ᐅ Urban villa with large window facade – plenty of open space and expansive windows!

Created on: 13 Jul 2018 17:19

Hey,

We are planning to build an urban villa next year and came across the house in the first picture, featuring an open space and a huge window—our dream.

However, we have found a different construction company since we want to build ourselves and have designed the house freely with an architect. The second picture shows what our architect has planned.

His explanation for so many windows is that a ring beam would be necessary, and it would essentially be a glass facade. This would then not cost €8,000 but rather €30,000 or more.

What do you think? Does anyone have experience or know a window manufacturer in or around Berlin who could help me with this? We are aware it will be more expensive, but is the difference really that extreme?

Modern family house with large glass fronts, patio furniture and parasols

Modern family house design: front view with large windows and solar panels.

kaho67416 Jul 2018 10:26

#13

The annoying thing about such special requests is often that no one builds them as standard, and they usually don’t work out. Oversized blinds will probably warp under their own weight, I would imagine. If you want something like that, I definitely wouldn’t turn to my general contractor or similar, but rather to a company that regularly constructs large glass facades.

Wickie16 Jul 2018 10:50

#14

And if you plan something like this, definitely consider dividing it (although due to the size, I assume there’s probably no other way). You don’t want to have to open or close the entire front all the time.

But I agree with kaho, this probably requires a professional – and the general contractor doing this for the first time certainly won’t enjoy the process!

Stadtvilla1916 Jul 2018 19:32

#15

You don’t even have to be able to open it; it’s only meant to be fixed in place. And if there’s a thick metal crossbeam inside, that doesn’t bother us either. But this way, it looks like it was poorly done rather than intentionally designed... Just two windows stacked on top of each other—anyone can do that.

There are other houses where it works. My example is from Roth Massivhaus, and it’s not even a luxury villa...

11ant16 Jul 2018 20:03

#16

So, a window as desired isn’t a big deal. On the other hand, where there would be an opaque "belt," no one really looks through anyway—neither from above (except maybe if you place your desk on the gallery) nor from below (unless you have a stiff neck as a consequence).

Besides, I think this cathedral ceiling feeling at the breakfast table is overrated.

One should also not completely overlook the effects that a two-story space has on air circulation within the house—not least concerning sound transmission.

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Stadtvilla1916 Jul 2018 22:04

#17

Yes, that's correct, no one really understands it; it's mainly about the appearance. Well, we don't need to start a fundamental debate now. Of course, it's not to everyone's taste to have everything so open, but we like it spacious and bright, and perhaps it also has a bit of a conservatory feel to it.
The house is meant to look a bit special, and a glass surface definitely adds more to that...

Wickie17 Jul 2018 07:08

#18

Sorry, I think I expressed that unclearly. I meant the shading that should be divided! That such glass surfaces are fixed was actually obvious (to me)!

ᐅ Urban villa with large window facade – plenty of open space and expansive windows!

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