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:
The rough dimension from the sofa to the TV will probably be 4.07m (13.35 ft). I actually meant the length for placing the sofa.I see. 4m (13.12 ft) is a standard distance between the TV and the sofa. The length of your sofa or whether you absolutely need a cozy, dark corner is very much a personal preference.Office: For a room length of 4m (13.12 ft), I wouldn’t want to go below 2.75m (9.02 ft) in width. However, a skilled interior designer can manage with less.
Shiny86 schrieb:
From the sofa to the TV, the rough dimension will probably be about 4.07m (13 feet 4 inches). I’m actually referring to the length available to place the sofa. Is that enough, or could it be less?
I’m not sure if I should allocate a few centimeters from the 3.30m (10 feet 10 inches) width to the office. That way, it would be 2.52m (8 feet 3 inches) wide instead of 2.42m (7 feet 11 inches). Maybe that would make the office feel less narrow? How big is your sofa? Surely it’s not longer than 3m (10 feet) or is it a 3-seater/2-seater combination, or maybe you also have an armchair?
I don’t think the office will feel narrow. Even if it does, it’s just an office. I guess those 10cm (4 inches) won’t make much of a difference.
More important to me is where the windows will be in the office so that you can still fit cabinets and a workspace comfortably.
Current sofa 3.30m (10 ft 10 in).
We want to buy a new one, and I like one that is 2.91m (9 ft 6 in). I could also imagine adding an armchair, which can slightly extend into the dining area.
I already have a draft from the architect, but some changes are still planned.
The question is about the room/centimeter distribution of the following three rooms.
The dining room is currently 4.28m (14 ft 1 in), the living room 3.12m (10 ft 3 in), and the office 2.51m (8 ft 3 in). How would you arrange them?
The length of all these rooms will change from 3.92m (12 ft 10 in) to 4.07m (13 ft 4 in).
We want to buy a new one, and I like one that is 2.91m (9 ft 6 in). I could also imagine adding an armchair, which can slightly extend into the dining area.
I already have a draft from the architect, but some changes are still planned.
The question is about the room/centimeter distribution of the following three rooms.
The dining room is currently 4.28m (14 ft 1 in), the living room 3.12m (10 ft 3 in), and the office 2.51m (8 ft 3 in). How would you arrange them?
The length of all these rooms will change from 3.92m (12 ft 10 in) to 4.07m (13 ft 4 in).
And it will be an office/guest room.
Where the bed is shown, there will be a 2m (6 ft 7 in) long and 85cm (33 in) deep sofa bed. Next to it, a desk 1.5m (5 ft) long will be placed by the window.
Behind the desk, there will be a cabinet 40cm (16 in) deep and 1.2m (4 ft) long.
Where the bed is shown, there will be a 2m (6 ft 7 in) long and 85cm (33 in) deep sofa bed. Next to it, a desk 1.5m (5 ft) long will be placed by the window.
Behind the desk, there will be a cabinet 40cm (16 in) deep and 1.2m (4 ft) long.
Yay, I actually suggested swapping the kitchen and living room right from the start.
Plan the terrace door on the right side of the layout so that the upper panel opens first. That way, it won’t be a problem if the sofa extends a bit in front of the window. I don’t think the width of the office is an issue, as long as no one spends too much time there. As long as you can fit everything you want in, that’s what matters...
Plan the terrace door on the right side of the layout so that the upper panel opens first. That way, it won’t be a problem if the sofa extends a bit in front of the window. I don’t think the width of the office is an issue, as long as no one spends too much time there. As long as you can fit everything you want in, that’s what matters...
Pinky0301 schrieb:
Yay, I had already suggested swapping the kitchen and living room right at the beginning
Plan the terrace door on the right side so that the upper sash opens first. That way, it won’t be an issue if the sofa slightly extends past the window. I don’t think the width of the office is a problem as long as no one stays there all the time. As long as you can fit everything you want in there...In this case, I would prefer a sliding door anyway, maybe even a little wider than 2m (6 ft 7 in). Otherwise, the walkway around the table is constantly blocked.Similar topics