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:
What do you mean by that? Please explain it again in simpler terms. I don’t see any mistake here. The basement drain/soil stack is marked at the toilet, and the offset is below it in the utility room. It would be great if you could briefly explain the issue before you leave for good.You’re not very good at reading texts, but it’s clearly visible in the image that one of the basement drains (BD) from the upper floor DOES NOT align above the drain discharge (DD) from the ground floor:https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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11ant schrieb:
You don’t seem very good at understanding the text, but in the picture, it’s clearly visible that one of the load-bearing walls on the upper floor does NOT align with the supporting wall on the ground floor: Thanks. What disadvantages does it have if the pipe is rerouted there? Is that a no-go? Or why do you think it’s a problem? Serious question! Can’t it be done more elegantly?
Thanks [USER=13722]@Curly
Good ideas!
I will look into the height of the stairwell window’s parapet again. The problem is that a carport is planned next to the stairs... so the parapet height cannot be chosen freely.
The TV corner and lighting are really tricky. To avoid a cluttered look, we want to block just the fixed glass panel and not the doors. My husband thinks that then it looks intentional.
We don’t like a continuous strip of lighting running across the sofa.
Does anyone else have any ideas on this?
Many people place doors right next to sofas, as you often see in sample floor plans. My husband definitely doesn’t want that.
Good ideas!
I will look into the height of the stairwell window’s parapet again. The problem is that a carport is planned next to the stairs... so the parapet height cannot be chosen freely.
The TV corner and lighting are really tricky. To avoid a cluttered look, we want to block just the fixed glass panel and not the doors. My husband thinks that then it looks intentional.
We don’t like a continuous strip of lighting running across the sofa.
Does anyone else have any ideas on this?
Many people place doors right next to sofas, as you often see in sample floor plans. My husband definitely doesn’t want that.
Curly schrieb:
You can permanently glaze the window behind the sofa; it doesn't have to be an operable window.
Best regards
SabineThat's exactly what they want to do, to install a fixed glass element.Or did you mean permanently glazing the strip of windows?
I can already see the kitchen and living room being swapped again soon so the living room gets more light.
chrisw81 schrieb:
That's exactly what they want to do—block off the fixed glass element.
Or did you mean to fully glaze the strip window?
I can already see the kitchen and living room will be swapped again soon so the living room gets more light No, I meant a single double casement window behind the sofa, not part of a large window that’s blocked by a sofa.
Best regards
Sabine
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