned from local carpenters and the rest comes from new Finnish design brands. The furniture of the Suo bar was also supposed to be suitable for dining. The business angle had to be taken into account e.g. as charging points for phone a nd computer.



Team
Eva-Marie Eriksson
Co-founder
Senior Designer,
Hotels and Restaurants
eva-marie.eriksson@fyra.fi
+358 (0)40 537 7350
Laura Järvinen
(on parental leave)
Interior Architect SIO
Designer
laura.jarvinen@fyra.fi
+358 (0)50 523 7187
Sara Koivisto
Interior Architect
Concept Designer
sara.koivisto@fyra.fi
+358 (0)50 365 7219