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?
Tolentino schrieb:
My partner thought the same at first. But when I told her she could just put a plant shelf down to the floor there, she preferred floor-to-ceiling windows again. That’s possible with fixed glazing too. However, a window that can be opened is useful for ventilation and to move large furniture. You can also temporarily move a sofa out of the way...But the sofa would have to be set far enough away from the window, and I don’t think that’s the case here. You’d need a depth of more than 5m (16 feet) to pull it away enough. And I imagine a plant shelf placed directly behind a sofa backrest wouldn’t be ideal either. The ability to open the window is certainly an argument. In that case, you could also choose a two-part window that opens fully at the top.chrisw81 schrieb:
Placing the sofa in the middle wouldn’t work for me either. But I think this arrangement fits. You’re right, a blocked door probably looks worse than a blocked fixed window. Of course, the sofa will reduce the amount of light a bit in this case, but it should be fine. Yes, but at least it’s not a completely dark corner. I also think this works. In any room, I don’t feel afraid of sitting in the dark anymore. Sure, we could have chosen bolder or more interesting windows, but it’s also important to us not to feel like we’re sitting in a glass house. For example, on the west side, we only have one large fixed window because we happen to know the neighbor’s exterior view already, and we know they don’t have any windows there and can’t look inside.
Are you referring to the water softener system? These usually work with salt tablets.
Or do you mean the resin cartridges where the water is demineralized?
The water softener reduces the water hardness to an acceptable level. You can use this water without any concerns.
I’m not sure why demineralized water (e.g., from resin cartridges) should not be used.
Or do you mean the resin cartridges where the water is demineralized?
The water softener reduces the water hardness to an acceptable level. You can use this water without any concerns.
I’m not sure why demineralized water (e.g., from resin cartridges) should not be used.
Shiny86 schrieb:
We ventilate through the terrace door.I thought you were using a ventilation system.
Best regards,
Sabine
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