ᐅ Floor Plan Optimization – Semi-Detached House Approximately 150 sqm
Created on: 19 May 2022 16:40
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KleinUndFein
Hello everyone,
I’m new here and would appreciate your ideas. We are planning a 150 sqm (1,615 sq ft) semi-detached house and are looking for the optimal floor plan.
Development Plan/Restrictions
The building envelope is used to its full extent.
Builders’ Requirements
- As clever a floor plan as possible
- The house will be occupied by two adults and two children (4 and 6 years old)
- The ground floor and upper floor should be able to be lived in separately (aging in place)
- No overly extravagant or expensive features should be used
- Basement with a technical room is available
- Prefer architectural style and conservative construction methods
- Open kitchen, but more of a kitchen-living area. The “living/media area” should be part of the kitchen-living space
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
- Are there better ways to use the space and are the room sizes suitable for normal use?
- Does the layout suit a family and two living units for the future?
I’m new here and would appreciate your ideas. We are planning a 150 sqm (1,615 sq ft) semi-detached house and are looking for the optimal floor plan.
Development Plan/Restrictions
The building envelope is used to its full extent.
Builders’ Requirements
- As clever a floor plan as possible
- The house will be occupied by two adults and two children (4 and 6 years old)
- The ground floor and upper floor should be able to be lived in separately (aging in place)
- No overly extravagant or expensive features should be used
- Basement with a technical room is available
- Prefer architectural style and conservative construction methods
- Open kitchen, but more of a kitchen-living area. The “living/media area” should be part of the kitchen-living space
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
- Are there better ways to use the space and are the room sizes suitable for normal use?
- Does the layout suit a family and two living units for the future?
KleinUndFein schrieb:
Hello Katja, thanks. I already filled that in above. But the plot of land doesn’t really help. The exterior walls here are fixed. That’s just the way it is.
Even so, it is just as important for the rooms to consider where neighboring buildings, paths, roads, gardens, etc., are located. Additionally, orientation, noise sources, locations of utility connections, maximum building heights, and so on. But if someone doesn’t want to accept that, there’s nothing you can do.
Salami tactics here means: You only reveal information bit by bit.
Not that some stranger (city officials, architect, etc.) should offer you any concessions. I get the impression this was unclear…
For several pages now, you have been asked to put everything (!) you know into one (1!) post. Specifically, based on the questionnaire, which you don’t read and then answer as you wish, but rather copy and answer point by point right here.
Not that some stranger (city officials, architect, etc.) should offer you any concessions. I get the impression this was unclear…
For several pages now, you have been asked to put everything (!) you know into one (1!) post. Specifically, based on the questionnaire, which you don’t read and then answer as you wish, but rather copy and answer point by point right here.
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WilderSueden20 May 2022 11:12Yosan schrieb:
But it is possible.
The room is almost exactly the same size as my parents’ bedroom, and the door is in the same position. With a double bed and a wardrobe (on the door side), it doesn’t actually feel cramped... I was quite surprised how small the room really is when I finally had a floor plan in hand. At 34 years old, it works for me. But at 84, I wouldn’t want to try going through an 80cm (31.5 inches) gap with a walker that is 10cm (4 inches) narrower (which, by the way, assumes these are finished measurements and not rough opening sizes, otherwise it gets even tighter). Turning the walker around at the back is not possible at all. This wasn’t planned with aging in mind; it’s just an imposed solution that seems convenient but isn’t.
KleinUndFein schrieb:
What do you call it when 60% of a semi-detached house has been standing since the 19th century and we are building the other 40% new? To me, it’s a semi-detached house, but not a typical one? KleinUndFein schrieb:
We promised the sellers (the mayor’s parents) to stay within the original dimensions – that was important to them. We didn’t think the measurements were bad. It’s just quite square for a semi-detached house. If the semi-detached house was originally built as two separate units, it remains a semi-detached house. Whether you call your half “unusual,” “special,” or “unique,” it’s still a semi-detached house. Even in Klein-Krotzenburg ;-)
KleinUndFein schrieb:
We can’t really decide, that’s why the architect is involved. He has initially left the upper floor planning to us. That’s somewhat problematic since he’ll then have to wait for your upper floor plans before developing the ground floor. Designing a house in such an asymmetrical team (architect and laypeople) is quite challenging – it would already be a huge challenge in a team of an architect and architecture students. It might help somewhat if you keep the promise to stay within the old dimensions approximately rather than exactly. But you need to agree among yourselves at least, because currently the floors are planned with different widths (8.95m (29ft 4in) and 9.12m (29ft 11in)). It could also be helpful to show the basement (I assume the existing basement is to remain?) – is it located on the property boundary?
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KleinUndFein20 May 2022 14:37WilderSueden schrieb:
At 34 years old, that’s manageable. But at 84, I wouldn’t want to try going through an 80cm (31.5 inches) gap with a rollator that is 10cm (4 inches) narrower than that (which, by the way, assumes these dimensions are finished measurements and not rough opening sizes—otherwise, it would be even tighter). Turning the rollator around at the back is completely out of the question. This wasn’t planned with aging in mind but instead is a supposed feature that was added on.Okay, thanks for the heads-up. We’ll have to discuss this again with the architect.
KleinUndFein schrieb:
Okay, thanks for the tip. We’ll have to check again with the architect.The architect should know this. It’s basic knowledge from their studies. Sorry, but the whole house project doesn’t look like the work of a professional architect.
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