ᐅ Floor Plan for a Two-Story Urban Villa – Suggestions and Ideas for Modifications
Created on: 15 Apr 2018 20:11
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NenschnDear forum members,
until now, I have mostly been a silent reader, gathering ideas for the future. That future is now a reality, and this is how we plan to realize our house construction.
Thanks to the forum and house building catalogs, we (male 31/female 28) actually had quite specific ideas about how the floor plan should look. Unfortunately, I’m really bad at spatial imagination and sketching, so I can’t put my ideas on paper. Our architect friend created the following floor plan after a discussion with us. What can I say? We are still a bit unhappy because our wishes were not very well implemented. Before I write too much, I think it makes more sense to fill out the questionnaire so you get an idea of what we envision and what we are allowed to build. I am very grateful for ideas, suggestions, and possible changes! Thanks in advance 🙂
Development plan/restrictions:
Plot size: 892 sqm (0.22 acres)
Slope: no
Site coverage ratio: 0.3
Floor area ratio: 0.6 for 2 stories
Building envelope, building line, and boundary: open construction method
Number of parking spaces: 2, with garage storage space 5 m (16.5 ft) deep
Number of floors: max. 2
Roof type: single-pitched roof (10-25 degrees), hip roof, and gable roof (15-30 degrees at wall height 6.50 m (21 ft 4 in), 15-40 degrees at wall height below 5.0 m (16 ft 5 in))
Architectural style: open
Orientation:
Maximum heights/limits: eaves height (trough height) 6.50 m (21 ft 4 in) above street level, ridge height for single-pitched roofs max. 7.50 m (24 ft 7 in) above street level, finished floor level ground floor max. 50 cm (20 inches) above street level, garage max. 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in)
Homeowners’ requirements
Architectural style, roof type, building type: townhouse/cube style, hip roof/pyramidal roof, single-family house
Basement, floors: no basement, 2 floors
Number of occupants, age: 2 (m 31 / f 28), later 1-2 children
Space needed on ground floor and upper floor: approx. 100 sqm (1,076 sq ft) per floor
Office: family use or home office? Home office
Guest bedrooms per year: about 2-4
Open or closed architecture: open, but with the possibility to close off between living room and kitchen/dining room
Conservative or modern construction: combination
Open kitchen, cooking island: kitchen and dining room open, cooking island
Number of dining seats: 8-12
Fireplace: tiled stove
Balcony, roof terrace: optional but not necessary if there is a spacious terrace
Garage, carport: double garage with adjacent space for garden tools/furniture, with access to the house through the utility room, considering a third garage on the south side
Utility garden, greenhouse: planned for later
Further wishes/special features/daily routine, also reasons why something should or should not be included:
Ground floor
- Office with possibility to convert into a bedroom for old age
- Guest toilet with shower (for aging use)
- Sliding door between kitchen/dining and living room
- Utility room as a passage from the house to the garage
- Pantry adjacent to kitchen
- Kitchen with cooking island
- Rooms filled with daylight, preferably large windows/sliding glass door to the terrace
Upper floor
- Storage under the stairs
- Bathroom: maybe a T-layout? Walk-in shower without door, two sinks, bathtub
- Bedroom – walk-in closet – bathroom ideally with walk-through access
- 2 children’s rooms
- No children’s bathroom!
- Optional: small storage room
- Optional: gallery
House design
Who designed the plan: architect friend
What do you particularly like? Why? Separate garage access, storage under the stairs used, office near the entrance (clients don’t have to pass through the house)
What do you dislike? Why? Overall more complicated floor plan,
Ground floor: kitchen/dining rooms are not on the same level, no sliding door between kitchen/dining and living room, passage through technical room instead of utility room as intended, utility room too small, missing tiled stove
Upper floor: bedroom/walk-in closet/bathroom as walk-through not implemented, access to bedroom through walk-in closet, children’s rooms somewhat small
If you have to give up something, which details/extras
- can you do without: balcony, gallery, freestanding bathtub
- can you not do without: sliding door between kitchen/dining and living room, walk-through access between bedroom/walk-in closet/bathroom
until now, I have mostly been a silent reader, gathering ideas for the future. That future is now a reality, and this is how we plan to realize our house construction.
