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Air Purifying Window that uses sunlight to purify your home also creates a Foggy Screen to retain your privacy

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After spending a year quarantined with three roommates, the air quality in our apartment, if you can imagine, has grown quite stuffy. The solution seems simple: crack open a window. That’s true, we could do that, but giving our neighbors a clear view into our home does not sit well with any of us. For my roommates and I specifically, we have the bad luck of having large windows that look out onto a frequently traveled hallway, which gives our neighbors a clear window into our apartment.

Privacy or fresh air? That is the compromise that many apartment dwellers — especially those with ground-floor units — face. The Hazy Air Purifier is a window that ensures privacy while providing proper ventilation. How does it work? The device utilizes a new concept called HAZE, which uses sunlight to heat the air inside your home; this “heat haze” purifies the atmosphere and creates a foggy screen that obscures your interior living space from passing neighbors.

How does the Hazy air purifier fit into your living space? After all, windows come in all sizes. The designers fixed this issue with the Hazy’s height-adjustable frame. As long as your apartment has rectangular windows, the Hazy will likely be a perfect fit. Alternatively, the product also works as a standing unit; it doesn’t have to be fixed to the wall. Unfortunately, this method means losing out on the product’s main selling point: the hazy window effect. However, on its own, the Hazy air purifier’s unique shape won’t clash with your decor or clutter or living space, but may also attract some interested, quizzical questions from house guests.

Designer: Jisu Yang

 

This accordion-like expanding window lets you reconnect with nature!

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In our cramped up urban homes it’s almost impossible to retain a connection with nature…or is it? Argentinian architect Aldana Ferrer Garcia designed the More Sky window as a creative experiment. More Sky is a designer window concept that expands and attempts to replace the traditional windows we are so used to. The extending window unit allows for surreal views of the sky, and in fact, forms a mini balcony!

Designer: Aldana Ferrer Garcia

Garcia says that the project “provides visual relief, access to sunlight and fresh air for small apartments” and is a response to “current needs in densely populated cities”, and More Sky is indeed a relief from our often squeezed up homes. The window comes in three styles, Hopper Niche, Casement Niche and Awning Niche.

The Hopper Niche forms an accordion-like structure, allowing you to snuggle into it and relax with your favorite book!

The Casement Niche provides enough space for you to sit cross-legged, and take in some fresh sunlight and morning views.

Whereas the Awning Niche folds out like an awning, allowing you to lean out and take in your surroundings.

Though designed specifically for Brooklyn’s construction and regulations, More Sky is the kind of design that can find immense functionality all over the world. It’s a concept that allows you to simply lay back, reconnect with the world around you, and to be honest I wouldn’t mind one in my home!