Hello everyone,
after browsing through many posts, I would like to share the design of an architect from a construction company for a single-family house with 150 sqm (1,615 sq ft) of living space for discussion. Overall, we like it quite a bit, but I am curious about your opinions. Maybe you could take a look.
Development plan/restrictions
Plot size: 711 sqm (7,649 sq ft)
Slope: no
Floor area ratio (FAR): 0.35
Gross floor area ratio (GFA):
Building envelope, building line and boundary: yes, see image
Number of parking spaces: 1 per housing unit
Number of floors: 2
Roof type: gable, hip, pyramid, shed roof
Style: modern
Orientation: south
Maximum height/restrictions: 6.50 m (21 ft 4 in)
Additional requirements
Client requirements
Style, roof type, building type: modern, gable roof
Basement, floors: no basement, 2 full floors
Number of occupants, age: 2 (35), possibly a child
Room requirements on the ground floor: living room, dining room, kitchen, utility room, guest bathroom with shower, cloakroom; on the upper floor: master bedroom with walk-in closet, 1 child’s room, 1 guest/office room, large bathroom
Office: family use
Overnight guests per year: approx. 5
Open or closed architecture: rather open
Conservative or modern design: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: yes
Number of dining seats: 6
Fireplace: yes
Music/stereo wall: standard TV wall
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: undecided, but double
Utility garden, greenhouse: no
Additional wishes: storage room behind carport/garage, covered walkway to the main entrance
House design
Who created the design: architect from a construction company
What do you particularly like? Why? open living/dining area, kitchen with corner window implemented, bathroom on upper floor with T-shaped layout
What do you dislike? Why? divided walk-in closet (“walk-in closet” + “storage”), possibly the pantry location, general positioning of the house on the plot (likely due to the building envelope, a lot of space lost on the north side)
Price estimate according to architect/designer: not yet available
Personal price limit for the house, including fittings: €350,000
Preferred heating system: air-to-water heat pump
If you had to give up something, which details/extensions
- could you do without: second room on the upper floor as large as the child’s room
- could you not do without: ?
This is a first preliminary draft from our architect. Unfortunately, no dimensions are included yet; those will only be provided once we approve a design.
One of the most difficult issues is the overall positioning of the house. The building envelope is unfortunately not ideal. The access road runs along the south side. To make optimal use of the plot (building envelope), the house would actually have to be positioned on the northern build boundary, but then it would not be parallel to the road.
I would appreciate your opinions and ideas!
Best regards
Edit: uploading images is currently not working, I am working on it
after browsing through many posts, I would like to share the design of an architect from a construction company for a single-family house with 150 sqm (1,615 sq ft) of living space for discussion. Overall, we like it quite a bit, but I am curious about your opinions. Maybe you could take a look.
Development plan/restrictions
Plot size: 711 sqm (7,649 sq ft)
Slope: no
Floor area ratio (FAR): 0.35
Gross floor area ratio (GFA):
Building envelope, building line and boundary: yes, see image
Number of parking spaces: 1 per housing unit
Number of floors: 2
Roof type: gable, hip, pyramid, shed roof
Style: modern
Orientation: south
Maximum height/restrictions: 6.50 m (21 ft 4 in)
Additional requirements
Client requirements
Style, roof type, building type: modern, gable roof
Basement, floors: no basement, 2 full floors
Number of occupants, age: 2 (35), possibly a child
Room requirements on the ground floor: living room, dining room, kitchen, utility room, guest bathroom with shower, cloakroom; on the upper floor: master bedroom with walk-in closet, 1 child’s room, 1 guest/office room, large bathroom
Office: family use
Overnight guests per year: approx. 5
Open or closed architecture: rather open
Conservative or modern design: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: yes
Number of dining seats: 6
Fireplace: yes
Music/stereo wall: standard TV wall
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: undecided, but double
Utility garden, greenhouse: no
Additional wishes: storage room behind carport/garage, covered walkway to the main entrance
House design
Who created the design: architect from a construction company
What do you particularly like? Why? open living/dining area, kitchen with corner window implemented, bathroom on upper floor with T-shaped layout
What do you dislike? Why? divided walk-in closet (“walk-in closet” + “storage”), possibly the pantry location, general positioning of the house on the plot (likely due to the building envelope, a lot of space lost on the north side)
Price estimate according to architect/designer: not yet available
Personal price limit for the house, including fittings: €350,000
Preferred heating system: air-to-water heat pump
If you had to give up something, which details/extensions
- could you do without: second room on the upper floor as large as the child’s room
- could you not do without: ?
