Hello everyone,
We are also considering building a house and are currently in the planning phase. We have found a plot of land that we like.
We want to start planning now, and over the past few weeks I have been thinking about the floor plan. This is my second draft, after the architect rightly pointed out that the first one was not very practical (garage on the upper west side with a long driveway and the house almost reaching the eastern boundary).
Since we have another appointment soon where the architect will present their proposal, I wanted to gather my thoughts beforehand. I am quite satisfied so far and would like to hear your opinions. In the early stages, it’s easy to overlook things.
PS: The plot is about 3-5 meters (10-16 feet) longer to the south and west; this is just a rough overview.
Our priorities are:
Maximizing space on the south and west sides
Kitchen with a view of the entrance area and street
The upper floor should be separable with an additional wall
Pantry should be accessible near the entrance
All “bedrooms” should be versatile, about 15m² (160 ft²) each, suitable for use after the children have grown up
We are also considering building a house and are currently in the planning phase. We have found a plot of land that we like.
We want to start planning now, and over the past few weeks I have been thinking about the floor plan. This is my second draft, after the architect rightly pointed out that the first one was not very practical (garage on the upper west side with a long driveway and the house almost reaching the eastern boundary).
Since we have another appointment soon where the architect will present their proposal, I wanted to gather my thoughts beforehand. I am quite satisfied so far and would like to hear your opinions. In the early stages, it’s easy to overlook things.
PS: The plot is about 3-5 meters (10-16 feet) longer to the south and west; this is just a rough overview.
Our priorities are:
Maximizing space on the south and west sides
Kitchen with a view of the entrance area and street
The upper floor should be separable with an additional wall
Pantry should be accessible near the entrance
All “bedrooms” should be versatile, about 15m² (160 ft²) each, suitable for use after the children have grown up
Thank you for your opinion.
Maybe you have a draft or a website where I can look at floor plans like these.
I think your idea of a modern single-family house with a separable staircase conflicts a bit.
However, I’m open to being convinced otherwise. It doesn’t necessarily have to fit our design.
But somehow the rooms need to be connected to each other.
PS: I come from a family home with a complex (modern) hallway and now live in an apartment with a long corridor.
PPS: I need to consider whether not to take the design to the architect, as I’m very satisfied with the current draft.
Maybe he can still optimize it (for example, with recesses or similar).
Maybe you have a draft or a website where I can look at floor plans like these.
I think your idea of a modern single-family house with a separable staircase conflicts a bit.
However, I’m open to being convinced otherwise. It doesn’t necessarily have to fit our design.
But somehow the rooms need to be connected to each other.
PS: I come from a family home with a complex (modern) hallway and now live in an apartment with a long corridor.
PPS: I need to consider whether not to take the design to the architect, as I’m very satisfied with the current draft.
Maybe he can still optimize it (for example, with recesses or similar).
I’ve added a picture here showing what the hallway looks like, for example, with a recessed wall next to the WC.
I generated this in about 5 minutes, so it’s definitely not optimal.
However, in my opinion, this has nothing to do with a long corridor like you’d find in office buildings.
Of course, it’s not a completely open space either, but that’s not what we want.
I generated this in about 5 minutes, so it’s definitely not optimal.
However, in my opinion, this has nothing to do with a long corridor like you’d find in office buildings.
Of course, it’s not a completely open space either, but that’s not what we want.
Either way...
A 3m (10 feet) width is definitely too narrow for the bedroom on the ground floor. Especially if you are elderly or have mobility issues and may require care, this room would never be suitable.
I hadn’t seen the floor plans with the slanted walls before. Unfortunately, I don’t like them. They are far too complicated and awkwardly shaped.
If you leave your plans at home and the architect doesn’t provide better ones, you can still bring your own plans to the second meeting.
A 3m (10 feet) width is definitely too narrow for the bedroom on the ground floor. Especially if you are elderly or have mobility issues and may require care, this room would never be suitable.
I hadn’t seen the floor plans with the slanted walls before. Unfortunately, I don’t like them. They are far too complicated and awkwardly shaped.
If you leave your plans at home and the architect doesn’t provide better ones, you can still bring your own plans to the second meeting.
derelvis schrieb:
But in my opinion, a long corridor like in office buildings has nothing to do with this.Not at all. Fortunately, it is prohibited to block main circulation paths with furniture if they are below a certain width, such as narrow corridors.
At home, you can still cautiously move around corners at a snail’s pace, but at a normal workday pace, by the second day you will definitely curse having furniture in that corridor because it gets in the way. Passing each other there is also not an option 😉
Nice software, isn’t it? I have it too – you can nicely view every little picture.
It reminds me of a recent floor plan discussion where the corridor had three corners and ledges on one side, and on each wall, no matter how short, there was a sideboard – completely unusable. But the thread starter (and thus the user of the software) had fallen in love with that picture of the corridor 😱
We already have a very similar corridor (about 1.5 m wide (5 feet), just longer) and also have a writing desk there.
The fact is, I would like to have suggestions on how to work around this issue.
You don’t like the hallway, I understand that by now, and you don’t have to. 🙂
The fact is, I would like to have suggestions on how to work around this issue.
You don’t like the hallway, I understand that by now, and you don’t have to. 🙂
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