Living Together at Balfe Park Lane
Balfe Park Lane is located on Wurundjeri Country in Melbourne’s inner northern suburb of Brunswick East. As the name suggests, Balfe Park Lane has a close relationship to its location, situated between Balfe Park and Nicholson Street.
Completed in 2021, Balfe Park Lane was designed by Kerstin Thompson Architects and comprises 72 homes. This award-winning project was market-led yet it is notable for including priorities often found in collective housing models, such as responsible environmental performance and communal resources for residents.
We sat down with resident Johannes Lupolo-Chan to hear what life is like at Balfe Park Lane, giving us a sense of his home and the project’s common spaces.
“The open spaces, access to natural light and views and greenery; those are the things that make you feel better and happier, and better for your wellbeing, so that’s I think what sets it apart from other similar buildings.”
– Johannes Lupolo-Chan, Balfe Park Lane resident
Development name: Balfe Park Lane
Designer: Kerstin Thompson Architects (KTA)
Developer: Antipodean Land Developments
Film produced by: RMIT PlaceLab Brunswick’s Living Together Research Project
Narrated by: Rebecca Roke
Interviewee: Johannes Lupolo-Chan
Filming and video production: Matt Quattro from OnQ Media
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Johannes’ Balfe Park Lane home.