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The Bondi apartment was to serve the owner as a sanctuary and retreat from his busy city
Our client owns a double apartment in a 30 unit
building at the south end of Bondi Beach.
Poorly connected a number of years earlier it
was to be totally gutted and refurbished.
Our brief was to create a peaceful, simple and
serene environment celebrating its world famous location. A single opening had originally made the connection. The project
required three bedrooms with a dressing room
and separate study. The apartment was to be
divided to accommodate his visiting children
whilst maintaining a private wing for work and
rest.
A product of an early eighties developer,
the space presented minimal dimensions with
ceiling heights under 2400mm. Structure was under designed and demanded minimal openings to form part of any design strategy.
The constraints presented us with four slices of space potentially running from view to rear of building.
Our strategy was to interconnect these front to back zones via cavity sliding doors, mostly mirrored allowing the apartment to be one space connected to light and beach.
Alternatively to divide the space into two when the children were in town.
The slices range from public to private across
the plan. The plan was improved by the addition of lightweight glazed aluminium boxes that enclosed redundant rear courtyard balcony spaces.
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