Award-winning architect Adam Haddow stripped to see if the balconies on luxury apartments he designed at Bondi passed the privacy test. They did | juliepower
NSW award-winning architect Adam Haddow stripped to see if the balconies on luxury apartments he designed at Bondi passed the privacy test.
The tub is positioned to take in views to the south without being overlooked. “I go for a run, get in the bath, it is amazing,” said Haddow. These spaces are designed for “urban serendipity” - where neighbours bump into each other for a chat. The need to hide the washing from passers-by drove the project on one level, he said. Every balcony has an inbuilt washing line.About half of all dwellings currently being built in NSW are apartments. Themandates that every one has a balcony. A two-bedroom apartment, for example, is required to have a 10-metre square balcony with a minimum depth of two metres.Credit:In apartments on major roads, or subject to high winds, a Wintergarden , bay windows or juliet balconies may be substituted.
Because of COVID and the lockdowns, the public now valued a balcony more than ever, he said. They weren’t popular until the 1960s, said Thalis, a founder of Hill Thalis Architecture + Urban Projects.
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