ᐅ Floor plan: 2 full stories, KfW 55 energy standard, 136 sqm, flat roof
Created on: 15 Dec 2021 23:19
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Mansion
Hello dear building community!
We are planning our single-family home in an area with a development plan and would like to present our floor plan for your critical feedback. Thank you in advance for your time and comments – feel free to be straightforward!
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 530 sqm (5700 sq ft)
Slope: no
Site coverage ratio: 0.3
Floor area ratio: 0.6
Building envelope, building line and boundary
Edge development: no
Number of parking spaces: 1
Number of floors: 2
Roof shape: flat roof, extensively greened
Architectural style: Bauhaus
Orientation: street on the south side
Maximum heights / limits: 7.50 m (24.6 ft) maximum height of attic flat roof; minor building parts may exceed building boundaries up to a maximum width of 5.0 m (16.4 ft) and depth of 1.5 m (4.9 ft) for windbreaks, staircases, entrance canopies, air source heat pumps, and balconies exceptionally permitted
Additional specifications:
- Base height limited to max. 0.50 m (1.6 ft)
- Garages and carports only allowed within the building envelope or the window for garages and parking spaces
- Driveway from the street may be max. 4 m (13.1 ft) wide
- Extensive or intensive green roofing
- Chimney not allowed
Homeowners’ Requirements
Architectural style, roof type, building type: Bauhaus, flat roof, solid construction, full stories, straight concrete staircase
Basement: no, number of floors: 2
Number of occupants, ages: 3 persons; 30 years, 30 years, 6 months
Ground floor space needs: open living-dining area, study, utility room, pantry, shower-toilet
Upper floor: master bedroom with walk-in closet, 2 children’s rooms, bathroom with tub and shower and 2 washbasins
Office: family use or home office? Home office / guest room
Number of overnight guests per year: 10-20
Open or closed architecture: open
Conservative or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen, cooking island: yes, possibly island or U-shape
Number of dining seats: 6
Fireplace: no
Music / stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: probably carport
Vegetable garden, greenhouse: maybe
Other wishes / special features / daily routine, also reasons why certain things should or should not be included
House Design
Who designed it:
- designer from a construction company
- based on the floor plan of a pitched roof house by a South German ecological prefabricated wood construction company
What do you particularly like? Why? Seating window and the staircase dividing the living-dining area, open ground floor, discreet upper floor
What do you dislike? Why? Storage space might be tight, utility room possibly too small
Price estimate according to architect/designer: not yet known
Personal budget limit for the house, including equipment: –
Preferred heating technology: air-to-water heat pump
If you had to give up, on which details/extensions?
- could you give up: KFW 55 standard, T-solution in bathroom, kitchen island, if good reasons: possibly rotate the straight staircase 180 degrees to access it from the hallway
- cannot give up: in our opinion, the design does not reflect exaggerated demands already
Why has the design ended up like it is now? For example:
What makes it particularly good or bad in your eyes? The garden is important to us. In our opinion, the rectangular footprint is better suited than a square one to get the optimum out of the plot (sun on the west terrace). The floor-to-ceiling window on the south side in the kitchen.
What is the most important / fundamental question about the floor plan, summarized in 130 characters?
The ground floor is nicely open and cozy and connects the garden and terrace with the house, while the upper floor offers enough privacy both inside and protection from outside views. We searched a long time for the optimal plot and want to use the land as the garden ideally as a retreat, with a possible swimming pond / pool later and a small vegetable garden.
We are planning our single-family home in an area with a development plan and would like to present our floor plan for your critical feedback. Thank you in advance for your time and comments – feel free to be straightforward!
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 530 sqm (5700 sq ft)
Slope: no
Site coverage ratio: 0.3
Floor area ratio: 0.6
Building envelope, building line and boundary
Edge development: no
Number of parking spaces: 1
Number of floors: 2
Roof shape: flat roof, extensively greened
Architectural style: Bauhaus
Orientation: street on the south side
Maximum heights / limits: 7.50 m (24.6 ft) maximum height of attic flat roof; minor building parts may exceed building boundaries up to a maximum width of 5.0 m (16.4 ft) and depth of 1.5 m (4.9 ft) for windbreaks, staircases, entrance canopies, air source heat pumps, and balconies exceptionally permitted
Additional specifications:
- Base height limited to max. 0.50 m (1.6 ft)
- Garages and carports only allowed within the building envelope or the window for garages and parking spaces
- Driveway from the street may be max. 4 m (13.1 ft) wide
- Extensive or intensive green roofing
- Chimney not allowed
Homeowners’ Requirements
Architectural style, roof type, building type: Bauhaus, flat roof, solid construction, full stories, straight concrete staircase
Basement: no, number of floors: 2
Number of occupants, ages: 3 persons; 30 years, 30 years, 6 months
Ground floor space needs: open living-dining area, study, utility room, pantry, shower-toilet
Upper floor: master bedroom with walk-in closet, 2 children’s rooms, bathroom with tub and shower and 2 washbasins
Office: family use or home office? Home office / guest room
Number of overnight guests per year: 10-20
Open or closed architecture: open
Conservative or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen, cooking island: yes, possibly island or U-shape
Number of dining seats: 6
Fireplace: no
Music / stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: probably carport
Vegetable garden, greenhouse: maybe
Other wishes / special features / daily routine, also reasons why certain things should or should not be included
House Design
Who designed it:
- designer from a construction company
- based on the floor plan of a pitched roof house by a South German ecological prefabricated wood construction company
What do you particularly like? Why? Seating window and the staircase dividing the living-dining area, open ground floor, discreet upper floor
What do you dislike? Why? Storage space might be tight, utility room possibly too small
Price estimate according to architect/designer: not yet known
Personal budget limit for the house, including equipment: –
Preferred heating technology: air-to-water heat pump
If you had to give up, on which details/extensions?
