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?
I assume that a 3D model wouldn’t be a problem at all. However, for the technical drafter / architect, such a model is completely unnecessary. They provide elevations anyway. So what additional value would a 3D model really offer? I feel the same way about the 3D models shown here—I often can’t make much use of them. It’s only when I see the 2D views and floor plans that I get a clear idea and feel for the design.
It’s different if you can virtually walk through the house in 3D. That adds a lot of value but requires significantly more time, which probably isn’t reflected in the price. :P
It’s different if you can virtually walk through the house in 3D. That adds a lot of value but requires significantly more time, which probably isn’t reflected in the price. :P
kaho674 schrieb:
It’s different if you can virtually walk through the house in 3D. That adds significant value but requires more time, which presumably is not included in the price. Sweethome3D can do that as well....Tolentino schrieb:
Sweethome3D can do that too.... The expensive part is not the software, but the time spent "wasting" with the client.
Shiny86 schrieb:
Then I’d rather have my TV placed 20cm (8 inches) further away. You mean “about two decimeters.”
Tolentino schrieb:
If even an open-source program like Sweet Home 3D can manage that (granted, far from perfect), you would expect professional architectural software to offer it at the push of a button. Professional software is designed for professionals – the use case of having to visualize spatial imagination difficulties usually doesn’t arise there. Showing a client what a hip roof would look like on a split-level T-shaped floor plan, however, doesn’t require the calculation precision of professional software nor does it need to generate drainage plans from that. Therefore, it is far more cost-effective in terms of computing performance and licenses to recreate the house separately in a freeware application for consumer use. Clients also want to be able to take those results home, where they have no Nemetschek software on their tablet and couldn’t open file formats with dozens of layers anyway. That’s why salespeople work with quick and easy click-based programs, while professionals use CAD.
kaho674 schrieb:
The expensive part isn’t the software, but the time “wasted” with the client. That’s true as well. I’d immediately send a client like the OP to the moon if I were a general contractor, because I’d know she’d reorder the tiles seventeen times. I’m already “looking forward” to puzzling out the perfect grout joint positions over another 120 pages here :-(
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11ant schrieb:
You mean "approximately two decimeters".Ah, right. I would be annoyed by a hallway that’s too large. 1.6 meters (5.25 feet) is still very comfortable. We tried to simulate that in the apartment.
Fortunately, I’m completely avoiding tiles. The general contractor is lucky. But yes, they really are trying to push us to the moon.
I’m done with all the questions. However, it would be great if you could share your opinion on the final floor plan or check if I’ve made any major mistakes somewhere.
I’m done with all the questions. However, it would be great if you could share your opinion on the final floor plan or check if I’ve made any major mistakes somewhere.
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