ᐅ Floor plan of a 190 m² urban villa on a concrete slab foundation
Created on: 23 Oct 2020 09:43
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DaSch17
Hello everyone,
now I’m finally brave enough to share our project in the lion’s den.
You can also follow the development here: https://www.hausbau-forum.de/threads/efh-neubauvorhaben-von-tag-1-an-und-die-planung-beginnt.33766/
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: approx. 750m² (8070 sq ft)
Slope: see sketch
Floor area ratio (FAR): 0.3
Total floor space ratio (FSR): 0.6
Building envelope, building line and boundary: 3m (10 ft); see sketch
Edge development: yes, garage allowed
Number of parking spaces: 1 garage; 1–2 in front of the house
Number of floors: 2 full stories
Roof type: hipped roof, 22° pitch
Architectural style: urban villa
Orientation: southwest
Maximum heights / limits: ridge height max. 7.50m (24.6 ft), top edge max. 10.0m (32.8 ft) (measured from the lowest point of the natural ground level on the valley side)
Other requirements: none
Owners’ Requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: see above
Basement, floors: slab-on-grade; 2 full stories
Number of occupants, age: 32; 28; no children (2 planned)
Space requirements on ground floor and upper floor: see floor plan draft
Office space: 1 home office workstation
Occasional overnight guests per year: none
Open or closed architecture: open
Conservative or modern construction style: rather modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: yes, as a room divider
Number of dining seats: 6–8
Fireplace: yes; four-sided panoramic fireplace as a room divider between living area and entrance or dining/kitchen
Music / stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: 1 single garage with extended length
Utility garden, greenhouse: not planned so far
Other wishes / special features / daily routine, also reasons why certain things should or shouldn’t be: open living/dining area as the focal point, TV corner relatively small and therefore cozy, fireplace, office on ground floor facing the garden, straight closed staircase made of solid oak, gallery and open space on the upper floor, children and parents separated on the upper floor, walk-in closet definitely not a walkthrough room; rather some kind of walk-in wardrobe instead.
House Design
Origin of the design: based on "Herb" by Baufritz, own planning in cooperation with general contractor and forum users
What do you especially like? office facing the garden, breakfast and evening terrace, open living and dining area, fireplace as room divider, gallery on upper floor and open space above the entrance area on ground floor, separated areas for children and parents
What do you dislike? Why? everything great
Cost estimate according to planner: 682,000 (house 505,000, additional building costs 59,000, land 69,000, other costs [including kitchen and outdoor facilities] 49,000)
Personal budget limit for the house, incl. fittings: 700,000 All-In
Preferred heating technology: air-to-water heat pump with split system and underfloor heating, controlled ventilation system
If you had to give up, which details / expansions
-could you live without: ./.
-could you not do without: ./.
Why is the design as it is now?
Adapted from the "Herb" base by Baufritz according to our needs and the plot. Further development of the floor plan with the general contractor and with the help of forum users. Process duration: 8 months
What is the most important / fundamental question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
See "What do you especially like?"
now I’m finally brave enough to share our project in the lion’s den.
You can also follow the development here: https://www.hausbau-forum.de/threads/efh-neubauvorhaben-von-tag-1-an-und-die-planung-beginnt.33766/
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: approx. 750m² (8070 sq ft)
Slope: see sketch
Floor area ratio (FAR): 0.3
Total floor space ratio (FSR): 0.6
Building envelope, building line and boundary: 3m (10 ft); see sketch
Edge development: yes, garage allowed
Number of parking spaces: 1 garage; 1–2 in front of the house
Number of floors: 2 full stories
Roof type: hipped roof, 22° pitch
Architectural style: urban villa
Orientation: southwest
Maximum heights / limits: ridge height max. 7.50m (24.6 ft), top edge max. 10.0m (32.8 ft) (measured from the lowest point of the natural ground level on the valley side)
Other requirements: none
Owners’ Requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: see above
Basement, floors: slab-on-grade; 2 full stories
Number of occupants, age: 32; 28; no children (2 planned)
Space requirements on ground floor and upper floor: see floor plan draft
Office space: 1 home office workstation
Occasional overnight guests per year: none
Open or closed architecture: open
Conservative or modern construction style: rather modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: yes, as a room divider
Number of dining seats: 6–8
Fireplace: yes; four-sided panoramic fireplace as a room divider between living area and entrance or dining/kitchen
Music / stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: 1 single garage with extended length
Utility garden, greenhouse: not planned so far
Other wishes / special features / daily routine, also reasons why certain things should or shouldn’t be: open living/dining area as the focal point, TV corner relatively small and therefore cozy, fireplace, office on ground floor facing the garden, straight closed staircase made of solid oak, gallery and open space on the upper floor, children and parents separated on the upper floor, walk-in closet definitely not a walkthrough room; rather some kind of walk-in wardrobe instead.
