Hey!
I have my first meeting with my architect on Wednesday. I actually didn’t want to plan a floor plan beforehand to avoid restricting the architect – but my beliefs (as a Hindu) require certain room orientations. So, I don’t want to completely surprise my architect and, admittedly also because I was eager to do it, I created an initial floor plan.
I would like to know from you if I have made any major mistakes in the planning and what you generally think about the room layout.
About the house:
- Exterior dimensions: 8.80 x 14.00 m (29 x 46 ft)
- Solid construction (36.5 cm (14 inches) aerated concrete with plaster facade)
- 1.5-story design with a pitched roof (and if possible, a flat roof over the terrace)
- Knee wall as high as possible (my architect will calculate this) and the roof pitch as low as possible – since I won’t be using the attic space
- Geothermal heat pump combined with underfloor heating
- Central controlled residential ventilation with heat recovery (and hopefully moisture control)
- Basement with living space and a terrace at basement level on the north and east sides; south and west sides built up to the ground floor level
- Parents on the ground floor, children later upstairs
- Staircase in reinforced concrete with landing
These floor plans are all just initial drafts. Doors are roughly drawn and some still open the wrong way (because I don’t know how to change this in Sweet Home 3D yet), windows are not included, and I only estimated wall thicknesses (and there are still corners, e.g. at the roof terrace, which will obviously be corrected later) – most of these mistakes occur because I’m not very familiar with Sweet Home 3D yet. The southern wall in the living room is only half-height to create a more open feel – so the living room area is not shown correctly.
I hope I haven’t made too many mistakes and that the sketches are at least somewhat usable (considering windows and other details are missing).
Regards!
P.S.: You can roughly estimate the room dimensions; one large square has a side length of about 1 m (3 ft); accordingly one small square is 20 cm (8 inches) per side.
P.P.S.: The eastern wall of the roof terrace will be all glass; that’s why I didn’t include a door there.
I have my first meeting with my architect on Wednesday. I actually didn’t want to plan a floor plan beforehand to avoid restricting the architect – but my beliefs (as a Hindu) require certain room orientations. So, I don’t want to completely surprise my architect and, admittedly also because I was eager to do it, I created an initial floor plan.
I would like to know from you if I have made any major mistakes in the planning and what you generally think about the room layout.
About the house:
- Exterior dimensions: 8.80 x 14.00 m (29 x 46 ft)
- Solid construction (36.5 cm (14 inches) aerated concrete with plaster facade)
- 1.5-story design with a pitched roof (and if possible, a flat roof over the terrace)
- Knee wall as high as possible (my architect will calculate this) and the roof pitch as low as possible – since I won’t be using the attic space
- Geothermal heat pump combined with underfloor heating
- Central controlled residential ventilation with heat recovery (and hopefully moisture control)
- Basement with living space and a terrace at basement level on the north and east sides; south and west sides built up to the ground floor level
- Parents on the ground floor, children later upstairs
- Staircase in reinforced concrete with landing
These floor plans are all just initial drafts. Doors are roughly drawn and some still open the wrong way (because I don’t know how to change this in Sweet Home 3D yet), windows are not included, and I only estimated wall thicknesses (and there are still corners, e.g. at the roof terrace, which will obviously be corrected later) – most of these mistakes occur because I’m not very familiar with Sweet Home 3D yet. The southern wall in the living room is only half-height to create a more open feel – so the living room area is not shown correctly.
I hope I haven’t made too many mistakes and that the sketches are at least somewhat usable (considering windows and other details are missing).
Regards!
P.S.: You can roughly estimate the room dimensions; one large square has a side length of about 1 m (3 ft); accordingly one small square is 20 cm (8 inches) per side.
P.P.S.: The eastern wall of the roof terrace will be all glass; that’s why I didn’t include a door there.
Manu1976 schrieb:
Wow, I don’t even know what to say or where to start. Just briefly: have the architect take a look and please don’t go with this floor plan. Instead, make a list of your preferences, including notes on how the rooms should be oriented.Is it really that bad? Could you give me a few brief points on where I made the biggest mistakes?
ypg schrieb:
What kind of orientations does Hinduism require? Is it like Feng Shui?
Regards, Yvonne
I have to admit, I’m not exactly sure whether it’s related to Hinduism or just because I’m Indian – I’m neither religious nor closely connected to India; it’s just that my parents told me this is important. It’s called “Vastu” or “Vaastu” – there are even two short articles about it on Wikipedia. Unfortunately, I can’t tell you much more than that.
The main issue, in my opinion, is the ground floor. Usually, it makes more sense to separate private areas like bedrooms and bathrooms from the “public” spaces such as the dining room and living room, where guests are also received.
The living room wall next to the door is planned to be only half-height – that can be very drafty when someone is sitting on the couch and the door keeps opening and closing. Also, the living room is a passageway to the office.
I don’t know your plot, but a house 14 meters (46 feet) long is quite massive. If possible, I would make it shorter but maybe wider. The staircase also seems very narrow to me – but that might be misleading.
Why is the terrace only in the basement? Why such a large bathroom in the basement? I don’t really see a practical space for a cloakroom either. The hallway to the kitchen will be dark, and so on. So, there are issues in many places.
The living room wall next to the door is planned to be only half-height – that can be very drafty when someone is sitting on the couch and the door keeps opening and closing. Also, the living room is a passageway to the office.
I don’t know your plot, but a house 14 meters (46 feet) long is quite massive. If possible, I would make it shorter but maybe wider. The staircase also seems very narrow to me – but that might be misleading.
Why is the terrace only in the basement? Why such a large bathroom in the basement? I don’t really see a practical space for a cloakroom either. The hallway to the kitchen will be dark, and so on. So, there are issues in many places.
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