ᐅ Urban villa of approximately 200 sqm without a basement. Please provide your feedback.
Created on: 11 Apr 2018 09:51
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mrs_bauherrin
Zoning Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 587 sqm (6,316 sq ft)
Slope: none
Floor area ratio
Gross floor area ratio
Building window, building line, and boundary lines
Edge development
Number of parking spaces: 2 per housing unit
Number of floors: 2
Roof type: no restrictions
Architectural style: urban villa
Orientation
Maximum height / restrictions – to neighbor: 0.4 m (15.7 inches) x eaves height
Other requirements: none
Client Requirements
Style, roof type, building type: urban villa with hip roof and 2 full floors
Basement: no, floors: 2
Number of occupants: 3 (female 31, male 28, child 2)
Space requirement on ground and upper floors: approx. 100 sqm (1,076 sq ft)
Office use: family use rather than home office
Annual overnight guests: 1
Open or closed architecture: open
Traditional or modern design: modern
Open kitchen: no door between kitchen and dining area, with kitchen island
Number of dining seats: 6–8
Fireplace: yes, water-heated
Music/soundwall: no
Balcony: yes, roof terrace: no
Garage: yes, 1 parking space; carport: yes, 2 parking spaces
Utility garden: preferred but not yet planned, greenhouse: possibly
Additional wishes / special features / daily routine, including reasons for choices
Laundry room was moved to the upper floor because there is hardly any space on the ground floor and the technical room is already very tight without washer and dryer. It was important to me to be able to dry laundry directly on the balcony, at least in warm weather.
We will have a cantilevered staircase and an open space above. Access from the garage to the house was important to me. I feel there is a lack of storage space for provisions, but maybe the kitchen will be big enough since we will have a side-by-side fridge again. We rarely use canned goods.
House Design
Who planned it: architect and many personal drafts
- Builder’s planner
- Architect
- Do-it-yourself
What do you particularly like? Cantilevered staircase with glass railing (which means I don’t mind cleaning it), balcony with glass railing, open living-dining area with fireplace.
What do you dislike? Why? The technical room takes up so much space and bothers me, but a basement was too expensive in terms of cost-benefit.
Price estimate according to architect/planner: 400,000 with 60,000 own contribution (window construction and installation, glass railing)
Personal price limit for the house including equipment: see above
Preferred heating system: heat pump
Additionally, controlled mechanical ventilation, and if budget allows, some connected home technology
If You Have to Give Up Something, which details / extensions
- Can you give up? Child 1’s room is a bit too large – the bathroom might get bigger.
- Can’t give up? Large children’s rooms >16 sqm (172 sq ft), high ceiling on ground floor 2.70 m (8.86 ft), large kitchen, 2 showers in the house
Why Has the Design Turned Out Like It Has?
For example: Standard design from the planner? Initially we wanted a central T-shaped staircase, but due to lack of space it became a straight cantilevered staircase.
Which requests were implemented by the architect? All
A mix of many examples from various magazines: yes, especially the one with the red V
What makes it particularly good or bad in your opinion? We took a long time, about 1.5 years, for the final planning
What Is the Most Important / Fundamental Question About the Floor Plan in 130 Characters or Less?
We would simply like to hear a third opinion again; often you don’t notice something that others see immediately.
What I also want to mention: Storage room = office and playroom but also with space for buckets, vacuum cleaner, etc.
The bathroom on the upper floor will be enlarged and child 1’s room slightly reduced.
Site plan is still to be created.
Plot size: 587 sqm (6,316 sq ft)
Slope: none
Floor area ratio
Gross floor area ratio
Building window, building line, and boundary lines
Edge development
Number of parking spaces: 2 per housing unit
Number of floors: 2
Roof type: no restrictions
Architectural style: urban villa
Orientation
Maximum height / restrictions – to neighbor: 0.4 m (15.7 inches) x eaves height
Other requirements: none
Client Requirements
Style, roof type, building type: urban villa with hip roof and 2 full floors
Basement: no, floors: 2
Number of occupants: 3 (female 31, male 28, child 2)
Space requirement on ground and upper floors: approx. 100 sqm (1,076 sq ft)
Office use: family use rather than home office
Annual overnight guests: 1
Open or closed architecture: open
Traditional or modern design: modern
Open kitchen: no door between kitchen and dining area, with kitchen island
Number of dining seats: 6–8
Fireplace: yes, water-heated
Music/soundwall: no
Balcony: yes, roof terrace: no
Garage: yes, 1 parking space; carport: yes, 2 parking spaces
Utility garden: preferred but not yet planned, greenhouse: possibly
Additional wishes / special features / daily routine, including reasons for choices
Laundry room was moved to the upper floor because there is hardly any space on the ground floor and the technical room is already very tight without washer and dryer. It was important to me to be able to dry laundry directly on the balcony, at least in warm weather.
We will have a cantilevered staircase and an open space above. Access from the garage to the house was important to me. I feel there is a lack of storage space for provisions, but maybe the kitchen will be big enough since we will have a side-by-side fridge again. We rarely use canned goods.
House Design
Who planned it: architect and many personal drafts
- Builder’s planner
- Architect
- Do-it-yourself
What do you particularly like? Cantilevered staircase with glass railing (which means I don’t mind cleaning it), balcony with glass railing, open living-dining area with fireplace.
