ᐅ Floor Plan Review: Single-Family House with Three Children's Bedrooms
Created on: 29 Oct 2020 08:47
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DasWirdNix
Hello everyone,
We are quite far along in our floor plan design, so I now dare to "throw it to the pros for feedback."
Thank you in advance for your tips and suggestions!
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 843 sqm (9065 sq ft)
Slope: no
Floor area ratio
Gross floor area ratio
Building window, building line, and boundary
Edge development
Number of parking spaces: 6
Number of floors: 2
Roof type: gable roof
Architectural style: modern
Orientation: North/South
Maximum height / limits: 18 m (59 ft)
Other requirements: no geothermal probe, 3 m (10 ft) setback from boundary
Homeowners’ Requirements
Style, roof type, building type: gable roof, minimum 23 degrees
Basement, floors: yes, 2 floors
Number of people, ages: 5 (> 35, > 35, 13, 9, 2)
Room requirements on ground floor and upper floor: guest bathroom, office, kitchen, living room, dining area, utility room
Office: family use or home office? Home office and guest room
Number of overnight guests per year:
Open or closed architecture: open
Conservative or modern building style: modern
Open kitchen, cooking island: yes
Number of dining seats: 1
Fireplace: yes
Music / stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: possibly later on canopy/garage
Garage, carport: yes
Utility garden, greenhouse: raised garden beds
Other wishes / special features / daily routine, including reasons why certain options are preferred or not
House Design
Planning by: combination of DIY and architect
What do you particularly like? Why? Large children’s rooms, orientation towards the garden
What do you not like? Why? Kitchen not very large, dining area borderline too tight, but both not serious; no open space (void); stair design not ideal (straight or with landing would be better but difficult); facade facing north (street) currently doesn’t feel very harmonious
Price estimate by architect/planner: n/a
Personal budget limit for the house including fittings: n/a
Preferred heating technology: trench collector, alternatively air-to-water heat pump (groundwater protection area)
If you have to give up something, which details / expansions
- can you give up: garage could be a bit narrower
- cannot give up: children’s rooms
Why did the design turn out as it is now? For example:
Standard design from planner? Basic considerations regarding orientation towards the garden, design of children’s rooms, and experience with open living in our current home
Which wishes were implemented by the architect? Everything possible
What makes it, in your opinion, particularly good or bad? Economical reduction of walking distances, large children’s rooms
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
Are we overlooking an important detail in the planning?
We are quite far along in our floor plan design, so I now dare to "throw it to the pros for feedback."
Thank you in advance for your tips and suggestions!
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 843 sqm (9065 sq ft)
Slope: no
Floor area ratio
Gross floor area ratio
Building window, building line, and boundary
Edge development
Number of parking spaces: 6
Number of floors: 2
Roof type: gable roof
Architectural style: modern
Orientation: North/South
Maximum height / limits: 18 m (59 ft)
Other requirements: no geothermal probe, 3 m (10 ft) setback from boundary
Homeowners’ Requirements
Style, roof type, building type: gable roof, minimum 23 degrees
Basement, floors: yes, 2 floors
Number of people, ages: 5 (> 35, > 35, 13, 9, 2)
Room requirements on ground floor and upper floor: guest bathroom, office, kitchen, living room, dining area, utility room
Office: family use or home office? Home office and guest room
Number of overnight guests per year:
Open or closed architecture: open
Conservative or modern building style: modern
Open kitchen, cooking island: yes
Number of dining seats: 1
Fireplace: yes
Music / stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: possibly later on canopy/garage
Garage, carport: yes
Utility garden, greenhouse: raised garden beds
Other wishes / special features / daily routine, including reasons why certain options are preferred or not
House Design
Planning by: combination of DIY and architect
What do you particularly like? Why? Large children’s rooms, orientation towards the garden
What do you not like? Why? Kitchen not very large, dining area borderline too tight, but both not serious; no open space (void); stair design not ideal (straight or with landing would be better but difficult); facade facing north (street) currently doesn’t feel very harmonious
Price estimate by architect/planner: n/a
Personal budget limit for the house including fittings: n/a
Preferred heating technology: trench collector, alternatively air-to-water heat pump (groundwater protection area)
If you have to give up something, which details / expansions
- can you give up: garage could be a bit narrower
- cannot give up: children’s rooms
Why did the design turn out as it is now? For example:
Standard design from planner? Basic considerations regarding orientation towards the garden, design of children’s rooms, and experience with open living in our current home
Which wishes were implemented by the architect? Everything possible
What makes it, in your opinion, particularly good or bad? Economical reduction of walking distances, large children’s rooms
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
Are we overlooking an important detail in the planning?
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DasWirdNix29 Oct 2020 11:54ypg schrieb:
One option for the ground floor: the living room becomes the office, and the kitchen moves into the current office space—in other words, a rotation of the rooms. The façade might possibly look friendlier.I somehow can’t make that work. When I rotate and shift the rooms, I end up with either a tiny office or a narrow, elongated space. Maybe I’m just misunderstanding your idea.
In my opinion, the hallway needs to be wider; otherwise, it feels like you have to stop abruptly at the top of the stairs. However, this would make the floor plan even more square-like, which I find problematic. I would prefer a clearer main axis for the house. Also, I believe floor plans alone should never be the sole subject of discussion.
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DasWirdNix29 Oct 2020 17:1611ant schrieb:
In my opinion, the corridor needs to be wider; otherwise, you almost come to a sudden stop when exiting the stairs. However, that would make the floor plan even more square, which I see as a drawback—I would prefer a clearer axis for the house. Also, I believe it’s important not to discuss just the floor plans. You mean upstairs? Indeed, we considered taking 10–15cm (4–6 inches) from the large bathroom to widen the stair exit. But my wife didn’t like that in the end, so we shelved the idea for now. Still, I understand what you mean. Unfortunately, we can’t make the house any bigger, only smaller or with different proportions. But that’s not much help for us right now.
By “not just floor plans,” do you mean the façade? I’ll share that as soon as I get the architect’s revision. Otherwise, we’d just be repeating ourselves here.
Thanks for your feedback.
DasWirdNix schrieb:
Unfortunately, we can no longer make the house larger, only smaller or change the proportions. But that doesn't really help us right now. Moving further away from the square shape is becoming clearer—especially with three children and two bathrooms.
DasWirdNix schrieb:
By "not just floor plans," do you mean the facade? I will provide that as soon as I have the architect’s revisions. Otherwise, we would be discussing this twice here. Are we supposed to believe that what has been shown so far are architect’s drawings?
Assuming some insight with each round, it’s common here to discuss things three or even five times.
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DasWirdNix29 Oct 2020 18:1811ant schrieb:
Moving further away from the square shape becomes increasingly clear – especially with three children and two bathrooms. That may be true. The problem is that we cannot make it wider, and making it narrower would complicate the room layout.
11ant schrieb:
Are we supposed to believe that the drawings shown so far are architectural plans? I don’t understand this comment; what are you trying to tell me?
DasWirdNix schrieb:
You mean more space for closets? This is our closet today, we don’t have more than this But your clothes will increase over the years. You can of course clear out and throw things away, but very few actually do.
And eventually you’ll add sportswear and rehab clothes, carnival costumes (okay, those can go in the basement) and fluctuating clothing sizes.
I couldn’t care less
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