ᐅ Single-family house approximately 160 sqm with flat roof – Optimization / Planning
Created on: 28 May 2020 08:48
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mmmmbau
Good morning,
the plot has finally been purchased... now the actual planning begins. Attached is our first draft, which I would like to open for discussion here. It is still very basic at this stage; no windows or furniture are drawn in yet, that will follow in the next step.
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: approx. 500 sqm (5,380 sq ft)
Slope: no
Site coverage ratio
Floor area ratio: 0.4
Building envelope / building line / boundary setback: 3 m (10 ft) distance from plot boundaries
Edge development: yes and no, garage with 1 m (3 ft) side setback, 5 m (16 ft) front setback
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of stories: 2 full stories
Roof type: -
Architectural style: -
Orientation: -
Maximum heights / limits: ridge height < 6.2 m (20 ft); eaves height < 9.7 m (32 ft)
Further regulations
Client Requirements
Architectural style, roof type, building type: flat roof
Basement, floors: no basement, ground floor, upper floor
Number of occupants, age: 4 (two adults, two children)
Space requirements on ground and upper floors:
Ground floor: open living/dining area with kitchen, pantry, utility room, bathroom with walk-in shower, guest room (later bedroom for older age)
Upper floor: bedroom, 2 children’s rooms, walk-in closet, 1 bathroom with walk-in shower, laundry room
Office: family use or home office? no
Overnight guests per year: yes, about once a month over the weekend
Open or closed architecture: open
Conservative or modern style: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: open kitchen with freestanding island
Dining seats: 6-8 persons
Fireplace: no
Music / stereo wall: yes, integrated with the TV
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: yes, preferably a double garage with storage / hobby room due to no basement
Kitchen garden, greenhouse: no (possibly raised beds)
Other wishes / special features / daily routine, including reasons for design choices or exclusions:
House Design
Who designed the plan: Do-It-Yourself
What do you particularly like? Why?
What do you dislike? Why?
Price estimate by architect/planner: -
Personal price limit for the house (including fittings): 350-400 thousand EUR
Preferred heating system: air-to-water heat pump (underfloor heating)
If you had to give up something, on which details / expansions
- could you do without:
- could you not do without:
Why was the design made this way?
No architect involved yet, own planning inspired by online sources, magazines, and model/holiday homes
What do you think makes it particularly good or bad?
What is the most important / fundamental question about the floor plan in 130 characters or less?
Thank you very much for your suggestions, criticism, etc.!
the plot has finally been purchased... now the actual planning begins. Attached is our first draft, which I would like to open for discussion here. It is still very basic at this stage; no windows or furniture are drawn in yet, that will follow in the next step.
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: approx. 500 sqm (5,380 sq ft)
Slope: no
Site coverage ratio
Floor area ratio: 0.4
Building envelope / building line / boundary setback: 3 m (10 ft) distance from plot boundaries
Edge development: yes and no, garage with 1 m (3 ft) side setback, 5 m (16 ft) front setback
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of stories: 2 full stories
Roof type: -
Architectural style: -
Orientation: -
Maximum heights / limits: ridge height < 6.2 m (20 ft); eaves height < 9.7 m (32 ft)
Further regulations
Client Requirements
Architectural style, roof type, building type: flat roof
Basement, floors: no basement, ground floor, upper floor
Number of occupants, age: 4 (two adults, two children)
Space requirements on ground and upper floors:
Ground floor: open living/dining area with kitchen, pantry, utility room, bathroom with walk-in shower, guest room (later bedroom for older age)
Upper floor: bedroom, 2 children’s rooms, walk-in closet, 1 bathroom with walk-in shower, laundry room
Office: family use or home office? no
Overnight guests per year: yes, about once a month over the weekend
Open or closed architecture: open
Conservative or modern style: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: open kitchen with freestanding island
Dining seats: 6-8 persons
Fireplace: no
Music / stereo wall: yes, integrated with the TV
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: yes, preferably a double garage with storage / hobby room due to no basement
Kitchen garden, greenhouse: no (possibly raised beds)
Other wishes / special features / daily routine, including reasons for design choices or exclusions:
- Straight staircase (even though it takes up more space)
- From the kitchen, the dining area and living room should be visible
House Design
Who designed the plan: Do-It-Yourself
What do you particularly like? Why?
- Straight staircase
- Open kitchen/dining/living area
What do you dislike? Why?
Price estimate by architect/planner: -
Personal price limit for the house (including fittings): 350-400 thousand EUR
Preferred heating system: air-to-water heat pump (underfloor heating)
If you had to give up something, on which details / expansions
- could you do without:
- could you not do without:
Why was the design made this way?
No architect involved yet, own planning inspired by online sources, magazines, and model/holiday homes
What do you think makes it particularly good or bad?
What is the most important / fundamental question about the floor plan in 130 characters or less?
Thank you very much for your suggestions, criticism, etc.!
mmmmbau schrieb:
And we prefer to have a west-facing garden.Then the garage can stay as it is.mmmmbau schrieb:
And possibly a second parking space at the front, if allowed.If you mean the area between the building line and the street at the front, that is not permitted.Escroda schrieb:
I think the offset on the upper floor is too small unless you use it as a balcony, which makes little sense on the north side and probably doesn’t save any money. Making it larger is hardly possible either, since a mandatory two-story design is required.We are currently considering placing the overhang not on the north side but on the south side above the living room.
Having the same area on the upper floor as on the ground floor is supposed to cost over 20,000 euros extra...
Escroda schrieb:
Then the garage can stay as it is.
If the area between the building boundary and the street in front is meant, it is not allowed.This point is currently causing us some headaches... Garage or carport, the required width of the driveway, overall house positioned very much to the south, and the terrace... we really like the west-facing garden!
Does anyone know of a program that can properly draw the plot with the rounded corner and place the house on it, so you can see how many meters (feet) remain between the house in the south and the property boundary?
And if anyone has a brilliant idea, please share.
Challenge: less floor area on the upper level than below. And: an offset where there will be no windows for a "sense of security."
I wonder how modest the recess of the upper floor looks when it’s only on one side. “Oops, looks like the budget ran out.” Such a design only looks elegant when the upper floor is set back on all sides as a smaller volume or at least recessed on two sides.
You could also place a wide garage under the upper floor to move the house further north. This makes the ground floor smaller, but the guest room moves to the upper floor. With a proper staircase, a stair lift would also work if needed. Then the upper floor doesn’t have to be recessed because the guest room fills the space.
Something like this:
You could also place a wide garage under the upper floor to move the house further north. This makes the ground floor smaller, but the guest room moves to the upper floor. With a proper staircase, a stair lift would also work if needed. Then the upper floor doesn’t have to be recessed because the guest room fills the space.
Something like this:
mmmmbau schrieb:
And if anyone has a brilliant idea, feel free
Challenge: less square meters upstairs than downstairs. Not my idea – and in my opinion more clever than brilliant – but I once read in a forum about a successfully applied approach: on one side of the upper floor, build rooms like storage, utility room, bathroom, and dressing room with lower ceiling heights (so below the relevant 220/230 cm (7 ft 3 in / 7 ft 7 in)) – where simply lowering the ceiling with a suspended ceiling is not enough.
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