ᐅ Floor Plan Design for a New Single-Family Home with Double Garage (Urban Villa)
Created on: 27 Dec 2019 13:42
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maxl229
Hello everyone,
last week we received the first draft proposal from our architect for the new build of a detached single-family house with a double garage.
Below are the answers to the questionnaire, completed as much as possible.
If I have misunderstood or answered any points incorrectly, please excuse me.
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 1701 sqm (front approx. 27 m (89 feet))
Slope: slightly rising towards the north, but no impact on floor plan or design
Site coverage ratio: N/A
Floor area ratio: N/A
Building window, building line and boundary:
Edge development:
Number of parking spaces:
Number of storeys:
Roof type: N/A
Architectural style: N/A
Orientation: North
Maximum heights / limits:
Additional requirements: §34
Homeowner Requirements
Architectural style, roof type, building type: Urban villa with a hipped roof / garage with hipped roof
Basement, storeys: no basement, 2 full storeys
Number of occupants, age: 2, 28
Room requirements on the ground floor: kitchen, living + dining, office, guest WC, pantry, laundry room
Upper floor: 1 master bedroom + walk-in closet + bathroom, 2 children’s bedrooms + bathroom, storage room
Office: home office
Number of overnight guests yearly: not relevant
Open or closed design: open
Conservative or modern construction style: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: yes
Number of dining seats: 6
Fireplace: no
Music / stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: double garage
Utility garden, greenhouse
House Design
Planned by:
- architect
What do you particularly like? Why?
The upper floor layout was implemented as discussed;
The architect added an open space in the entrance area, which we find very good.
What do you not like? Why?
Since we did not want a flat roof on the garage, a double garage with a hipped roof was planned, followed by a flat roof extension to provide direct access to the house.
However, the layout of the rooms for laundry + drying, heating + technical equipment, as well as pantry + utility room, feels somewhat awkward.
If possible, we would like to switch the pantry with the laundry room and add a pantry off the kitchen.
This would allow the outbuilding to be slightly smaller and the kitchen window to be enlarged. However, I suspect this will increase the overall footprint.
Cost estimate according to architect/planner: approx. 390,000 EUR (including ventilation system)
Personal budget limit for the house, including equipment: estimate fits budget
Preferred heating system: gas + solar thermal (the draft currently includes an air-source heat pump)
If you had to do without, which details / additions
- could you do without:
- could you not do without:
What is the most important/fundamental question about the floor plan, summarized in 130 characters?
Overall, our wishes regarding layout and construction style have been well implemented.
Only the above-mentioned layout of the outbuilding including the pantry seems somewhat awkward.
What do you think of our ideas, and what possibilities for redesign would you suggest?
Thank you in advance for the lively discussion!
Best regards,
maxl229
last week we received the first draft proposal from our architect for the new build of a detached single-family house with a double garage.
Below are the answers to the questionnaire, completed as much as possible.
If I have misunderstood or answered any points incorrectly, please excuse me.
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 1701 sqm (front approx. 27 m (89 feet))
Slope: slightly rising towards the north, but no impact on floor plan or design
Site coverage ratio: N/A
Floor area ratio: N/A
Building window, building line and boundary:
Edge development:
Number of parking spaces:
Number of storeys:
Roof type: N/A
Architectural style: N/A
Orientation: North
Maximum heights / limits:
Additional requirements: §34
Homeowner Requirements
Architectural style, roof type, building type: Urban villa with a hipped roof / garage with hipped roof
Basement, storeys: no basement, 2 full storeys
Number of occupants, age: 2, 28
Room requirements on the ground floor: kitchen, living + dining, office, guest WC, pantry, laundry room
Upper floor: 1 master bedroom + walk-in closet + bathroom, 2 children’s bedrooms + bathroom, storage room
Office: home office
Number of overnight guests yearly: not relevant
Open or closed design: open
Conservative or modern construction style: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: yes
Number of dining seats: 6
Fireplace: no
Music / stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: double garage
Utility garden, greenhouse
House Design
Planned by:
- architect
What do you particularly like? Why?
The upper floor layout was implemented as discussed;
The architect added an open space in the entrance area, which we find very good.
What do you not like? Why?
Since we did not want a flat roof on the garage, a double garage with a hipped roof was planned, followed by a flat roof extension to provide direct access to the house.
However, the layout of the rooms for laundry + drying, heating + technical equipment, as well as pantry + utility room, feels somewhat awkward.
If possible, we would like to switch the pantry with the laundry room and add a pantry off the kitchen.
This would allow the outbuilding to be slightly smaller and the kitchen window to be enlarged. However, I suspect this will increase the overall footprint.
Cost estimate according to architect/planner: approx. 390,000 EUR (including ventilation system)
Personal budget limit for the house, including equipment: estimate fits budget
Preferred heating system: gas + solar thermal (the draft currently includes an air-source heat pump)
If you had to do without, which details / additions
- could you do without:
- could you not do without:
What is the most important/fundamental question about the floor plan, summarized in 130 characters?
Overall, our wishes regarding layout and construction style have been well implemented.
Only the above-mentioned layout of the outbuilding including the pantry seems somewhat awkward.
What do you think of our ideas, and what possibilities for redesign would you suggest?
Thank you in advance for the lively discussion!
Best regards,
maxl229
I believe the terrace is also an important factor. My aunt had a garden facing strictly north and the terrace was about 25m (82 feet) away from the house. You always have to carry everything from the kitchen; if you forget the sugar or milk, you have to walk another 50m (164 feet). Of course, there are plots where this can’t be avoided, but if possible, I would try to prevent that.
In this specific case, however, due to the gardens and the relatively large distances to the neighboring houses to the west, an orientation to the west also makes sense. The terrace could then be on the west side, possibly extending around the corner to the north (allowing at least 12 hours of sun on the terrace, but also some shady spots during midday sun and evening sun on the northern part).
In this specific case, however, due to the gardens and the relatively large distances to the neighboring houses to the west, an orientation to the west also makes sense. The terrace could then be on the west side, possibly extending around the corner to the north (allowing at least 12 hours of sun on the terrace, but also some shady spots during midday sun and evening sun on the northern part).
Müllerin schrieb:
First of all, nobody wants to carry their stuff from the garage all the way across the property to the house. [...] The backyard is big enough to create a separate terrace there for sun lovers. If the terrace in the north garden is set far enough back to still get southern sun behind the house, then you end up carrying coffee cups "across the entire property" anyway. I would personally prefer more west-facing orientation, which in my opinion would be easier to arrange with a detached garage.
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RomeoZwo schrieb:
I think it also concerns the terrace.Definitely! But it is usually determined by the floor plan design... The terrace is often a variable and, since it is seasonal, should be somewhat subordinate to the house.P
Pinkiponk30 Dec 2019 16:09I’m not happy with the arrangement of the windows/sliding glass doors.
Could you please explain that? I’m currently trying to learn a lot about symmetry and asymmetry in house design. You seem to know quite a bit about it.
11ant schrieb:
... One pays for facade symmetry with problematic spots in the floor plan, here I think I have found my exception that confirms the rule
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Could you please explain that? I’m currently trying to learn a lot about symmetry and asymmetry in house design. You seem to know quite a bit about it.
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Pinkiponk30 Dec 2019 16:11lastdrop schrieb:
I never really understood the purpose of void spaces, but why have one in the entrance area? What’s the benefit?
...I don’t feel as confined with void spaces. In my opinion, they give a house a sense of spaciousness. However, our new house probably won’t have a void space because it might be too small for that. We’ll see what the architect thinks.Similar topics