ᐅ Floor plan after initial planning meeting, 140 m², one and a half stories
Created on: 6 Jan 2022 17:19
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Richooo
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 505
Slope: No
Floor area ratio (FAR): 0.4
Building window, building line, and boundary: 3 m (10 feet)
Edge development: not planned
Number of parking spaces: 2, paved only
Number of floors: 1.5
Roof style: clipped hip roof
Architectural style: modern, timeless
Orientation: south-east
Maximum height / limits: 4.5 m (15 feet) eaves height
Other requirements: photovoltaic panels only on one side
Client Requirements
Architectural style, roof type, building type
Basement, floors: No, 1.5
Number of occupants, age: currently 2 (26-27), planned for two children
Space requirements on ground and upper floor: well, whatever 140 m² (1507 sq ft) allows. Upstairs: 2 children’s rooms, 1 bedroom, and an optional study
Office: family use or home office? Home office
Overnight guests per year: few
Open or closed layout: open
Conservative or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: yes
Number of dining seats: 4-6
Fireplace: yes
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Hello, I'm looking forward to your feedback. We had the first planning meeting today and now have the first sketches. Most of what we had planned beforehand has been implemented.
What we especially like:
the open living concept downstairs, which makes very efficient use of space.
we also like the bedroom upstairs. When both children are here, the niche can be used openly as a study or, if needed, separated by a drywall partition to create an additional full room.
What is not ideal:
The location of the bathroom downstairs is not perfect, but we couldn’t improve it without either
A) adding a hallway
B) losing space on the south side
The walls there will also be made of calcium silicate blocks to improve sound insulation somewhat. Generally, we are an open family, and visitors who don’t like it can just go upstairs.
So this works for us.
Another less ideal aspect is the location of the fireplace. It comes out of the clipped side of the roof here. But it’s okay, not a deal breaker.
I’m looking forward to your feedback!
Plot size: 505
Slope: No
Floor area ratio (FAR): 0.4
Building window, building line, and boundary: 3 m (10 feet)
Edge development: not planned
Number of parking spaces: 2, paved only
Number of floors: 1.5
Roof style: clipped hip roof
Architectural style: modern, timeless
Orientation: south-east
Maximum height / limits: 4.5 m (15 feet) eaves height
Other requirements: photovoltaic panels only on one side
Client Requirements
Architectural style, roof type, building type
Basement, floors: No, 1.5
Number of occupants, age: currently 2 (26-27), planned for two children
Space requirements on ground and upper floor: well, whatever 140 m² (1507 sq ft) allows. Upstairs: 2 children’s rooms, 1 bedroom, and an optional study
Office: family use or home office? Home office
Overnight guests per year: few
Open or closed layout: open
Conservative or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: yes
Number of dining seats: 4-6
Fireplace: yes
________
Hello, I'm looking forward to your feedback. We had the first planning meeting today and now have the first sketches. Most of what we had planned beforehand has been implemented.
What we especially like:
the open living concept downstairs, which makes very efficient use of space.
we also like the bedroom upstairs. When both children are here, the niche can be used openly as a study or, if needed, separated by a drywall partition to create an additional full room.
What is not ideal:
The location of the bathroom downstairs is not perfect, but we couldn’t improve it without either
A) adding a hallway
B) losing space on the south side
The walls there will also be made of calcium silicate blocks to improve sound insulation somewhat. Generally, we are an open family, and visitors who don’t like it can just go upstairs.
So this works for us.
Another less ideal aspect is the location of the fireplace. It comes out of the clipped side of the roof here. But it’s okay, not a deal breaker.
I’m looking forward to your feedback!
Richooo schrieb:
I agree with you there. But I also thought the architect would correct everything that didn’t fit.You shouldn’t expect corrections from either type of architect / “architect”:a) not from the architect, because you shouldn’t show up with finished templates but rather have them develop a design from scratch, and
b) not from the “architect” aka draftsman*, because their job is simply to finalize and stamp the client’s wishes—explicitly without doing anything that might upset the brilliant amateur designer.
*) When respectfully referring to draftsmen as “architects,” I always think of an ad from a manufacturer of instant breaded patties that said: “don’t call it ‘schnitzel’” *LOL*
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Richooo schrieb:
The house is positioned on the northwest corner so that the garden faces southeast.Well, it might be that you are not so sun-oriented, but for me, the house belongs on the other property boundary to the east (unless there is a view, a slope, or it will remain undeveloped for the foreseeable future, etc.).
Attached is the solar position clock (I quickly found only the one for Stuttgart; since you are building further east, everything will happen about 20 minutes earlier) overlaid:
So on the terrace, there will be no sun after about 3 p.m. Only the farthest northeastern corner of the lot receives sunlight again from around 6 p.m. onward.
I would place the house differently and also rotate it. Have the entrance facing east, with the main living area having south and west-facing windows. This way, you gain additional "private" garden space, and the path from the parking area to the entrance is as short as possible. It should also make the floor plan easier for you.
Würfel* schrieb:
I would also position the house differently and rotate it additionally. Würfel was 10 minutes faster than me...
Advantages:
- Full sun on the terrace from 12 noon until sunset. If you build a corner terrace, you get sun from 7:30 until sunset.
- Entrance on the long side avoids long corridors and allows better room layouts (many proven standard floor plans use this).
P.S.: Our house has the terrace on the south-southeast side, rotated about 10° from south towards east. Since there is no sun on the terrace after 6 pm, we have now built a second one on the north side. But “moving” is always a hassle as well!
Würfel* schrieb:
That should also make it easier for you to work with the floor plan.For example, take a look at the Town & Country Country House 142 or Bodensee 129 as a source of ideas.
First of all, thanks for the input! So far, I have excluded it for two main reasons.
1) We are only allowed to cover one side with photovoltaic panels. Given the roof orientation, that would mean either only east or only west.
2) Our neighbor to the west built right up to the property line. On the other side – eastwards – the neighbor built as far away from us as possible, and additionally, there is a slope on their property, so their house sits about 1–1.5 meters (3–5 feet) lower than ours. This means there is hardly any shading from their side. We once stood on our property in the afternoon and considered where to place the terrace. But because of our neighbor to the west, everything there was in the shade.
Does that make sense?
And 3) I don’t yet know where the other neighbor will position their house (on lot number 2). If I’m unlucky and they also build up to the property line, I will either have their house blocking my view or their terrace right in front of mine. And that’s not a great neighbor…
1) We are only allowed to cover one side with photovoltaic panels. Given the roof orientation, that would mean either only east or only west.
2) Our neighbor to the west built right up to the property line. On the other side – eastwards – the neighbor built as far away from us as possible, and additionally, there is a slope on their property, so their house sits about 1–1.5 meters (3–5 feet) lower than ours. This means there is hardly any shading from their side. We once stood on our property in the afternoon and considered where to place the terrace. But because of our neighbor to the west, everything there was in the shade.
Does that make sense?
And 3) I don’t yet know where the other neighbor will position their house (on lot number 2). If I’m unlucky and they also build up to the property line, I will either have their house blocking my view or their terrace right in front of mine. And that’s not a great neighbor…