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 jpg made some valid points. Everything just has to fit together.
We are building in the Bauhaus style.
You’re mixing up some things as well. Our glass panels are 2.89 meters (9.5 feet) high. The finished ceiling height is about 2.8 meters (9.2 feet). The glass still sits in the tracks. Our structural height is considerably higher (since we still need to add the floor and suspended ceiling). We will use screens (vertical blinds) for shading—some guided by tracks, others by cables. The space needed for this system is built into the facade and therefore not visible (at the level of the floors/ceilings).
The system we’re installing is not standard and therefore cannot be priced the same as regular windows.
Our doors are 2.13 meters (7 feet) high. We looked at full-height doors but decided against them.
In your case, where about 2.2 meters (7.2 feet) of finished height remains, the windows including frames can be no higher than that. So the glass height is less than 2.2 meters (7.2 feet).
There is no general statement about how much more it costs to build 10 centimeters (4 inches) higher. It depends on the size of the house and the contractor. You have to ask them if you want to know.
@opalau 2.50 meters (8.2 feet) structural height or finished height?
We are building in the Bauhaus style.
You’re mixing up some things as well. Our glass panels are 2.89 meters (9.5 feet) high. The finished ceiling height is about 2.8 meters (9.2 feet). The glass still sits in the tracks. Our structural height is considerably higher (since we still need to add the floor and suspended ceiling). We will use screens (vertical blinds) for shading—some guided by tracks, others by cables. The space needed for this system is built into the facade and therefore not visible (at the level of the floors/ceilings).
The system we’re installing is not standard and therefore cannot be priced the same as regular windows.
Our doors are 2.13 meters (7 feet) high. We looked at full-height doors but decided against them.
In your case, where about 2.2 meters (7.2 feet) of finished height remains, the windows including frames can be no higher than that. So the glass height is less than 2.2 meters (7.2 feet).
There is no general statement about how much more it costs to build 10 centimeters (4 inches) higher. It depends on the size of the house and the contractor. You have to ask them if you want to know.
@opalau 2.50 meters (8.2 feet) structural height or finished height?
Shiny86 schrieb:
We are 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 certainly too low.
How tall are your windows and interior doors?Doors 2.13m (7 ft)
OK window opening 2.27m (7 ft 5 in)
Sill height 0.99m (3 ft 3 in)
Shiny86 schrieb:
How do you handle the electric shutters or venetian blinds then?Right, we didn’t have roller shutters. I had forgotten about that...
Shiny86 schrieb:
Oh, regarding the hallway leading to the living area. If the wall is load-bearing, is it impossible without a lintel? It is possible, but more complex and costly.
Shiny86 schrieb:
In talking with my husband, it turned out that the interior doors will probably be only 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) high. Oh, first the gentleman leaves it "entirely to me" to get gray hairs from you, and now, after more than 600 posts, he finally has an opinion – and conveniently it’s the very original one to prefer the door height that was common a generation ago. I see.
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
11ant schrieb:
Yes, but more complex and also more expensive.What approximate scale are we talking about? Two-digit, three-digit, or four-digit?
If you create a passage with a lintel, what height is advisable? The same height as all the doors in the house?
You misunderstood my husband. I thought all along that our doors would be 213 cm (84 inches) tall because I assumed that was the current standard. He only pointed out today that he has information they will only be 201 cm (79 inches) tall, and he doesn’t like that.
I don’t even know where the door height is specified. Maybe it can be measured to scale in some of the drawings.
So deciding to increase the door height to 213 cm (84 inches) is definitely not a mistake.
Shiny86 schrieb:
I don’t even know where the door height is indicated.As with the windows, it is usually shown below the slash (/) or the dimension line.https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
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