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:
What does the "to the power of 5" mean with some numbers? Those are half centimeters. This comes from the fact that one meter is divided into eight equal parts of not 12 or 13, but exactly 12.5 centimeters (5 inches). The construction standard dimensions follow this octameter step; for openings, you add 1 cm (0.4 inches) gap, and for walls, you subtract 1 cm (0.4 inches): 3 times 12.5 cm (5 inches) minus 1 cm (0.4 inches) equals 36.5 cm (14.4 inches), which gives you your wall thickness; 9 times 12.5 cm (5 inches) plus 1 cm (0.4 inches) equals 113.5 cm (44.7 inches), which is your front door width. Nothing complicated.
Shiny86 schrieb:
Does that mean if I don’t know much and pick a “wrong” window sill height, I might end up paying more because it’s more complicated? No. The filler bricks (if you don’t want the window sill height in quarter-meter steps) can be cut from larger bricks, also to your desired measurement. If you like prime numbers, go ahead and make the sill height 89 or 97 cm (35 or 38 inches). Pick the number you dream of or that shows up in your horoscope or coffee grounds. The bricklayer just sets the saw once and doesn’t even comment on it.
Shiny86 schrieb:
There’s no real standard for windows. How do other people handle that? Do they get better advice? Other people generally accept advice faster and don’t turn every small detail into a major issue, instead they sometimes just tick off reasonably suitable options.
Shiny86 schrieb:
How long is it normal to fiddle around with a floor plan? From version 7.f onward, it becomes, in my opinion, pathological. Forum replies say between 50 and 180 revisions. If you’ve done over 600, you should have moved on to choosing the color of your sofa cushions by now.
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Unfortunately, I have many uncertainties and didn’t really know what I wanted for a long time. Thank you for your patience.
Regarding the floor plan, I have now made all the decisions. The window issue is really difficult for me because there is no standard, and my general contractor often works with heights of 2.13m (7 feet) and 1.26m (4 feet 2 inches) when planning. We feel that 2.13m (7 feet) is too low since there’s a lot of wall visible between the window and the ceiling. That’s not a problem—we can just raise it to 2.20m (7 feet 3 inches). But as someone who really doesn’t know much about windows and sill heights, I’m wondering how to handle the half-height windows in that case.
Is the indicated sill height in the floor plan always measured from the finished floor level? What is a good sill height, and when is it too low?
My floor plan shows 87.5cm (34.5 inches). Should I leave that and make the half-height windows 1.33m (4 feet 4 inches) high instead of 1.26m (4 feet 2 inches)?
Or should I take the suggested 92.5cm (36.4 inches) and have the windows be 1.275m (4 feet 2 inches) high?
Or keep the 1.26m (4 feet 2 inches) window height so the architect doesn’t get frustrated with more changes, and set the sill height at 94cm (37 inches)?
Which of these options looks best or is most advisable?
Regarding the floor plan, I have now made all the decisions. The window issue is really difficult for me because there is no standard, and my general contractor often works with heights of 2.13m (7 feet) and 1.26m (4 feet 2 inches) when planning. We feel that 2.13m (7 feet) is too low since there’s a lot of wall visible between the window and the ceiling. That’s not a problem—we can just raise it to 2.20m (7 feet 3 inches). But as someone who really doesn’t know much about windows and sill heights, I’m wondering how to handle the half-height windows in that case.
Is the indicated sill height in the floor plan always measured from the finished floor level? What is a good sill height, and when is it too low?
My floor plan shows 87.5cm (34.5 inches). Should I leave that and make the half-height windows 1.33m (4 feet 4 inches) high instead of 1.26m (4 feet 2 inches)?
Or should I take the suggested 92.5cm (36.4 inches) and have the windows be 1.275m (4 feet 2 inches) high?
Or keep the 1.26m (4 feet 2 inches) window height so the architect doesn’t get frustrated with more changes, and set the sill height at 94cm (37 inches)?
Which of these options looks best or is most advisable?
Is a wardrobe made from Ikea systems much cheaper than one from a carpenter? Can you hang a clothes rail in Metod as well? After all, it is a kitchen system.
Personally, I only know Pax. For example, you can pull out shoe racks, which is practical. But many wardrobes seem to be built using Metod.
@opalau
How does Metod work step by step?
I want to plan something with a width of 2.2m (7 feet 3 inches), but 2.3m (7 feet 7 inches) seems to be better.
Personally, I only know Pax. For example, you can pull out shoe racks, which is practical. But many wardrobes seem to be built using Metod.
@opalau
How does Metod work step by step?
I want to plan something with a width of 2.2m (7 feet 3 inches), but 2.3m (7 feet 7 inches) seems to be better.
The wardrobe was about three times cheaper for us than from a carpenter. Always keep in mind that material and manufacturing quality will be higher with a carpenter.
Odd decimal measurements are not easily done with Metod. You can achieve 220cm (87 inches) with 80-80-60. Always remember that not all cabinet dimension combinations are available. There are no 40cm (16 inch) high base cabinets for seating available in 80cm (31 inch) width. Tall cabinets are not available with a footprint of 80x60cm (31x24 inches) – 80x37cm (31x15 inches) or 60x60cm (24x24 inches) are possible.
Odd decimal measurements are not easily done with Metod. You can achieve 220cm (87 inches) with 80-80-60. Always remember that not all cabinet dimension combinations are available. There are no 40cm (16 inch) high base cabinets for seating available in 80cm (31 inch) width. Tall cabinets are not available with a footprint of 80x60cm (31x24 inches) – 80x37cm (31x15 inches) or 60x60cm (24x24 inches) are possible.
Shiny86 schrieb:
But as someone who really has no idea about windows and sill height, the question then is how to deal with the half-height ones..Definitely with the same lintel height for both the half-height and the floor-to-ceiling windows. Sweetheart, Gisela can't keep up with your Doornkaat as fast as you drive me crazy.https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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Hm, if you don’t include seating...
At least you won’t get bored.
Well, I’ve planned enough for now.
11ant schrieb:
Definitely with the same lintel height for the “half-height” and the floor-to-ceiling windows. Darling, Gisela can’t keep up with the Doornkaat as fast as you drive me crazy
At least you won’t get bored.
Well, I’ve planned enough for now.
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