ᐅ Single-family hillside house with basement for 2 people, including a home office and hobby rooms
Created on: 15 Apr 2020 07:48
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Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot Size
Slope: see attachment. Quite steep near the street at the bottom, fairly flat at the "garden" area at the top
Floor Area Ratio 0.4
Building Coverage Ratio 0.8
Building envelope, building line, and boundary: irregular building envelope, see attachment, 18 meters
Edge development: not permitted except for ancillary buildings
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: not specified
Roof shape: not specified
Architectural style: not specified
Orientation: not specified
Maximum heights / limits: eaves height (section from exterior wall to roof covering at street level) 7.5 meters (24.6 feet), ridge height not specified.
Other requirements
Homeowners’ Requirements
Architectural style, roof shape, building type: gable or hip roof, preferably with dormers to add variation to the large roof
Basement, floors: basement, then ground floor, then upper floor with 1.40-meter (55 inches) knee wall
Number of occupants, age: 2 adults around 30 years old, 3 cats, no children planned but 2 rooms on the upper floor specifically desired for hobbies
Space requirements on ground and upper floors: see floor plan
Office: family use or home office? Both working from home, so office needed on upper floor and a partially finished basement for a second office (this layout is desired)
Guest stays per year: about 6 nights per year
Open or closed layout: ?
Conservative or modern construction: ?
Open kitchen, island: no kitchen island, closed kitchen
Number of dining seats: 4
Fireplace: yes
Music / stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: garage for 2 cars with a wide door
Utility garden, greenhouse: no
Further wishes / special features / daily routine, including reasons: garage access to basement is important because of frequent off-site appointments, so I don’t want to walk through wind and rain. This elongated room is the sports room and must be kept as is.
House Design
Who designed it:
- Do-it-yourself
What do you particularly like? Why? Laundry room next to the bathroom, as I want a laundry chute for dirty clothes here.
What don’t you like? Why? After about 100 redesigns, everything is now satisfactory.
Price estimate according to architect/planner: no cost estimate yet for this floor plan.
Personal budget limit for the house, including fittings: 500,000
Preferred heating technology: air-to-water heat pump with underfloor heating
If you had to give up, which details / extensions
- could you do without: second hobby room on upper floor, guest room on ground floor, instead use rooms in the basement.
- cannot give up: everything else
Why did the design end up as it is?
It’s a mix of many examples from various magazines… then tailored to our needs and the required functions of each room. Considerations included whether a room should be on the ground or upper floor, orientation, adjoining rooms, and traffic flows. Bedroom next to dressing room and bathroom, facing the garden, not above the living room, because my partner often has visitors in the evenings when I want to sleep. Office with no morning sun because sunlight disturbs me when working on screens, and I usually work early in the morning. Bathroom facing the garden.
What do you think makes it particularly good or bad?
What is the most important / fundamental question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
Do you have any suggestions for improvement?
The garage is planned on the left side of the house. The street is on the south side, and the garden extends to the northeast. The terrace should wrap around the corner near the living and dining area to get evening sun, but also provide shade during the summer midday heat. It is a south-facing slope. The neighboring houses are only bungalows built into the slope, so they do not block the light.
Plot Size
Slope: see attachment. Quite steep near the street at the bottom, fairly flat at the "garden" area at the top
Floor Area Ratio 0.4
Building Coverage Ratio 0.8
Building envelope, building line, and boundary: irregular building envelope, see attachment, 18 meters
Edge development: not permitted except for ancillary buildings
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: not specified
Roof shape: not specified
Architectural style: not specified
Orientation: not specified
Maximum heights / limits: eaves height (section from exterior wall to roof covering at street level) 7.5 meters (24.6 feet), ridge height not specified.
Other requirements
Homeowners’ Requirements
Architectural style, roof shape, building type: gable or hip roof, preferably with dormers to add variation to the large roof
Basement, floors: basement, then ground floor, then upper floor with 1.40-meter (55 inches) knee wall
Number of occupants, age: 2 adults around 30 years old, 3 cats, no children planned but 2 rooms on the upper floor specifically desired for hobbies
Space requirements on ground and upper floors: see floor plan
Office: family use or home office? Both working from home, so office needed on upper floor and a partially finished basement for a second office (this layout is desired)
Guest stays per year: about 6 nights per year
Open or closed layout: ?
Conservative or modern construction: ?
