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?
DasWirdNix schrieb:
The bathroom door is usually open, and even when closed, the door frame with a depth of at least 15cm (6 inches) doesn’t give the impression of running into a wall. (Within the framework of the free democratic basic order – to quote Father Franz once) everyone is free to ignore warnings as much as they want.
I was referring, mind you, to a "perceived" full stop – not an actual bloody nose. Architecture goes beyond merely meeting limit values.
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DasWirdNix30 Oct 2020 07:0611ant schrieb:
(Within the framework of a liberal democratic order – to quote Father Franz) everyone is free to ignore as many warnings as they want.
I was referring, of course, to a “perceived full stop” – not an actual bloody nose. Architecture goes beyond merely meeting limit values.Would you have a specific suggestion for improvement?DasWirdNix schrieb:
Do you have a specific suggestion for improvement? Due to a lack of knowledge about the building envelope, I am missing an essential basis for your statement
DasWirdNix schrieb:
The setbacks are 3 meters (10 feet) beside the garage, 4 meters (13 feet) on the east side (kitchen), and 3 meters (10 feet) towards the street. I consider this to be the result of a misunderstanding. According to this, the house could still be extended 3 meters (10 feet) towards the street, which obviously contradicts the statement that it cannot be made larger.
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DasWirdNix30 Oct 2020 12:2111ant schrieb:
Due to a lack of knowledge about the building envelope, I am missing an essential basis for this, so I consider your statement to be the result of a misunderstanding. According to that, the house could still extend three meters (10 feet) towards the street, which clearly contradicts the statement that it cannot be larger. It can become longer, but only theoretically. Property boundaries and budget limits do not perfectly align. Therefore, it could only become narrower and longer, rather than just longer.
I am not familiar with the term "building envelope" in Switzerland. I know about property boundaries and the corresponding minimum setbacks, which I already mentioned.
DasWirdNix schrieb:
So it could only become narrower and longer, rather than just longer. So you basically have a fixed plot area, and I would have to make the house narrower if I wanted to increase its depth (?)
DasWirdNix schrieb:
I am not familiar with a building envelope in Switzerland. I know about property boundaries and the corresponding minimum setbacks, You haven’t needed clear Swiss expressions so far, and usually they don’t appear in formal writing. It’s not worth checking your profile anymore, since there’s almost nothing in it recently. I also didn’t notice anything unusual with the basement—don’t you have to include a fallout shelter or am I mistaken?
In German land use plans, we typically mark more precisely where the house may be built (our zoning plans historically developed from alignment plans, where it is considered crucial that houses don’t deviate from the row). In that respect, we Germans are as strict as the stereotypical perfect Swiss.
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pagoni202030 Oct 2020 12:46DasWirdNix schrieb:
So we save having an extra shower.Saving shouldn’t really be the main focus here with such a spacious and stylish layout. You prefer showering, right? So, in my opinion, the bedroom should have a shower attached, not just the bathtub. Having to step over the bathtub edge all the time can get uncomfortable eventually, and there’s nothing better than a large shower just for myself! Otherwise, it would only be a backup solution for me. Eventually, there will be five adults (plus various others).... The floor plan is really nice, but for me, separate shower areas are always important. Bathing is quite rare mostly, and kids’ habits change depending on age, mood, etc., so I wouldn’t base anything on that when building.DasWirdNix schrieb:
that’s why I “took pity”...again... totally unnecessary. It can be done without anyone needing to “take pity.” It might be funny for you now, but sooner or later you could... totally unnecessary in my view and a shame as well.DasWirdNix schrieb:
so it’s no problem....not yet... but it’s also not comfortable like the rest of the house. There HAS to be a shower for Dad!!! And a proper one at that.Similar topics