Thanks to the forum and house building catalogs, we (male 31/female 28) actually had quite specific ideas about how the floor plan should look. Unfortunately, I’m really bad at spatial imagination and sketching, so I can’t put my ideas on paper. Our architect friend created the following floor plan after a discussion with us. What can I say? We are still a bit unhappy because our wishes were not very well implemented. Before I write too much, I think it makes more sense to fill out the questionnaire so you get an idea of what we envision and what we are allowed to build. I am very grateful for ideas, suggestions, and possible changes! Thanks in advance 🙂
Development plan/restrictions:
Plot size: 892 sqm (0.22 acres)
Slope: no
Site coverage ratio: 0.3
Floor area ratio: 0.6 for 2 stories
Building envelope, building line, and boundary: open construction method
Number of parking spaces: 2, with garage storage space 5 m (16.5 ft) deep
Number of floors: max. 2
Roof type: single-pitched roof (10-25 degrees), hip roof, and gable roof (15-30 degrees at wall height 6.50 m (21 ft 4 in), 15-40 degrees at wall height below 5.0 m (16 ft 5 in))
Architectural style: open
Orientation:
Maximum heights/limits: eaves height (trough height) 6.50 m (21 ft 4 in) above street level, ridge height for single-pitched roofs max. 7.50 m (24 ft 7 in) above street level, finished floor level ground floor max. 50 cm (20 inches) above street level, garage max. 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in)
Homeowners’ requirements
Architectural style, roof type, building type: townhouse/cube style, hip roof/pyramidal roof, single-family house
Basement, floors: no basement, 2 floors
Number of occupants, age: 2 (m 31 / f 28), later 1-2 children
Space needed on ground floor and upper floor: approx. 100 sqm (1,076 sq ft) per floor
Office: family use or home office? Home office
Guest bedrooms per year: about 2-4
Open or closed architecture: open, but with the possibility to close off between living room and kitchen/dining room
Conservative or modern construction: combination
Open kitchen, cooking island: kitchen and dining room open, cooking island
Number of dining seats: 8-12
Fireplace: tiled stove
Balcony, roof terrace: optional but not necessary if there is a spacious terrace
Garage, carport: double garage with adjacent space for garden tools/furniture, with access to the house through the utility room, considering a third garage on the south side
Utility garden, greenhouse: planned for later
Further wishes/special features/daily routine, also reasons why something should or should not be included:
Ground floor
- Office with possibility to convert into a bedroom for old age
- Guest toilet with shower (for aging use)
- Sliding door between kitchen/dining and living room
- Utility room as a passage from the house to the garage
- Pantry adjacent to kitchen
- Kitchen with cooking island
- Rooms filled with daylight, preferably large windows/sliding glass door to the terrace
Upper floor
- Storage under the stairs
- Bathroom: maybe a T-layout? Walk-in shower without door, two sinks, bathtub
- Bedroom – walk-in closet – bathroom ideally with walk-through access
- 2 children’s rooms
- No children’s bathroom!
- Optional: small storage room
- Optional: gallery
House design
Who designed the plan: architect friend
What do you particularly like? Why? Separate garage access, storage under the stairs used, office near the entrance (clients don’t have to pass through the house)
What do you dislike? Why? Overall more complicated floor plan,
Ground floor: kitchen/dining rooms are not on the same level, no sliding door between kitchen/dining and living room, passage through technical room instead of utility room as intended, utility room too small, missing tiled stove
Upper floor: bedroom/walk-in closet/bathroom as walk-through not implemented, access to bedroom through walk-in closet, children’s rooms somewhat small
If you have to give up something, which details/extras
- can you do without: balcony, gallery, freestanding bathtub
- can you not do without: sliding door between kitchen/dining and living room, walk-through access between bedroom/walk-in closet/bathroom
Oh, thanks for the reminder. I probably forgot that in the heat of the moment.
The garage should be positioned as close as possible to the northwest property boundary. Pretty much like on the site plan. The garage can be set a bit further back, and the house close to the ring road. The small path is only a footpath and not accessible by cars.
The garage should be positioned as close as possible to the northwest property boundary. Pretty much like on the site plan. The garage can be set a bit further back, and the house close to the ring road. The small path is only a footpath and not accessible by cars.
The room for child 2 is difficult to furnish properly (also different from the original layout). The house shape seems more coherent with a flat roof according to the floor plan; a true shed roof would also work. The garage roof only fits well with a hip roof or a pyramid roof.
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Nenschn schrieb:Please explain (in words or with a "not so skilled" drawing) where the complex layout was not your preference or how you would have wanted it differently.
Overall, a more complex floor plan,
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A utility room with a passage through the technical area makes little sense to me and takes up valuable space.
I always find a staircase at the entrance less than ideal, as it is in a dirty area.
I would completely rethink the ground floor layout in the entrance area. Possibly move the utility room to the upper floor (see below) and carefully consider whether access from the garage is really necessary. We have discussed this many times here, and I will repeat myself: yes, I also like it if it works, but it only really makes sense if you are building on a larger scale and this passage does not cause compromises elsewhere. A better solution is a protected (covered) path from the garage to the entrance, and that solves the issue well.
Balcony—why? You have a garden, and I assure you, this balcony will hardly ever be used. Who would use it? You, for a quick cigarette afterward? Or to look at the stars before going to bed?
I would rather use that space as living area and place the utility room with the washing machine and dryer upstairs (since most laundry is generated there anyway; it’s inconvenient to carry laundry downstairs to wash it and then back up again, right?). At most, a small service balcony could be useful to place the dryer outdoors. But even a floor-to-ceiling window in the utility room that can be opened to provide enough air for drying laundry would suffice.
I always find a staircase at the entrance less than ideal, as it is in a dirty area.
I would completely rethink the ground floor layout in the entrance area. Possibly move the utility room to the upper floor (see below) and carefully consider whether access from the garage is really necessary. We have discussed this many times here, and I will repeat myself: yes, I also like it if it works, but it only really makes sense if you are building on a larger scale and this passage does not cause compromises elsewhere. A better solution is a protected (covered) path from the garage to the entrance, and that solves the issue well.
Balcony—why? You have a garden, and I assure you, this balcony will hardly ever be used. Who would use it? You, for a quick cigarette afterward? Or to look at the stars before going to bed?
I would rather use that space as living area and place the utility room with the washing machine and dryer upstairs (since most laundry is generated there anyway; it’s inconvenient to carry laundry downstairs to wash it and then back up again, right?). At most, a small service balcony could be useful to place the dryer outdoors. But even a floor-to-ceiling window in the utility room that can be opened to provide enough air for drying laundry would suffice.
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