ᐅ Floor plan design for a two-family house on a hillside

Created on: 16 May 2017 14:23
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sichtbeton82
Hello everyone,

I would appreciate your feedback on the floor plans.

Development Plan / Restrictions:
· Plot size: 1,200 m² (18 m (59 inches) wide)
· Slope: south-facing hill, street to the north
· Site coverage ratio: 0.3
· Floor area ratio: 0.6
· Building envelope, building line, and boundary: see "enlarged building envelope" 12 x 14 m (39 x 46 feet)
· Edge development: garages
· Number of parking spaces: 3 required according to building authority
· Construction type: open building layout
· Building setback: 3 m (10 feet)
· Roof type: pitched roofs 15-30°, hipped roofs to be avoided, see regulations
· Orientation: ridge direction of the buildings parallel to each other
· Exterior design: see section 6 of the regulations


Homeowners’ Requirements

Preliminary: The homeowners (born 1982 male, 1988 female, and two children born 2014 female, 2016 male) want to live on two floors (basement and ground floor). A third children’s bedroom should also be included. The third floor (attic) should be accessible barrier-free.

· Style: Bauhaus (optionally exposed concrete)
· Roof design: large south-facing side (for solar panels, photovoltaics)
· Building type: two-family house
· Basement and floors: basement, ground floor, attic
· Number of occupants and ages as above: (2 + 3 in basement and ground floor, 2 + 1 in attic)

o Space requirements attic: 2 bedrooms, 1 flexible floor plan bathroom, open living/dining/kitchen area, utility room
o Space requirements ground floor: 1 master bedroom, walk-in closet, master bathroom, large open living/dining/kitchen area, wardrobe, storage room
o Space requirements basement: 3 children’s bedrooms, children’s bathroom, optional play corridor, boiler room, cellar, utility room

· Open or closed architecture: open
· Conservative or modern construction: modern
· Kitchen: open kitchen with island (at least on ground floor)
· Balcony, roof terrace: likely sensible on all three floors considering exposed concrete
· Parking spaces: carports if possible, which can later be converted into garages (initial cost saving)
· Heating/thermal technology: air-to-water heat pump (underfloor heating), optional photovoltaics
· Windows: large window areas on the south side, optionally wide, low windows above the kitchen worktop on the ground floor
· Energy efficiency: KfW 55 standard
· High sound insulation (especially for the ceiling of the attic, separate residential unit)

East view: sketch with stacked rectangles, diagonal line and hatched triangle.


Elongated plot marked in yellow on a site plan with parcel numbers.


Ground floor plan: living/cooking area, master bedroom with walk-in closet, bathroom, WC, hallway, terrace.


Hand-drawn basement floor plan with hallway, cellar room, bathroom, and three children’s bedrooms.
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ypg
20 Nov 2017 13:50
Architectural drawing: three-story building with balconies, large windows, and stairs on the left.


Architectural drawing of a house on a slope showing terrain contours, dimension lines, and windows.


Section view of a multi-story house on a slope with stairs and terraces.


Floor plan of a house: 3 bedrooms, bathroom, hallway, mudroom, attic, cellar rooms.

Floor plan of a house: living room, kitchen, dining area, bedroom, bathroom, hallway, terrace including dimensions.


Floor plan of a single-family house: living room, kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, terrace, and parking spaces.
11ant20 Nov 2017 16:32
kbt09 schrieb:
Attachments not visible... at least not for the average laptop user.

I can only see the attachments in #31 — and (@Admin) I can retrospectively no longer see any of the other attachments in this post either (no changes on my side, desktop / Opera).

The main change I notice is a case of "improvement" gone wrong, which I never dared to imagine: the facade with all identical windows now has a "U" shape formed by seven identical windows, and in the upper middle two positions of the 3x3 grid, two window sizes are placed that look like errors. Apparently, things can always get even worse.

So, except for two points, all criticism was maintained, and those two were even handled in a worse way.

This really looks like a fan of Dadaism became a structural engineer. Pug pukes  
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
11ant20 Nov 2017 16:54
11ant schrieb:
I can only see the attachments in #31 – and (@Admin) retroactively can no longer see all other attachments of this post either (unchanged on my side, desktop / Opera).

Now they have been back for a few minutes.
11ant schrieb:
The main change I see is just a deterioration, which I wouldn’t have dared to dream of: the all-windows identical facade now has a "U" shape made of seven identical windows,

The before picture can be seen in #12 if anyone wants to compare.
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
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ypg
20 Nov 2017 17:04
11ant schrieb:
I can only see the attachments in #31 – and (@Admin) I also can no longer see any other attachments in this post retrospectively (unchanged on my side, desktop / Opera).

The attachments are visible again
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sichtbeton82
21 Nov 2017 08:24
It really looks like a follower of Dadaism became a civil engineer. Pug vomits

Haha! . Once the house is finished, I’ll perform the song "Three Chinese with the Double Bass" to the beat of "Da da da."

I can live with this rebellion against the system. Just to quickly revisit: The interior is our main focus, and a lot of light needs to come in from the south. I would have preferred the south side to be fully glazed, but that would be too complex structurally. So, it remains that it works well from the inside, and from the outside, some might find it disastrous, others okay (it probably won’t be anything to celebrate... or maybe it will?). I’m curious myself how it will look in the end.

Attached are a few pictures of the building plot. I know it would have been smarter from the start.

I hope you will continue to support us with feedback during the next phase, even though we haven’t taken all of it on board.

What do you think about gas heat pumps, specifically a zeolite gas heat pump?

Exterior view of several single-family houses in a hilly tree settlement with solar panels


Open building plot with soil, trees on the edge, and gentle hilly landscape in the background.
kaho67421 Nov 2017 09:00
11ant schrieb:


The only major change I see is a deterioration I wouldn't have even dared to imagine: the facade with all identical windows now features a "U" shape made of seven identical windows, and in the middle upper two positions of the 3x3 grid, two seemingly incorrect window formats are placed. Apparently, it’s really possible to make things even worse.

Well, it’s not exactly beautiful, that’s true. One can only hope that the setback to the rear softens it a bit.

I didn’t read everything, sorry. What struck me as spectacular is the bathroom wall by the shower. Is it made of glass due to lack of light? I think that would be really cool.