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?

  • 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?

Floor plan of a single-family house: living/dining area, kitchen, hallway, storage room, cloakroom, WC.


Floor plan of a family home: CHILD 1, CHILD 2, PARENTS, WALK-IN CLOSET, BATHROOM, SHOWER/BATHROOM, HALLWAY.


Architectural drawing: two-story residential house with garage; southwest and northeast views.


Two facade views of a house: northwest and southeast with roof, windows, terrace, and garage.
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bortel
31 Mar 2020 07:02
That's true... but the bathroom layout up there is quite funny with all the 45° corners, just because of the door in the dressing room. I definitely wouldn’t want it like that.
K1300S31 Mar 2020 07:07
The drainage from the children's bathroom located right next to the sofa is ... a matter of personal taste?

If the opening in the island is supposed to be a duct for ventilating the sink ... why is it not shown on the upper floor plan? When we built our house, many openings were planned and constructed, but in the end, not all were actually used, so the final result was perfectly fine.
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Shiny86
31 Mar 2020 09:04
What do I need to change so that this is not the case? There are many open floor plans in living areas without such a strange wall. What would you change?
kaho67431 Mar 2020 09:24
Shiny86 schrieb:

What do I need to change so that this doesn’t happen?
Above all, you need to stop swapping rooms at the last minute during the final planning phase.
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Curly
31 Mar 2020 11:36
The water pipe next to the sofa is really problematic because you can constantly hear the water running whenever someone is in the bathroom, especially since you’re sitting right next to it. In the kitchen, I wouldn’t recommend having a 1.50m (5 feet) gap between the island and the cabinets either; that’s quite a lot of space. Standard kitchen drawers usually don’t even pull out 50cm (20 inches). You should measure this yourself at a kitchen showroom. I also wouldn’t go with only tall cabinets, because where would you put things like the toaster, coffee maker, kettle, paper towels, etc.? If everything is placed on the kitchen island, it tends to look cluttered. In the bedroom and bathroom, I would position the door frame as close to the wall as possible to create more room for cupboards in the dressing area.

Best regards,
Sabine
Pinky030131 Mar 2020 11:47
Is this still audible with soundproofed pipes?