ᐅ Floor Plan Optimization for Urban Villa + Considerations for Land Elevation
Created on: 31 Jan 2020 13:29
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Shiny86
Plot size 492 sqm (5293 sq ft)
Slope yes
Site coverage ratio?
Floor area ratio?
Building envelope, building line, and boundary?
Boundary development?
Number of parking spaces 2
Number of floors 2
Roof type Pyramid roof, 25 degrees
Architectural style Modern urban villa
Orientation Main entrance facing north
Maximum heights/limits
Additional requirements?
Clients’ Requirements
Style, roof type, building type
Modern urban villa with pyramid roof, 25 degrees
Basement, floors 2 full floors without basement
Number of occupants 4
Open kitchen, kitchen island
Number of parking spaces 8-10
Garage
House design
Who designed it?
-Architect
What do you particularly like? Why?
Large living area, master bathroom
What don’t you like? Why?
Utility room quite small and master bedroom small, children’s room somewhat too large
Why is the design as it is now?
The architect implemented the corresponding wishes
What do you think is especially good or bad about it?
Good: large living area
I am uncertain about the half-height window sizes and the swing direction of the doors
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters?
What do you think about the floor plans?
Slope yes
Site coverage ratio?
Floor area ratio?
Building envelope, building line, and boundary?
Boundary development?
Number of parking spaces 2
Number of floors 2
Roof type Pyramid roof, 25 degrees
Architectural style Modern urban villa
Orientation Main entrance facing north
Maximum heights/limits
Additional requirements?
Clients’ Requirements
Style, roof type, building type
Modern urban villa with pyramid roof, 25 degrees
Basement, floors 2 full floors without basement
Number of occupants 4
Open kitchen, kitchen island
Number of parking spaces 8-10
Garage
House design
Who designed it?
-Architect
What do you particularly like? Why?
Large living area, master bathroom
What don’t you like? Why?
Utility room quite small and master bedroom small, children’s room somewhat too large
Why is the design as it is now?
The architect implemented the corresponding wishes
What do you think is especially good or bad about it?
Good: large living area
I am uncertain about the half-height window sizes and the swing direction of the doors
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters?
- Where could it still be optimized? Would you recommend different window dimensions or sill heights?
- What do you think is poor or what would you do differently?
- A partition wall will be added in the walk-in closet. That would theoretically allow watching TV from the bed. I am considering a lightweight wall. I plan to place a 211cm (83 inches) Pax combination wardrobe in the closet. The closet is planned with a raw width of 218cm (86 inches). Do you think 218cm is enough for the Pax once the walls are plastered, or how wide should the rough dimensions preferably be?
- Is the hallway on the ground floor too narrow?
- Would you raise the ground level? The house would be 40cm (16 inches) below street level. If I build a terrace into the garden, it would be about 1m (3 ft) difference. You could raise only the house level, resulting in approximately 1.6m (5 ft) difference between terrace and garden. I don’t know anyone living below street level. Raising the garden would probably not be allowed without permits, and affected neighbors likely wouldn’t agree. On the sides of the house adjacent to neighbors, raising is permitted only up to certain limits. I am overwhelmed with the decision.
- Do you have any ideas for arranging the sofa differently and placing the TV sensibly? My husband doesn’t want the sofa back facing a window. I still need to get used to placing the sofa in the middle of the room.
- Is the kitchen size sufficient for a nice kitchen with an island?
What do you think about the floor plans?
haydee schrieb:
Why aren’t you planning a split-level?Because of about 80/90 cm (31/35 inches) of height difference within the building envelope?https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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11ant schrieb:
Because of about 80/90 cm (31/35 inches) height difference within the building envelope? If you raise the ground floor and garage at least to street level, there would already be approximately 1.30 m (4 feet 3 inches) height difference from the living room floor to the garden at the back.
Shiny86 schrieb:
Does this help?A tip for the terrace: My sister’s house is situated 1 meter (3 feet) above the garden level. At one side, a staircase leads down from the terrace to a paved walkway toward the garage. At the back, there is about 2 linear meters (6.5 feet) of flat lawn (on raised ground) at the same height as the terrace, from which a slope with an almost 1:1 gradient descends into the garden area, which is flat again. Children love to race down it with their ride-on cars, and it looks nicely open from the terrace. If I had a plot like this, I would create a similar “ramp” for my kids. And if they ever fall, they land on soft grass.
Shiny86 schrieb:
- Would you build up the ground? The house would be 40cm (16 inches) below street level. To get a terrace into the garden, it would then be 1m (39 inches) difference. You could raise only the house. Then the difference from the terrace to the garden would be about 1.6m (63 inches). So far, I don’t know anyone who lives in a house below street level.
Raising the garden would probably not be possible without permits/planning permission. The affected neighbors would certainly not agree to it. To the right and left of the house towards the neighbors, you may only build up to certain limits. I’m a bit overwhelmed by this decision.Are there already houses on your street side that you can use as a reference? Or are you the first to build on this slope?
In principle, I would agree to filling in if a basement is not an option for you. Which region are you building in? In some areas, fill gravel is currently inexpensive because quarry operators urgently need space for soil disposal (excavated material).
What are the limits on how far you are allowed to build up? You can shape suitable slopes starting from the terrace. As long as you only need access to the garden via the terrace, I don’t see major problems with that.
11ant schrieb:
Because of about 80/90 cm (31/35 inches) height difference within the building plot?The original poster mentioned something like approximately 1.6 m (5 feet 3 inches).
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