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?
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Alessandro14 Apr 2020 10:08Curly schrieb:
but not when using tile skirting boards.
even those can be installed quickly
11ant schrieb:
Sweetheart, Gisela can't refill the Doornkaat fast enough to keep up with how much you're driving me crazy I’ve been admiring your persistence for quite a few posts now. Please keep going.Curly schrieb:
A window that is 1.51m (5 ft) by only 1.26m (4 ft) high is definitely not large. In our 10sqm (108 sq ft) home office, the window measures 1.76m (5 ft 9 in) by 1.38m (4 ft 6 in), which seems a normal size. The dimensions don’t represent just the glass area, as the frame takes up a large part of it.
Personally, the living room would feel too small to me; I would rather swap it with the kitchen.
Best regards,
Sabine We have a 1.76m (5 ft 9 in) by 1.38m (4 ft 6 in) window in the living room, and it provides enough light there. In the office, our window is smaller, but still completely sufficient.
Regarding the window heights: The ground floor has a structural height of 2.77 meters (9 ft 1 in), resulting in a clear height of about 2.6 meters (8 ft 6 in).
The height of the floor-to-ceiling windows is 2.405 meters (7 ft 10 in). The sill-level windows have a sill height of 1.02 meters (3 ft 4 in) and a window height of 1.385 meters (4 ft 6.5 in).
In theory, the windows could be made higher, but then the lintel would have to be moved into the intermediate ceiling. Currently, it is positioned below the ceiling. So, the windows are at approximately 2.22 meters (7 ft 3.5 in), then there is the (not visible) plastered roller shutter box of about 25 cm (10 inches), and above that the lintel is about 13 cm (5 inches), totaling roughly 38 cm (15 inches) of wall above the window. We find this acceptable. I wouldn’t prefer deeper windows.
We increased the door heights on the ground floor to 2.11 meters (6 ft 11 in) and kept the upper floor doors at 2 meters (6 ft 7 in).
The height of the floor-to-ceiling windows is 2.405 meters (7 ft 10 in). The sill-level windows have a sill height of 1.02 meters (3 ft 4 in) and a window height of 1.385 meters (4 ft 6.5 in).
In theory, the windows could be made higher, but then the lintel would have to be moved into the intermediate ceiling. Currently, it is positioned below the ceiling. So, the windows are at approximately 2.22 meters (7 ft 3.5 in), then there is the (not visible) plastered roller shutter box of about 25 cm (10 inches), and above that the lintel is about 13 cm (5 inches), totaling roughly 38 cm (15 inches) of wall above the window. We find this acceptable. I wouldn’t prefer deeper windows.
We increased the door heights on the ground floor to 2.11 meters (6 ft 11 in) and kept the upper floor doors at 2 meters (6 ft 7 in).
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