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:
I’m currently redesigning the windows.
I noticed that the floor-to-ceiling windows/doors are 2.13 m (7 feet) high. (See #1) Is that normal? It seems a bit low to me.
The house will be located in a new development where neighbors are very close. We don’t want too much visibility. Are these narrow, tall windows at a higher sill height suitable to be the only main windows? For example, in the bedroom, 2 m x 0.76 m (6.5 ft x 2.5 ft) with a sill height of 1.50 m (5 feet)?
I think this type of window is called a strip window.
Do you have any tips for windows?
I feel a bit left on my own. The architect assigned to us is useless. So we’re on our own regarding the floor plan and window design and don’t know how to proceed.I would basically make the windows as tall as possible. I once visited a show home where I noticed that there was at least 45–50 cm (18–20 inches) of space above every window to the ceiling. Although the ceilings were quite high, that didn’t look good with the windows. Our floor-to-ceiling windows are 2.35 m (7 ft 9 in) tall, which leaves about 35 cm (14 inches) above them to the ceiling, and that looks good.
We also have a window above the bedroom bed like in your photo, and that looks nice too—but that window alone would never be enough. We also have a 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) wide floor-to-ceiling window in the bedroom. Our bathroom window is also 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) wide and about 1.40 m (4 ft 7 in) high. Everyone has neighbors, but there are many options for privacy, such as double roller blinds, pleated blinds, or curtains. These still allow plenty of light inside but prevent people from looking in.
I wouldn’t use a narrow strip window at 1.20 m (4 feet) height in the kitchen—unless you like working in the dark there.
Best regards,
Sabine
This is how it looks in our home: the kitchen window is 2.25 meters (7 feet 5 inches) wide and 1.44 meters (4 feet 9 inches) high. Behind the dining table, there is a large bay window approximately 4 meters (13 feet) wide. It’s not too bright.
It’s not enough for the kitchen countertop if the window is several meters farther away; the light needs to shine directly on the work surface.
Best regards,
Sabine
It’s not enough for the kitchen countertop if the window is several meters farther away; the light needs to shine directly on the work surface.
Best regards,
Sabine
@Curly
Your place looks great! I need to be braver myself. All the neighbors are just a few meters away, and you don’t want to feel like you’re living in a greenhouse.
Our house designer planned small windows with us. The architect didn’t say anything about it either. I really feel left on my own.
May I ask how you arranged your couch and how many square meters your kitchen has?
Did you plan your windows yourself, or did someone advise you?
Our ceiling height is 2.55 m (8 ft 4 in). Currently, in the apartment, all floor-to-ceiling windows are 2.20 m (7 ft 3 in). I think that would work if we did the same in the house.
Your place looks great! I need to be braver myself. All the neighbors are just a few meters away, and you don’t want to feel like you’re living in a greenhouse.
Our house designer planned small windows with us. The architect didn’t say anything about it either. I really feel left on my own.
May I ask how you arranged your couch and how many square meters your kitchen has?
Did you plan your windows yourself, or did someone advise you?
Our ceiling height is 2.55 m (8 ft 4 in). Currently, in the apartment, all floor-to-ceiling windows are 2.20 m (7 ft 3 in). I think that would work if we did the same in the house.
Shiny86 schrieb:
@Curly
May I ask how you arranged your sofa and how many square meters your kitchen has?
Did you design your windows on your own, or did someone advise you?
Our ceiling height is 2.55m (8 ft 4 in). Currently, all the floor-to-ceiling windows in the apartment are 2.20m (7 ft 3 in) tall. I think that would work if we did the same in the house.Our kitchen is 13 sqm (140 sq ft). We placed the sofa as a corner sofa in front of the living room window and along the left wall (just describing it roughly based on your plan).
We designed the windows ourselves, as well as the entire house. You should take a look at a show house with a room height of 2.55m (8 ft 4 in) and decide if you like it. If the building permit / planning permission allows it, I would always recommend planning for a higher ceiling.
Best regards,
Sabine
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