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
Well, you started way back in the days of your grandmother... I’ll skip the detour into the history of refrigerators and pantries in apartment buildings...
Is this your first time participating in forums?
It seems to me that you don’t like to accept other viewpoints!
By the way, if we were to take your opinion more seriously, you should consider updating your avatar to reflect your professional background.
Best regards
Is this your first time participating in forums?
It seems to me that you don’t like to accept other viewpoints!
By the way, if we were to take your opinion more seriously, you should consider updating your avatar to reflect your professional background.
Best regards
ypg schrieb:
By the way, if we are to give more credibility to your opinion, you should change your avatar regarding your professional title.I had to look twice and then actually laugh for a moment, thanks
I’m curious about experiences with corner windows like this. We are currently planning a new house, and I’m wondering if it’s really such a great idea.
It’s probably nonsense, but I am quite skeptical about the stability. We’re already glad that our simple patio doors haven’t warped over time. Does everything close perfectly, and does nothing bend or deform?
And what about the decorations—like curtains? Do they go around the corner? Sounds trivial, but doesn’t that look strange? What is the actual advantage of this corner design? Is it just that the exterior appearance looks different?
It’s probably nonsense, but I am quite skeptical about the stability. We’re already glad that our simple patio doors haven’t warped over time. Does everything close perfectly, and does nothing bend or deform?
And what about the decorations—like curtains? Do they go around the corner? Sounds trivial, but doesn’t that look strange? What is the actual advantage of this corner design? Is it just that the exterior appearance looks different?
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j.bautsch6 Feb 2017 12:07@kaho674 I've wondered about that too. They look nice, but how practical are they really?
kaho674 schrieb:
I’m curious about experiences with corner windows like this. [...] I’m quite skeptical about their stability. We’re already glad that our simple patio doors haven’t warped. Do these close perfectly without bending?
And what about decoration—like curtains? Do they go around the corner? It sounds trivial, but doesn’t it look odd? What’s the advantage of this corner style? Just that the exterior appearance is different?The latter is indeed the only appeal. Circular windows are usually found in staircases, probably because there’s no good solution there, either, for curtain rods.
Patio doors are not a good comparison because their two sashes fit into each other. With corner windows—as long as it’s not a fixed element—a fixed mullion sits between the panes; otherwise, it would only be able to open outward. It’s also possible to carry the glazing around the corner, but I share your structural concerns there. In principle, some profiles can be mitered together; where that’s possible, it can be stable. However, I would strongly prefer models with a special one-piece corner profile.
Resistance to warping relates to gravity. Gravity’s effect naturally increases with the weight of the elements. The width-to-height ratio also matters; more precisely, it depends not on the overall height but on the distance between the hinges. In the worst case, door hinges are sometimes used for window profiles, which is not very elegant and eliminates the possibility of tilting.
I often advise homeowners to place a masonry pillar at the corner instead and clad it in the color of the window frames. In a classic scenario—white plaster, anthracite frames—this provides an aesthetically convincing overall solution. Running a lintel around the corner is, first, an expensive task, and second, you’ll get the same puzzled reactions about your curtain question with roller shutters.
Therefore, I have to somewhat limit my agreement with the idea of moving this into the bedroom: it would practically require sliding shutters.
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11ant schrieb:
It would also be possible to have the glazing go around the corner, but I would share your structural concerns about that.P.S. [Edit time unfortunately expired]: I was referring to operable corner windows made from a single piece.
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