House Design
Origin of the design: based on "Herb" by Baufritz, own planning in cooperation with general contractor and forum users
What do you especially like? office facing the garden, breakfast and evening terrace, open living and dining area, fireplace as room divider, gallery on upper floor and open space above the entrance area on ground floor, separated areas for children and parents
What do you dislike? Why? everything great
Cost estimate according to planner: 682,000 (house 505,000, additional building costs 59,000, land 69,000, other costs [including kitchen and outdoor facilities] 49,000)
Personal budget limit for the house, incl. fittings: 700,000 All-In
Preferred heating technology: air-to-water heat pump with split system and underfloor heating, controlled ventilation system
If you had to give up, which details / expansions
-could you live without: ./.
-could you not do without: ./.
Why is the design as it is now?
Adapted from the "Herb" base by Baufritz according to our needs and the plot. Further development of the floor plan with the general contractor and with the help of forum users. Process duration: 8 months
What is the most important / fundamental question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
See "What do you especially like?"
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Alessandro23 Oct 2020 13:09matte1987 schrieb:
Come on. Especially from someone like you, who placed great emphasis on interior design in their own house, I would expect a nicer wardrobe area than in your office...
Besides, your example still misses space for shoes, hats, gloves, scarves, and a dedicated place to put keys. The original poster also mentioned a seating option.
Regarding the clothes rack or hooks on the wall in the utility room, you might be right, but there simply isn’t enough space for that—unless almost all other storage options are sacrificed.
The lower wall in the plan is likely almost fully occupied by technical installations, including house connections. The upper niche is used for the washer/dryer and all the other stuff needed for laundry—or vice versa.
Great, that leaves only the wall to the bathroom. Since there’s no space for a shelf behind the door, the wardrobe could be placed there. But that’s about it. Where would the shoes go then? On a shelf above the washing machine, or what? That would block the window...
I don’t care if I don’t have to live there; I only wanted to point out that the planned space for a wardrobe will quickly run into its spatial limits.
On the other hand, in my opinion, the available area is handled too generously. Why not make the upper part including the office/wardrobe/bathroom/utility room a bit larger and reduce the size of the open living area slightly?
In the guest bathroom, you can’t even open the door properly without squeezing yourself between the toilet and sink. With a rough layout dimension of 1.60m (5 feet 3 inches), and after deducting plaster and toilet (if there’s no wall system installed), there’s only about 1m (3 feet 3 inches) left for you and the door.
This isn’t a matter of taste; it’s simply impractical and annoying over time.
What the original poster does with it is their business—I’m out. No offense intended. It wouldn’t be my choice either, but I can understand the idea behind it.
You just have to implement it smartly and attractively.
There are builders who don’t care and build following the “form follows function” principle. Then you end up with an IKEA chest of drawers offering a lot of storage in the hallway.
Others focus more on design and attach a floating shelf to the wall with nice decorations:
Also, the utility room doesn’t have to accommodate the entire winter and summer wardrobe. How many jackets do you really wear during winter and the transitional seasons? I have a total of three.
All the others are stored away. For that, a large wardrobe in the office is suitable and there is no need for a big walk-in wardrobe.
A clothes rack like the one I have at work would definitely not be suitable at home—I only wanted to demonstrate how many jackets you can hang there. That’s more than enough for everyday needs.
[Machma ´n Fotto.]
