Ideas for Balconies: Enlarging the Living Area in Apartments

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Apartamento Sodré 272-401 / Oficina Conceito Arquitetura. Image: © Marcelo Donadussi

Outdoor spaces and balconies have gained much more importance after the social isolation period the world went through. In contact with the outside, these areas bring light and ventilation to the apartment primarily; and when improved or used in a different way, they can bring more comfort to the living environment.

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There are several ways to enhance this environment, from simple interventions, such as introducing some versatile furniture, like hammocks or planters - which can be a great landscape artifice -, to more complex renovations that expand the living room area or transform the balcony into an environment with its own program. In the following, we highlighted several projects that cover the possibilities of occupying the space. Moreover, it is also worth emphasizing the importance of paving that helps define a single space or integrate it with the rest, and the solutions adopted to work with sunlight. See them all below.

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Apartamento Acará / Estúdio BRA. Image: © Maura Mello

Living Room Expansion

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Apartamento Koke / Estúdio Minke. Image: © Maíra Acayaba
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Apartamento Kaluá / Estúdio BRA. Image: © Maíra Acayaba
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Apartamento Güths / ARQBR Arquitetura e Urbanismo. Image: © Eden Alencar

Versatile Furniture

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Suíte Buganvile / Mínimo Arquitetura e Design. Image: © Joana França
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Edifício da Cordoaria / Diana Barros Arquitetura. Image: © Mário Brandão

Landscaping

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Expansion of Apartment in Brazil Building / Alvorada Arquitetos. Image: © Pedro Kok
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Tatuí Apartment / Passos Arquitetura. Image: © André Mortatti

A Unique Environment

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Apartamento JAP / Metamoorfose Studio. Image: © Maira Acayaba
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Góes Apartment / Estúdio BRA. Image: © Maura Mello

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Cite: ArchDaily Team. "Ideas for Balconies: Enlarging the Living Area in Apartments" [Ideias para sacadas e varandas: ampliando a área de estar nos apartamentos ] 02 Oct 2022. ArchDaily. (Trans. Simões, Diogo) Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/987022/ideas-for-balconies-enlarging-the-living-area-in-apartments> ISSN 0719-8884

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