ᐅ Initial design: two-story building with a staggered shed roof

Hello dear forum community,

since the first draft from the draftsman didn’t quite match my taste, I took pencil and paper myself today to create an initial sketch.
What do you think?

The drawings are oriented to the north.

Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 700 m2 (7,535 sq ft)
Slope: no
Site occupancy coefficient (floor area ratio): 0.3
Floor space index: 0.6
Building window, building line and boundary: 3 meters (10 feet) distance from neighbors
Edge development: allowed for garage/carport
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: 2
Roof type: open (0 to 30 degrees)
Style:
Orientation: south/west
Maximum heights / limits: eaves 6 m (20 ft) / ridge 9.5 m (31 ft)

Homeowners’ Requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: offset shed roof (14-20 degrees pitch) with east/west orientation
Basement, floors: no basement, 2 full floors
Number of occupants; age: 2; 30, 25 years old
Space requirement on ground and upper floor: approx. 170-180 m2 (1,830-1,940 sq ft) total
Office: home office
Guest sleepovers per year: approx. 10
Open or closed architecture: open
Conservative or modern style: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: open kitchen; peninsula
Number of dining seats: permanently 8 plus 3 at the peninsula
Fireplace: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: undecided yet
Additional wishes / special features / daily routine, also reasons why something should or should not be:
Terrace facing west/south; large window front with external blinds on the ground floor; daylight in the upstairs hallway

House Design
Who designed it: do-it-yourself
What do you especially like? Why?
What do you dislike? Why?
Price estimate according to architect/planner:
Personal price limit for the house, including fixtures: 480,000 EUR
Preferred heating technology: air-to-water heat pump

If you have to give up something, which details/extensions
-you can give up: straight staircase
-you cannot give up: large windows on the ground floor

Why does the design look the way it does?
Mix of many other designs

What is the most important / fundamental question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters?
What can still be improved? Can the floor area be reduced a bit?

As you know, I appreciate every analog drawing.
Orienting the plans to north is good – but on which plot?
I can’t make out anything about the shed roof from the floor plans; please show more.
If the draftsmen’s plans were the basis here, please show those as well and explain where and how the changes were made.

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First of all, a relief for the eyes – the dimensions are self-explanatory.
Nevertheless, please upload the planner’s design since you are referring to it.
And the site plan, please.

The basic idea of a staggered shed roof came from a prefab house. The starting point was roughly this:

Even though we would like to fully utilize the eave height of 6 m (20 feet).

And the plot with our idea for the orientation looks like this:

To ensure there is some lawn, flower beds, and garden on the south side, we would build as far north (towards the street) as possible (building setback 3 m (10 feet)).

Unfortunately, I am not allowed to share the first drafts from the draftsman :/

Could you please mark north on the plan? Oriented to true north would mean north at the top, but that doesn't align with the terrace.

Zubi123 schrieb:

Unfortunately, I’m not allowed to share the initial drafts from the draftsman :/

Then why not provide us with some elevations for your floor plans? Neighboring properties are also missing: the street seems to be at the bottom of the plan (?), but where does the angled line come from—is the street turning there?

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