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:
Do you think it looks okay to mix 176 double-leaf and 1m single-leaf windows? @Curly you have it like that or We have mixed 176 (double-leaf) and 113 (single-leaf) in the living room. If it makes sense, you can do it that way. Sometimes, however, windows of the same size don’t fit in certain spots because of the upper floor, etc.
chrisw81 schrieb:
and in some places it actually looks a bit awkward. What had you not considered?
Shiny86 schrieb:
What hadn’t you considered? We have a relatively narrow house, so it was already difficult to create symmetry between the upper floor and the ground floor on the gable side. Then we also wanted privacy screening, so we chose the 113cm (45 inches) window instead of a wider one. Additionally, we didn’t want all the sections of our corner sofa to be in front of a window – now one section is in front of the 176cm (69 inches) window, the other is in front of a wall. Next to it is the 113cm (45 inches) window. Basically, we planned mostly according to the furniture and privacy needs, and I simply didn’t know how it would look once finished. In a 3D simulation or on the floor plan, it always looks good; in reality, I probably would have added more windows in those areas afterward. But even then, I’m not sure if I would have liked it in the long run.
Preferences also change – sometimes you want everything open, sometimes you want to sit without being watched – I don’t think you can have it all, and sometimes you like your decisions better than other times.
But in fact, when it came to the living room windows, I didn’t think too much about them back then; I just placed them because I simply didn’t know any better.
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Ypsi aus NI16 Apr 2020 12:59Just find some old cardboard boxes and cut/glue them to the desired window size. Then you can tape this template onto your existing windows (using adhesive tape) or place it in the room to get a feel for the size.
Your question about the photos can’t be serious... You just can’t estimate dimensions from a photo. It depends on the room height and the size of objects that might still be in the photo as reference points to judge the effect of the window size.
Your question about the photos can’t be serious... You just can’t estimate dimensions from a photo. It depends on the room height and the size of objects that might still be in the photo as reference points to judge the effect of the window size.
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Alessandro16 Apr 2020 13:41The window issue is really becoming quite annoying.
If you have a builder who can’t advise you on this matter, I wouldn’t even start building!
Normally, you also receive a 3D model where you can see everything in detail.
If you have a builder who can’t advise you on this matter, I wouldn’t even start building!
Normally, you also receive a 3D model where you can see everything in detail.
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