Smarty pants, you can see: nothing. The little bit of the houses visible in the background at least allows us to assume that you were standing reasonably straight while taking the photo. You didn’t have to make us guess that you were probably standing roughly in front of the garage entrance (?).
That is almost as helpful as the half-centimeter (half-inch) precise indications of parapet heights, but unfortunately without specifying whether it’s before or after Christ, or with or without VAT...
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Smarty pants, you can see: nothing. The little bit of the houses visible in the background at least allows us to assume that you were standing reasonably straight while taking the photo. You didn’t have to make us guess that you were probably standing roughly in front of the garage entrance (?).
That is almost as helpful as the half-centimeter (half-inch) precise indications of parapet heights, but unfortunately without specifying whether it’s before or after Christ, or with or without VAT...
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
@Alessandro This is roughly the plan for the wardrobe niche. Maybe our current hallway can serve as a good reference:
I would say we are very much design-focused. But functionality must not be completely neglected.
North Rhine-Westphalia. So the regulation should apply to us as well—at least our general contractor mentioned something like that, if I remember correctly. According to the contractor, we might be allowed to place the garage directly on the boundary. In practice, though, we won’t be able to do this anyway because there will be a slope at the top of the plan.
Sorry, I don’t have another photo at the moment. Since the building site is about 30 minutes away, I hope you can pardon me.
I basically took the photo from the lower right corner of the plot, looking towards the upper left (red marked point). So the garage entrance is quite a bit further up.
I would say we are very much design-focused. But functionality must not be completely neglected.
Otus11 schrieb:
Which federal state? A garage with 3m (10 feet) width built on the boundary line could conflict with the required setback distances of 1/2 H (half the height of the main building) in some federal states, if the building is 8 or 9m (26 or 30 feet) high.
North Rhine-Westphalia. So the regulation should apply to us as well—at least our general contractor mentioned something like that, if I remember correctly. According to the contractor, we might be allowed to place the garage directly on the boundary. In practice, though, we won’t be able to do this anyway because there will be a slope at the top of the plan.
11ant schrieb:
[Take a photo.] Smart aleck, you see: nothing. The little bit of houses visible in the background at least justifies assuming you were standing reasonably straight while taking the photo. You could have at least spared us guessing that you were probably standing roughly in front of the garage entrance (?). That is about as useful as half-centimeter precise parapet height measurements—unfortunately without the extra info whether before or after Christ, with or without VAT...
Sorry, I don’t have another photo at the moment. Since the building site is about 30 minutes away, I hope you can pardon me.
I basically took the photo from the lower right corner of the plot, looking towards the upper left (red marked point). So the garage entrance is quite a bit further up.
Alessandro schrieb:
Don’t forget about the laundry chute in the bathroom! What else should go into the utility room?
Alessandro schrieb:
The niche near the office is sufficient to hang more than enough everyday jackets. Okay, that could be my husband’s jackets (at least width-wise), but where would mine be?
Alessandro schrieb:
Then there are those who prefer a more design-focused approach and attach a hanging shelf to the wall with nice decorations: That doesn’t look cozy at all.
DaSch17 schrieb:
This is roughly the plan for the wardrobe niche. Maybe our current hallway can serve as a good reference:
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I would say we are very design-oriented in our thinking. But functionality must not be completely neglected. I suspected it: to me, this has very little to do with a wardrobe in a detached house, and even less so with a living area of 190m (625 feet)².
It’s not design-oriented, either – it’s Ikea, practical, suitable for an apartment hallway. Nothing more. For a wardrobe in a detached house, this would be insufficient.
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Grillhendl26 Oct 2020 14:47Lumpi_LE schrieb:
Have you ever seen a T-shaped bathroom in real life? It might sound practical, but it’s actually one of the modern building mistakes. I love our T-shaped bathroom. I couldn’t imagine anything better and would design it the same way again. It’s miles away from any kind of building mistake...
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hampshire26 Oct 2020 14:58A T-shaped bathroom works well if the T is large enough and if there is also plenty of space behind it, for example, a shower area larger than 3 sqm (32 sq ft). Most T-shaped bathrooms fail when designed as a space-saving experiment.
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