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 on the home stretch *ROTFL* Honey, I know the deal. I'm cracking up. Let's have a Doornkaat, extra dry.
Shiny86 schrieb:
Symmetry should be easy to achieve Harmony is better than symmetry – it leaves a longer-lasting impression.
Pinky0301 schrieb:
What kind of light is supposed to come through there? Isn't the office facing north, or is the plan oriented differently? I don't remember... The plan is roughly facing south – but that’s not the reason for the widespread lack of overview.
Shiny86 schrieb:
I thought indirect light from the north. That doesn’t provide any significant amount of light. Or were you referring to @Nordlys?
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11ant schrieb:
ROTFL* Honey, got it. I’m cracking up. Cheers to that with a Doornkaat, extra dry.Where else do you see issues in the construction?
11ant schrieb:
but that is not the reason for the widespread loss of overview.What do you mean by that?
I also don’t understand the reference to nordlys.
I’m going with a standard door. It saves money.
Which wall would you place the sofa against for watching TV, and why?
And sorry for the long thread. But in my private life, no one has the knowledge or interest to deal with house planning. And when I do it alone with my husband, as you’ve already seen, we overlook a lot. I’m grateful for any help here.
Crossy schrieb:
For a sliding door wardrobe, the niche should be 70 cm (28 inches). Where does that come from?
Are there standard-sized wardrobes? Where would I buy them later?
We also have a niche like that in our apartment. It’s 60 cm (24 inches). They just used some kind of track system from a hardware store.
The 60 cm (24 inches) works fine, but if 70 cm (28 inches) is the standard, I don’t want to mess it up in my own home and just want to match my wardrobe system properly.
Shiny86 schrieb:
Why do you say that?
Are there standardized cabinets? Where would I buy those later?
We also have a niche like that in the apartment. It’s 60cm (24 inches). Some kind of track system from the hardware store was used there.
The 60cm (24 inches) works fine. But if 70cm (28 inches) is the standard, I don’t want to mess up my own house and just want to fit it to my cabinet system. A 70cm (28 inches) niche is usually designed for classic Pax wardrobes with sliding doors. If you want to equip the niche with just a sliding panel (without a wardrobe carcass), you have more flexibility in depth. Just take a clothes hanger, measure it, and add some clearance. But I wouldn’t go below 60cm (24 inches).
Shiny86 schrieb:
Are you installing the door yourselves? What area do you plan to use it for?
I think it looks quite nice.
It gave me the idea to maybe separate the office area with a glass sliding door.
Do you think that could look good in a private home?
Edit:
Or to keep it simple: maybe a door with glass panels or a double-leaf 1.2m (4 feet) door, so indirect light from the office can also enter the living room? We ordered two doors (one single-leaf for the dining room and one double-leaf with a fixed side panel for the living room), and our brother-in-law will install them. He’s a carpenter, though. I wouldn’t install a door like that myself.
Go to your local glazier. They often have nice showrooms. They can make a custom glass door to measure for you. You can get special sizes and customize the door to your preferences. It’s not as expensive as you might think. For a prominent area like the living room, I would always choose something like that.
Our glazier is making a swinging door to the storage room that matches our kitchen glass fronts.
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