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?
Shiny86 schrieb:
My husband thinks it’s a bad idea to block a window with a sofa, but he doesn’t like the sofa against the wall and the TV facing the window either, because he finds it too distracting outside and doesn’t want to look out while watching TV.Regarding the TV placement again, I just can’t help myself...
I’m also planning to integrate the TV into the window wall in our house for another reason: When the screen is positioned perpendicular to or directly opposite a window, daylight often causes reflections of the windows on the TV screen. Positioning the television along the window wall helps avoid this issue.
If you need points to argue with your husband, I hope this helps.
Ok, great. Good point. Do you have any ideas for the windows?
We had considered that too, but we can’t get the windows to look right. There would be a window opposite the sofa. The TV looks odd and isn’t comfortable to watch if it’s too far away.
I thought about placing the TV in the corner between the left wall and the window and having the French doors start only 1.5 meters (5 feet) from the wall.
Thanks @kaho674!
We had considered that too, but we can’t get the windows to look right. There would be a window opposite the sofa. The TV looks odd and isn’t comfortable to watch if it’s too far away.
I thought about placing the TV in the corner between the left wall and the window and having the French doors start only 1.5 meters (5 feet) from the wall.
Thanks @kaho674!
Shiny86 schrieb:
I was considering placing the TV in the corner between the left wall and the window, and starting the French doors only after a distance of 1.5 meters (5 feet) from the wall. That's exactly how I would do it as well. Positioning the TV in the corner also gives you the option to angle it if needed, for example, if you want to watch a sports broadcast or something similar from the dining table...
Shiny86 schrieb:
Too far away, the TV also looks odd and isn’t enjoyable. Four and a half meters (15 feet) might have seemed too short just a few days ago, but being far away isn’t good either? – I see...
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No, by “too far” I meant if the TV were placed in a really inconvenient spot because of the windows, forcing everyone to sit angled sharply to the right and barely see anything. Like if it wasn’t in the direct line of sight. In that case, there’s no point in watching TV at all. Such a position also looks odd.
I think it’s a good solution to put it in the corner. That way it’s less prominent, but you can still watch comfortably. And considering my sofa issue, you might think the TV is super important to us. Interestingly, we hardly find any time for it. When the kids are older, you might watch a series after work in the evening. But then you can’t see anything out of the window anyway because it’s likely darkened.
At least that’s one problem less for now.
Regarding the kitchen depth, I’ve decided I can reduce it by 30cm (12 inches). The bathroom doesn’t have to be 2.12 meters (7 feet) wide. 1.82 meters (6 feet) is also comfortable. That’s how the architect had it in the first draft #1. And yes, maybe I’m annoying you with my centimeters, but I think it’s important for the kitchen. That way I can definitely create something good with a kitchen island.
I think it’s a good solution to put it in the corner. That way it’s less prominent, but you can still watch comfortably. And considering my sofa issue, you might think the TV is super important to us. Interestingly, we hardly find any time for it. When the kids are older, you might watch a series after work in the evening. But then you can’t see anything out of the window anyway because it’s likely darkened.
At least that’s one problem less for now.
Regarding the kitchen depth, I’ve decided I can reduce it by 30cm (12 inches). The bathroom doesn’t have to be 2.12 meters (7 feet) wide. 1.82 meters (6 feet) is also comfortable. That’s how the architect had it in the first draft #1. And yes, maybe I’m annoying you with my centimeters, but I think it’s important for the kitchen. That way I can definitely create something good with a kitchen island.
This door to the walk-in closet needs to be moved further to the right towards the bedroom, right? Otherwise, it won’t be possible to fully open it against the wall. Or is it done this way?
I imagine that I would like to have both the walk-in closet door and the bathroom door open when, for example, I want to bathe the children. That’s not possible as it is now. Would it look visually unappealing if the door is moved further to the right?
I imagine that I would like to have both the walk-in closet door and the bathroom door open when, for example, I want to bathe the children. That’s not possible as it is now. Would it look visually unappealing if the door is moved further to the right?
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