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?
It does not actually remove limescale but reduces water hardness,
commonly referred to as a “water softener.”
Windows can be cleaned with demineralized water.
You can either buy a resin cartridge, rods, brushes, etc., and do it yourself, or hire a window cleaning company.
Reverse osmosis systems are intended for professional use only and have a high water loss. This is not the case with resin cartridges.
Osmosis water offers excellent cleaning performance and dries without leaving any residue after rinsing. It also avoids environmental impact from cleaning agents.
commonly referred to as a “water softener.”
Windows can be cleaned with demineralized water.
You can either buy a resin cartridge, rods, brushes, etc., and do it yourself, or hire a window cleaning company.
Reverse osmosis systems are intended for professional use only and have a high water loss. This is not the case with resin cartridges.
Osmosis water offers excellent cleaning performance and dries without leaving any residue after rinsing. It also avoids environmental impact from cleaning agents.
rick2018 schrieb:
That’s not the case with resin cartridges.Hmm, interesting. I just skimmed through some information. Is it related to an ion exchange process? Because there are various technical devices (humidifiers, for example) whose manuals prohibit using water softened by ion exchange.
Do you know why? What could get damaged?
Flocko1 schrieb:
Yes, there is. I mean the so-called osmosis process.Thanks for the clue. I had never heard of that before.
chrisw81 schrieb:
Is fixed glazing not also considered a window? Whether it has a handle or not, it’s still blocked off.. He mainly finds it pointless to block doors that can be opened. Blocking fixed glazing isn’t ideal either, of course. But we can both live with that. We need the light, and placing the sofa in the middle of the room isn’t an option for us. The sofa position was a major topic of discussion here. But now we are happy with it.
Shiny86 schrieb:
He mainly thinks it’s pointless to block doors that could be opened.My partner thought the same at first. But when I told her she could just place a plant shelf all the way down to the floor there, she supported the floor-to-ceiling option again. That, of course, also works with fixed glazing.
However, an operable window can still be used for ventilation and to facilitate moving bulky furniture. After all, a sofa can be moved temporarily...
Shiny86 schrieb:
He mainly thinks it's just silly to block doors that could be opened. Blocking fixed glazing is obviously not ideal either. But we can both live with that. We do need the light, and placing the sofa in the middle is not for us. The sofa position was a huge topic of discussion here. But now we are happy with it. Placing the sofa in the middle wouldn’t be for me either. But I think this works. Yes, you’re right, a blocked door probably looks worse than blocked fixed glazing. The sofa will of course reduce the amount of light somewhat in this case, but it should be fine.
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