This is a first preliminary draft from our architect. Unfortunately, no dimensions are included yet; those will only be provided once we approve a design.
One of the most difficult issues is the overall positioning of the house. The building envelope is unfortunately not ideal. The access road runs along the south side. To make optimal use of the plot (building envelope), the house would actually have to be positioned on the northern build boundary, but then it would not be parallel to the road.
I would appreciate your opinions and ideas!
Best regards
Edit: uploading images is currently not working, I am working on it
Robbaut schrieb:
(and then a proper door to the pantry from the hallway).When I talk about a pantry, I always mean it in the traditional sense—like the kind our grandmothers used to have—as a storage space for provisions. This creates different requirements than simply storing ingredients.
A traditional pantry is like a “mini cellar by the kitchen” and is used for cheese, potatoes, and preserved fruits and vegetables. It provides a suitable climate for this purpose and therefore demands specific planning considerations.
If the goal is merely to store larger quantities of non-immediately needed dry goods (such as the other nineteen bags of pasta) out of sight, that is a completely different planning issue.
In other words: if you are not concerned with the traditional culture of stocking up on provisions the grandmother’s way, a simple cupboard (room) that can be located more flexibly in terms of climate will actually suffice.
Robbaut schrieb:
With the corner window, I would anyway have concerns that it wouldn’t really stand out if it’s partly under the carport.I fully agree with you: the “certain something” of the corner window is definitely emphasized when it’s not, like Hofer/maier/hubers have it, in the kitchen but in the bedroom.
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Bautraum20155 Feb 2017 15:38Our pantry with direct access next to the kitchen serves so many purposes that I really don’t want to do without it: vacuum cleaner, mop, and broom supplies; cleaning products; boxes; milk supplies; baking ingredients; pasta; canned goods; shopping bags and various other bags; large kitchen appliances that are only used occasionally, and so on. I don’t want to store all of this in drawers or tall cabinets.
We also have a basement for storing homemade items (jam, juices, etc.) and a large chest freezer. Still, I find having a pantry in or next to the kitchen incredibly practical.
We also have a basement for storing homemade items (jam, juices, etc.) and a large chest freezer. Still, I find having a pantry in or next to the kitchen incredibly practical.
11ant schrieb:
When I talk about a pantry, I always mean it in the sense of "what grandma still knew," that is, for storing provisions. What you understand by a pantry has been made quite clear in this thread. I have simply followed the original poster’s choice of words and also commented on their floor plan. I believe they know what is meant.Robbaut schrieb:
I was simply following the choice of words made by the thread starterThat is exactly why I wanted to clarify this again, because the same term "ambiguous" is being used here. My intention is not to mediate between the factions of "cheese, potatoes, and canning jars" (which I belong to) and the faction of the OP’s "(food-dominated) miscellaneous storage space," nor to act like a language teacher – but simply to explain that the use of the term for one purpose implies certain requirements regarding the location of the room, which do not need to be considered for the purpose corresponding to the other use of the term.
It’s similar to the different interpretations associated with the term "walk-in closet" in the discussion community. Instead of talking past each other, it’s better to clarify the "double" meaning first – personally, I would rather do so once too often (?)
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Regarding the pantry: the original post states that a kitchen garden or greenhouse is not planned. Therefore, it is more likely to be used as a storage area—this has never been a problem here to assume; otherwise, it has always been mentioned when referring to supplies in the traditional sense.
However, there was more of a desire to fit a basement in at all costs :P
But nice to read
Regards
However, there was more of a desire to fit a basement in at all costs :P
But nice to read
Regards
ypg schrieb:
Regarding the pantry: the original post states that a vegetable garden or greenhouse is not planned.I don’t see a direct connection there—I have seen pantries much more often in old urban buildings than in places where people grow their own vegetables. However, I’m not trying to argue, just to clarify that the phrase "one term, but two interpretations" can lead to two different planning outcomes.
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