- could you give up: KFW 55 standard, T-solution in bathroom, kitchen island, if good reasons: possibly rotate the straight staircase 180 degrees to access it from the hallway
- cannot give up: in our opinion, the design does not reflect exaggerated demands already
Why has the design ended up like it is now? For example:
What makes it particularly good or bad in your eyes? The garden is important to us. In our opinion, the rectangular footprint is better suited than a square one to get the optimum out of the plot (sun on the west terrace). The floor-to-ceiling window on the south side in the kitchen.
What is the most important / fundamental question about the floor plan, summarized in 130 characters?
The ground floor is nicely open and cozy and connects the garden and terrace with the house, while the upper floor offers enough privacy both inside and protection from outside views. We searched a long time for the optimal plot and want to use the land as the garden ideally as a retreat, with a possible swimming pond / pool later and a small vegetable garden.
Mansion schrieb:
The legend of the zoning plan statesNot only the text section, but zoning plans as a whole are unfortunately greatly underestimated by most people asking questions here, and only shown in very limited excerpts. Yet, they are actually more fascinating than crime novels or courtesan diaries. Maybe you can put an end to the anxious guessing this time by simply stating what it’s called (don’t forget: without a link!). Even if it’s just half-meter lines, the drawings on the virtual 3D plot are seriously misleading.https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
11ant schrieb:
Not only the textual part, but the entire zoning plans are unfortunately massively underestimated by most questioners here and only shown in very limited excerpts, even though they are actually more exciting than crime novels or courtesan diaries. Maybe you could put an end to the anxious guessing in this case by simply stating the name of the document (don’t forget: without a link!). Even if they are only half-meter lines, the drawings on the virtual 3D property are seriously misleading. The zoning plan will only be made public in the next few days. The city council approved it yesterday, hopefully.
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Myrna_Loy16 Dec 2021 17:06Mansion schrieb:
We like things lively, open, and communicative. These days, I only work from home on my laptop and move around the garden, sometimes to the dining table, sometimes to the couch, sometimes to a room. After parental leave, my wife will probably also work from home two days a week.
We want something unique, bright, and compact. When it was just the two of us, I had long been considering a tiny house or a houseboat. Your child is 6 months old – lively and space needs will take on a whole new dimension by around three years. I’m now in my second year of working from home with kids, and honestly, I’d love to build a soundproof cabin in the garden because it can drive you crazy when two children are just being normal kids in the background.
And I’m surprised – after eleven pages of posts, no one has pointed out how dull and awkward the building’s shape is? It looks like a construction site container used for large projects. And not in the good way, like “building with shipping containers.” I am a big fan of minimalism and tiny houses, but the house design shown here is as unappealing as it could be.
Myrna_Loy schrieb:
Your child is 6 months old – lively, and the need for space takes on a whole new dimension by the time they turn three. I’m currently in my second year of working from home with kids, and I would love to build a soundproofed shed in the garden because it drives you nearly crazy when two children are just being children in the background.
And I’m surprised – eleven pages of posts, and no one has mentioned how dull and bland this building form is? It looks like a construction site container used for large projects. And not in the good “building with shipping containers” way. I’m a big fan of minimalism and tiny houses, but the house view shown here is as unappealing as it could be.Personally, I don’t find the house attractive either. The original poster mentions Bauhaus, but this is not Bauhaus. In Bauhaus, ALL details must be right: proportions, materials, execution, floor plan – the entire concept.
Your example simply shows a basic flat-roofed house. I think the house would look much nicer and cozier with a pitched roof.
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Myrna_Loy16 Dec 2021 17:31That does not look like Bauhaus, but rather a window display. Fitting five different windows on one long side is definitely a real art.
Mansion schrieb:
The development plan will only be made public in the next few days. The city council approved it yesterday, hopefully. If it was already in the final review stage, it should have been public a long time ago.
Myrna_Loy schrieb:
And I’m surprised—eleven pages of comments, and so far no one has pointed out what a dull, uninspiring building mass this is? I know from a reliable source that the first commentator took care of that when the thread was still very new:
11ant schrieb:
You can definitely overdo the shoebox design. Kati.com schrieb:
The original poster mentions Bauhaus. This is not Bauhaus. For Bauhaus, EVERY detail has to be right: proportions, materials, craftsmanship, floor plan—basically the whole concept. That may apply to Bauhaus as an art school—but not to the brand with the same name where you buy plastic garden furniture (which is why I avoid confusion by calling it "Hornbach style").
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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