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?
11ant schrieb:
Yes, but the controlled residential ventilation system still has to go through there as well.And that doesn’t fit then, or what does that mean? Do you see any issues?
ypg schrieb:
The 1-meter (3.3 feet) doors (in symmetry) don’t fit the floor plan. What do they want?Achieving a balanced outcome: benefits and drawbacks equal zero. So: no more changes, every project has to end at some point.Shiny86 schrieb:
So that doesn’t fit, or what does that mean? Do you see any issues?No issues. Just the change from 20cm by 20cm (8 inches by 8 inches) to probably 60cm by 20cm (24 inches by 8 inches) required, so the extra equipment fits through. Previously: only water/drainage; now: water/drainage plus mechanical ventilation system – so the same location (because it’s okay) but larger size (because otherwise too small). It’s late already, right?https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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ypg schrieb:
Narrow-minded, petty in this case.
The 1-meter (3 feet 3 inches) doors (for symmetry) don’t fit with the floor plan. What do they want? Just symmetry? They don’t contribute anything inside or outside. They are really not suitable.They are meant to let in light, especially in the living room. For symmetry reasons, they were also chosen for the dining room.
My husband didn’t want a window behind the sofa, so we went with fixed glazing. And I don’t like having a large glass element directly behind me, so 1 meter (3 feet 3 inches) wide. Almost all our windows are either 1 meter (3 feet 3 inches) or 2 meters (6 feet 6 inches) wide. Why do you think they don’t fit the floor plan?
11ant schrieb:
Achieving a balanced overview means: benefits and drawbacks cancel each other out. So: don’t change anything else; eventually, every project has to come to an end.
No problems. Just the change from 20/20 to probably 60/20 was necessary to accommodate the extra equipment. Previously: only water/sewage / now: water/sewage plus controlled mechanical ventilation – same location (because it’s fine) but larger size (because otherwise it would be too small). It’s getting late, right?Yes, it is. I’m still researching controlled mechanical ventilation. And when I started researching KNX, it was a total mess.
I was also confused about the south-north axis... Are the planned openings sufficient, or should I be worried about needing new openings for the controlled mechanical ventilation?
Shiny86 schrieb:
KNXForget it, there are just too many options for you to consider. PS: Do you still have much of your budget left for all those extras?
Pinky0301 schrieb:
Don’t bother, there are just too many options for you to consider
PS: Do you still have much of your budget left for all the extras?No, not really. And we probably don’t really need it.
We’re going with centralized mechanical ventilation with heat recovery and saving on smart home features. That seems to be our priority for now.
It’s all just too much somehow. When building a house nowadays, there’s so much you want to have. It’s really stressful, especially for things you can’t easily add later.
At least I saved myself from having a third shower.
Does everyone here in the thread use KNX or some kind of wireless system?