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?
chrisw81 schrieb:
We have a 1.76 x 1.38 meter (5.8 x 4.5 feet) window in the living room and it’s sufficient there. In the office, the windows are smaller—still more than enough...Could one of you take a photo of a window with these dimensions?
Do you think a 1 meter (3.3 feet) wide window, for example 138 or 126 cm (54 or 50 inches) tall, is too large for a guest room? The guest bathroom is about 2 square meters (22 square feet).
What kind of sill heights do you have, and are they generally consistent throughout the house? For example, in the office or guest bathroom. I find this window topic more challenging than the room layout.
We’re installing wooden flooring in the hallway. That way there’s no need for baseboards, and you don’t have to factor in space for them. Platsa is officially not a built-in closet, but we plan to use it as one for a long time. If it gets worn, you can always replace the doors if needed.
chrisw81 schrieb:
The sill windows have a sill height of 1.02 meters (3 ft 4 in)How does that look? Is it too high, or would you do it the same way again?
Shiny86 schrieb:
Do you think a 1-meter (3.3 feet) wide window, for example 138cm (54 inches) or 126cm (50 inches) long, is too large for the guest bathroom? The guest WC is about 2m² (22 square feet) in size. I meant guest WC, not guest room.
Shiny86 schrieb:
What does it look like? Is it too high, or would you do it the same way again? I think it’s a matter of personal preference. The top edge of the window sill is about 89cm (35 inches) in this case.
Our sofa is placed in the living room in front of it, so I find it fine there. The backrest is quite high, around 90cm (35 inches), so it fits well. But if you move the sofa slightly away from the wall, a lower window sill can also look nice. However, I wouldn’t go lower than one module of 12.5cm (5 inches). In some cases, it makes sense to have an even lower sill if you want to place plants on it and prefer not to have a floor-to-ceiling window, but that really depends on the situation.
Our guest bathroom window is 1 meter (3 feet 3 inches) wide, which is not too large. We simply built four rows of bricks, resulting in a height of about 1 meter (3 feet 3 inches), then added the floor structure and the windowsill, giving us a finished sill height of exactly 90 cm (35 inches). Since you don’t have high ceilings, you should choose a low sill height (no higher than 90 cm (35 inches) finished height), because otherwise your windows won’t be able to be tall.
Best regards,
Sabine
Best regards,
Sabine
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