Open kitchen, island: no kitchen island, closed kitchen
Number of dining seats: 4
Fireplace: yes
Music / stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: garage for 2 cars with a wide door
Utility garden, greenhouse: no
Further wishes / special features / daily routine, including reasons: garage access to basement is important because of frequent off-site appointments, so I don’t want to walk through wind and rain. This elongated room is the sports room and must be kept as is.
House Design
Who designed it:
- Do-it-yourself
What do you particularly like? Why? Laundry room next to the bathroom, as I want a laundry chute for dirty clothes here.
What don’t you like? Why? After about 100 redesigns, everything is now satisfactory.
Price estimate according to architect/planner: no cost estimate yet for this floor plan.
Personal budget limit for the house, including fittings: 500,000
Preferred heating technology: air-to-water heat pump with underfloor heating
If you had to give up, which details / extensions
- could you do without: second hobby room on upper floor, guest room on ground floor, instead use rooms in the basement.
- cannot give up: everything else
Why did the design end up as it is?
It’s a mix of many examples from various magazines… then tailored to our needs and the required functions of each room. Considerations included whether a room should be on the ground or upper floor, orientation, adjoining rooms, and traffic flows. Bedroom next to dressing room and bathroom, facing the garden, not above the living room, because my partner often has visitors in the evenings when I want to sleep. Office with no morning sun because sunlight disturbs me when working on screens, and I usually work early in the morning. Bathroom facing the garden.
What do you think makes it particularly good or bad?
What is the most important / fundamental question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
Do you have any suggestions for improvement?
The garage is planned on the left side of the house. The street is on the south side, and the garden extends to the northeast. The terrace should wrap around the corner near the living and dining area to get evening sun, but also provide shade during the summer midday heat. It is a south-facing slope. The neighboring houses are only bungalows built into the slope, so they do not block the light.
And clearly describe what you want. Be honest:
A playroom for various activities is not the same as a dedicated climbing studio – the requirements are somewhat different, I think.
Using the term "bouldering room" won’t help an architect much. Be specific: a closed room, minimum bouldering area in square meters (square feet), necessary wall angles (since you need to plan carefully on how to incorporate them), how high the crash pads on the floor will be, and so on. This is very specialized, so if you want it exactly as you imagine, you need to provide precise details.
An architect will have sufficient knowledge about whether a kitchen is open or closed, but for such a specific request, you really need to specify the details.
A playroom for various activities is not the same as a dedicated climbing studio – the requirements are somewhat different, I think.
Using the term "bouldering room" won’t help an architect much. Be specific: a closed room, minimum bouldering area in square meters (square feet), necessary wall angles (since you need to plan carefully on how to incorporate them), how high the crash pads on the floor will be, and so on. This is very specialized, so if you want it exactly as you imagine, you need to provide precise details.
An architect will have sufficient knowledge about whether a kitchen is open or closed, but for such a specific request, you really need to specify the details.
Climbee schrieb:
And describe exactlyWhere did you actually get the forum name from – did you climb before you switched to bouldering?https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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I was always more of a climber, but due to health reasons, unfortunately, I haven’t been able to climb for a few years now. However, I hope to start again someday. Bouldering was always too strength-intensive for me; I prefer to work my way up more fluidly. Chimney climbing, friction climbing, stemming, twisting in—those are more my style than a long overhang. I also prefer outdoor climbing to indoor climbing. That said, climbing indoors is definitely good for staying in shape. Quickly heading to the mountain in the evening just doesn’t work. But a quick session at the climbing gym—that’s definitely possible!
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Chris251117 Apr 2020 15:44Funny, just at the moment I’m reading this post and sitting in the garden, the song "Iko Iko" is playing on my playlist – from the opening scene of Mission Impossible 2, where Tom Cruise climbs up the canyon like a professional...
I once watched a movie with Tom Cruise (if I’m not mistaken, it was the young Tommy), about a close-knit group involved in illegal sword or foil fights, sometimes with deadly outcomes. At the time, I was an active fencer, and we often watched it after training, laughing so hard we could barely stay on our feet because the fencing scenes were so bad they became funny.
If the climbing scenes in Mission Impossible 2 are just as bad, maybe I should watch it for fun sometime (otherwise, I really don’t enjoy these kinds of movies, and I’m even less a fan of Tom Cruise).
If the climbing scenes in Mission Impossible 2 are just as bad, maybe I should watch it for fun sometime (otherwise, I really don’t enjoy these kinds of movies, and I’m even less a fan of Tom Cruise).
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Chris251117 Apr 2020 16:26The climbing scene is just as bad
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