What do you dislike? Why? The technical room takes up so much space and bothers me, but a basement was too expensive in terms of cost-benefit.
Price estimate according to architect/planner: 400,000 with 60,000 own contribution (window construction and installation, glass railing)
Personal price limit for the house including equipment: see above
Preferred heating system: heat pump
Additionally, controlled mechanical ventilation, and if budget allows, some connected home technology
If You Have to Give Up Something, which details / extensions
- Can you give up? Child 1’s room is a bit too large – the bathroom might get bigger.
- Can’t give up? Large children’s rooms >16 sqm (172 sq ft), high ceiling on ground floor 2.70 m (8.86 ft), large kitchen, 2 showers in the house
Why Has the Design Turned Out Like It Has?
For example: Standard design from the planner? Initially we wanted a central T-shaped staircase, but due to lack of space it became a straight cantilevered staircase.
Which requests were implemented by the architect? All
A mix of many examples from various magazines: yes, especially the one with the red V
What makes it particularly good or bad in your opinion? We took a long time, about 1.5 years, for the final planning
What Is the Most Important / Fundamental Question About the Floor Plan in 130 Characters or Less?
We would simply like to hear a third opinion again; often you don’t notice something that others see immediately.
What I also want to mention: Storage room = office and playroom but also with space for buckets, vacuum cleaner, etc.
The bathroom on the upper floor will be enlarged and child 1’s room slightly reduced.
Site plan is still to be created.
This design looks as if different people were responsible for the house and roof at this architectural firm: roughly speaking, "Bauhaus" with a hip roof. Window reveals are slapped onto the wall planes like in exposed concrete buildings from the 1970s, and the overall appearance of the facade roughly corresponds to the “standard” of the currently fashionable, superficial interpretation of the term "Bauhaus," topped with a traditional half-hip roof. A potpourri from the haunted house of internet image galleries.
I won’t go into the details of the floor plans yet, as it seems to me that about 20% of the space can still be cut out without much pain. These are nutritionally empty square meters – even the architect hasn’t managed to create areas in the large, hall-sized children’s rooms where you can place anything besides the beds. Against this background, it seems simply too early for specific remarks, such as the fact that a single-step "stair" (at the garage passage) is a tripping hazard.
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
I won’t go into the details of the floor plans yet, as it seems to me that about 20% of the space can still be cut out without much pain. These are nutritionally empty square meters – even the architect hasn’t managed to create areas in the large, hall-sized children’s rooms where you can place anything besides the beds. Against this background, it seems simply too early for specific remarks, such as the fact that a single-step "stair" (at the garage passage) is a tripping hazard.
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
kaho674 schrieb:
@Yvonne and Maria:
So many great suggestions. The average reader is probably overwhelmed by the amount. Sketches are needed... I won’t do that anymore after spending several hours at the computer each time and, unfortunately, last year not even receiving a single response from the original poster in at least three cases. Not even a follow-up to find out if the draft was roughly liked.
By the way, one draft is still being discussed…
Although it doesn’t benefit the thread starter, someone else always has to deal with it. You try drawing—it’s the point I’m making.
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toxicmolotof11 Apr 2018 22:24After reading through the entire thread, the house simply offers too little usable space given its enormous size. And essential, absolutely necessary areas are being senselessly minimized.
So either reduce the size by 20–30 m² (215–320 sq ft) while maintaining the same functionality, or provide more (and better) usable space.
To quote the users of an environmentally focused forum in their delicate charm: The only thing missing is the acrylic downpipe from the upper floor bathroom running through the kitchen.
Speaking of the kitchen: A view while washing dishes? What kind? At least an unobstructed panorama of the Alps, a lake, or the Brandenburg Gate should be visible.
The roof is just not acceptable. It either needs to be a clear hipped roof or have a wider ridge. What’s shown looks like form follows function. (Although I do find the street-facing appearance with the dormer-like structure quite attractive.)
So either reduce the size by 20–30 m² (215–320 sq ft) while maintaining the same functionality, or provide more (and better) usable space.
To quote the users of an environmentally focused forum in their delicate charm: The only thing missing is the acrylic downpipe from the upper floor bathroom running through the kitchen.
Speaking of the kitchen: A view while washing dishes? What kind? At least an unobstructed panorama of the Alps, a lake, or the Brandenburg Gate should be visible.
The roof is just not acceptable. It either needs to be a clear hipped roof or have a wider ridge. What’s shown looks like form follows function. (Although I do find the street-facing appearance with the dormer-like structure quite attractive.)
toxicmolotow schrieb:
(although I personally quite like the street view with that dormer-like feature) I see this here mostly as a purely decorative detail, like a cocktail cherry on a mixed salad of styles – at least without any "Tuscany" elements.https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
ypg schrieb:
You draw it, you know what I mean Currently a bit busy – not sure if I’ll find the time.
The staircase is meant to be an investment. Regarding its grandeur, a question to the original poster: might it get too little attention and impact in the narrow hallway?
Wouldn’t you rather integrate it into the kitchen/dining area?
Here’s an example from Rensch-Haus (kitchen only):
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mrs_bauherrin12 Apr 2018 05:14Thank you for the contributions. We will consider those that suit us and ignore the—quote—"crazy, nonsensical" hasty decisions made by some candidates.
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