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?
chrisw81 schrieb:
What does the utility room have to do with the sill height of the windows?I guess the princess must have noticed that when opening a window with a sill height of 87.5cm (34.5 inches), she knocks the fabric softener bottle off the washing machine.https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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11ant schrieb:
I suspect the princess must have noticed that when opening a window with a sill height of 87.5cm (34.5 inches), it knocks over the fabric softener bottle on the washing machine.That must be the reason; otherwise, I can’t imagine why such a sill height would be a problem in the utility room.Y
Ypsi aus NI6 Oct 2020 13:2711ant schrieb:
I guess the princess must have noticed that when opening a window with a sill height of 87.5cm (35 inches), she knocks the fabric softener bottle off the washing machine. Sometimes I can’t decide whether I find you funny or mean. I suppose you like being both.
People here often emphasize: imagine living in the house, consider the workflows, draw in the furniture, etc.
Shiny has now done exactly that and realized the washing machine doesn’t fit under the window. I congratulate her on this timely insight. With a “just-let-it-go-you-can’t-plan-everything” approach, this issue would only have been discovered when moving in — too late. Surely, these planning mistakes would then be sugar-coated with phrases like “the first house you build is for the enemy.”
But: why not simply try to get everything right from the start?
Ypsi aus NI schrieb:
But: why not just try to get everything right from the start? Exactly: right – but also in the sense of "good enough." You can aim for more correct, even more correct, or absolutely perfect, but then you cross into almost obsessive territory. In my mind, the original poster is like someone with bulimia, who would be utterly embarrassed if their lipstick smudges – or at least a host who’d rather buy a cake than risk being judged for not baking it as perfectly as Aunt Trude. Anyway, I constantly want to shout at her, “chill out!” while shaking her a bit. Last night, I really had to hold myself back from ignoring the thread about the ceiling spotlights in the entrance hall. Without years of training from a Westphalian father-in-law, I wouldn’t be able to cope at all.
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
The current questions – including those about ceiling spotlights – are not exclusive to Shiny; others have asked them before as well. I admit that at times it became difficult for me to follow the discussion here, but I would like to leave that behind now. I admire Shiny for staying calm throughout. At the same time, I find some of your posts really inappropriate here, @11ant. No one should be labeled as a bulimic or similar.
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Ypsi aus NI6 Oct 2020 14:04You said it: it’s YOUR imagination at work. The floor plan thread was exhausting, but more so for the original poster than anyone else.
Regarding the planning of the ceiling spotlights, I want to say: congratulations!
Lately, I’ve been in some new builds: large and expensive! And so badly planned. Sometimes I felt like running out screaming.
In that respect, I think it’s great that people here are considering escape routes, sightlines, and so on. These details really create the final WOW effect.
Regarding the planning of the ceiling spotlights, I want to say: congratulations!
Lately, I’ve been in some new builds: large and expensive! And so badly planned. Sometimes I felt like running out screaming.
In that respect, I think it’s great that people here are considering escape routes, sightlines, and so on. These details really create the final WOW effect.
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