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?
It always depends on how the house is designed. In our previous house, for example, we had dropped ceilings. The room height was between 2.50 meters (8 ft 2 in) and 2.55 meters (8 ft 4 in). Because of this, the windows extended all the way up to the ceiling, which was quite impractical for curtains or blinds. I mean, there are many different possibilities.
rick2018 schrieb:
That mostly comes down to personal preference and what you want, can afford, or are willing to do, as well as the maximum allowed overall height.
Our glass is already 2.89 meters (9 ft 6 in) tall.
With a rough ceiling height of about 2.50 meters (8 ft 2 in), that leaves around 2.20 meters (7 ft 3 in) usable height, depending on the floor and ceiling construction.
With a traditional frame system, you also have to account for the frame (and possibly shading solutions if they aren’t integrated otherwise).
Roughly estimated, the maximum glass height is about 1.90 meters (6 ft 3 in).
Personally, I prefer slightly higher ceilings, but that also has some downsides... I just edited my old post about interior doors. How tall are your doors?
At 2.89 meters (9 ft 6 in), your ceilings are really high. Is the extra cost for that kind of height very high?
But it must look great.
From our 2.55 meters (8 ft 4 in) floor-to-ceiling height, you think only about 2.20 meters (7 ft 3 in) remain usable? In our apartment, we have 2.5 meters (8 ft 2 in) from the laminate floor to the ceiling.
You probably mean that the window can be a maximum of 2.20 meters (7 ft 3 in) tall including the frame?
Pinky0301 schrieb:
It always depends on how the house is designed. In our last house, for example, we had dropped ceilings. The room height was between 2.50m and 2.55m (8 ft 2 in and 8 ft 4 in). Because of that, the windows went all the way up to the ceiling, which was quite impractical for curtains or blinds. I’m just saying, there are many different options.How do you handle electric blinds or roller shutters then? Don’t you need some space above the window for the motor housing?
opalau schrieb:
We have 2.50m (8.2 ft) ceiling height on the ground and upper floors. I don’t find it cramped at all, even in our approximately 65sqm (700 sq ft) open-plan space. But we are both no taller than 1.75m (5 ft 9 in). We’re about the same height. I think I’ll keep the ceiling height as is.
But floor-to-ceiling windows at 2.13m (7 ft) and interior doors at 2.01m (6 ft 7 in) are definitely too low.
How tall are your windows and interior doors?
For example, with the half-height windows, we have currently chosen 1.26m (4 ft 2 in) height. They are set at a sill height of 87cm (34 inches).
If I raise the floor-to-ceiling windows to 2.25m (7 ft 5 in), would you suggest raising the sill height on the half-height windows as well, or keep the sill height the same and just increase the window height? What is the typical sill height for half-height windows?
rick2018 schrieb:
That’s more a matter of personal taste.Not only that. Large doors can make small rooms feel even tinier. The same applies to windows. I’m following the discussion closely and prefer not to comment further on taste and design, but I find the direction of this debate somewhat risky, as opinions are being gathered without considering the fundamentals.
It’s like a plus-size woman trying to squeeze into a size 36 top. The suggestion that the color looks good doesn’t really help here; it only confuses the original poster further, pushing them toward a “must have” mindset.
Anyone who needs space to store their filing cabinets should take a good look at their door. Happy Easter.
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