Hello everyone,
We have already made good progress with the floor plan for a single-family house (see image of the ground floor).
A friend of ours mentioned that the corridor leading to the kitchen/living area on the ground floor, with rough construction dimensions of 1.07 and 1.16 meters (3.5 and 3.8 feet), seems too narrow from his point of view. He suggested that we should make the house at least 25 centimeters (10 inches) wider to allow more space here. However, we would prefer to avoid this with regard to costs, as the house, measuring about 9.0 x 12.5 meters (30 x 41 feet), is already quite large and fully covers our desired room layout.
Do you see any significant reason to consider that the corridor width in the hallway is too narrow and that we should revise the plan?
Many thanks and best regards
ufr
We have already made good progress with the floor plan for a single-family house (see image of the ground floor).
A friend of ours mentioned that the corridor leading to the kitchen/living area on the ground floor, with rough construction dimensions of 1.07 and 1.16 meters (3.5 and 3.8 feet), seems too narrow from his point of view. He suggested that we should make the house at least 25 centimeters (10 inches) wider to allow more space here. However, we would prefer to avoid this with regard to costs, as the house, measuring about 9.0 x 12.5 meters (30 x 41 feet), is already quite large and fully covers our desired room layout.
Do you see any significant reason to consider that the corridor width in the hallway is too narrow and that we should revise the plan?
Many thanks and best regards
ufr
kaho674 schrieb:
The quickest solution would probably be to change from the landing staircase to a simple half-turn staircase.Thank you very much for your feedback as well. The plan comes from an architect with pretty good references, but we take your (justified) points very seriously! My wife doesn’t necessarily want a spiral staircase, even though that would probably be the fastest solution. Do you see any other reasonable options (besides making the house correspondingly wider)? We had already discussed building the stairwell with 36.5cm (14 inches) instead of 42.5cm (17 inches) blocks, but that only gains about 6cm (2.4 inches)…
The staircase is really the only major issue; everything else can be resolved.
Would a staircase bay window be an option? In my opinion, that would be the most elegant solution, but it does come at a cost.
Like in this example:
For other options, you would need to know the layouts of all floors.
Would a staircase bay window be an option? In my opinion, that would be the most elegant solution, but it does come at a cost.
Like in this example:
For other options, you would need to know the layouts of all floors.
ufr123 schrieb:
Do you see any other reasonable solutions (besides making the house wider)? It’s not necessary to widen the house to optimize it.
There is some space in the hallway that is missing elsewhere.
And yes: here someone seems to prefer appendages— a rectangular hallway, but with small extensions towards the kitchen and utility room.
To optimize, more information would be needed. The upper floor or the building orientation are not even known yet...
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To optimize, more information would be needed. The upper floor or the building orientation are not even known yet...
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Thank you, I will upload the complete floor plan including the questionnaire tomorrow. Then I would appreciate discussing it all together again.
To optimize, more information would be needed. The upper floor or the building orientation are not even known yet...
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Thank you, I will upload the complete floor plan including the questionnaire tomorrow. Then I would appreciate discussing it all together again.
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