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?
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Alessandro27 Apr 2020 13:44You need to consider the ratio of the children's rooms to the total living area. In my opinion, something doesn’t quite add up, even though I appreciate your intention.
Yes, the problem is that we want the kitchen, living room, and dining room to be spacious. We want a 3m-long (10 feet) kitchen island, a large seating area in the living room, and a dining table that can accommodate up to 10 people. We also need a minimum distance of 4m (13 feet) to the TV.
This is already quite challenging.
This is already quite challenging.
Alessandro schrieb:
You need to consider the ratio of the children's rooms to the total living area. In my opinion, it doesn’t quite add up, even if your intention is good. No, that’s because the living area defines the children’s area. We want a large living space. So, the kids are somewhat lucky. I also prefer square rooms that open directly from the hallway without recesses in the rooms.
I don’t want to swap the top of the plan with the bottom because then the children’s rooms would face south.
Shiny86 schrieb:
We also need a minimum distance of 4m (13 feet) to the TV.How do you arrive at that requirement? According to home theater guidelines (I work in the industry), the viewing distance for a Full HD TV should be about twice the screen diagonal. So, at 4m (13 feet), you would need a 75-inch screen. For 4K resolution, it’s about 1.5 times the diagonal, which means you would need a 100-inch screen.
Is your TV that big?
Tolentino schrieb:
How do you come to this requirement?
According to the home theater rule of thumb (I work in the industry), the viewing distance to the TV for Full HD should be about twice the screen diagonal. So for 4m (13 feet), you would need a 75-inch TV. For 4K, it’s one and a half times, so you would need a 100-inch TV.
Is your TV that large? I agree with the original poster and actually find it more pleasant because of the room’s ambiance. This has nothing to do with diagonals or similar calculations. Sitting that close to the wall would feel really overwhelming.
chrisw81 schrieb:
I agree with the original poster; I find it more pleasant because of the sense of space. It has nothing to do with diagonals or anything like that. Sitting that close to the wall would feel really claustrophobic. Okay, but then that doesn’t really have anything to do with the TV.
A 75-inch screen is not unrealistic these days. Only 100 inches would have surprised me a bit. But 4K still isn’t the standard everywhere.
On the other hand, I’ve had to get used to early on that not everyone—let alone every woman—approaches home cinema enjoyment with the same standards as I do.
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