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:
That looks very nice. Thanks! Did you also choose any windows wider than 1.76/1.38 meters (5.8/4.5 feet)?
And would you show the window that is 1.01/1.38 meters (3.3/4.5 feet) in the guest bathroom? Because I have planned it the same way and can’t quite picture it. In the guest bathroom, we have a 1 x 0.76 meter (3.3 x 2.5 feet) window (for privacy reasons), and it is more than sufficient.
Curly schrieb:
But keep in mind that you still have baseboards at the floor, which take up 1–2cm (about 0.5–1 inch) of space. This calculation still doesn’t include tolerances (in dimensions and angles and plumb!). Apart from the fact that it’s quite backwards to cut a wall precisely to fit an off-the-shelf cabinet instead of the other way around, only yacht, RV, or airplane interior builders can achieve that level of precision. You all seriously underestimate the clumsy “bear paws” of rough carpenters. The first truly precise note in the entire house-building procedure is played by the tile setter; everything before that is done with a rough trowel.
kaho674 schrieb:
I’ve admired your persistence for quite a few pages now. Please keep it up. Persistence in getting Gisela to refill the Doornkaat, or persistence in feeding the amusing and troll-like original poster?
Shiny86 schrieb:
We’re installing wood flooring in the hallway. Then no baseboards are needed. On that I’ll say nothing but “aquavittrocken.” But the pretzel sticks are already gone.
Shiny86 schrieb:
We only mixed things a bit. From the front view we have 1.01/1.3x and 2.02/1.3x. But the children have 1.76/1.3x. For an experienced bricklayer, it’s a piece of cake to cover up your building dimension dyslexia with a 202 instead of a 201 wide window.
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11ant schrieb:
Endurance with topping up Gisela with Doornkaat or endurance in feeding the amusingly trollish original poster?I’m not sure how much Gisela can drink, but each on its own is probably quite an achievement. Doing both at the same time is surely unmatched.
11ant schrieb:
For an experienced bricklayer, it’s a piece of cake to cover up your construction measurement dyslexia by installing a 202cm (79½ inches) wide window instead of a 201cm (79 inches) one. ... at least if Gisela visits him regularly on the building site... including a bottle.
Curly schrieb:
I couldn’t get a photo of the guest bathroom window that shows more than just the window itself—it’s not very helpful. But I just measured, and from the 1m (39 inches) wide window, only about 72–73cm (28–29 inches) is clear glass, which isn’t very much.
The only wider windows than 1.76m (69 inches) we have are in the kitchen (but those are divided into three sections) and a very large bay window that can’t be opened. The downside of very wide windows is that the sash projects far into the room when opened, which can be inconvenient sometimes. By the way, I don’t think you’re overthinking it—I spent at least six months refining the floor plan and carefully considering every measurement. Since this was our second build, I knew exactly what was important to me and what I definitely wanted to do differently from before.
Best regards,
Sabine How many square meters is your guest room?
Many people, like Chris, opt for smaller windows for privacy reasons. You didn’t want that?
So you mostly stuck with 176/138 and 101/138, all with the same sill height?
kaho674 schrieb:
I’m not sure how much Gisela can handle to drink,You don’t have to be able to when you’re behind the bar.K1300S schrieb:
... at least if Gisela regularly visits him at the construction site ...I don’t even know if Gisela has ever really been out of Grevenbroich — maybe as far as Kamp-Lintfort ... or Neukirchen-Vluyn ... who knows Shiny86 schrieb:
Many people have a smaller window there, like Chris, for privacy reasons.The best privacy is offered by no windows at all. Then you just have to carry the light inside with bags — but please use jute instead of plastic!https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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