ᐅ Floor Plan Design for New Single-Family Home – 610 sqm Plot – Feedback Welcome
Created on: 3 Jan 2022 00:26
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house4family
Unfortunately, I was no longer able to edit my previous post, so here it is again, including the floor plans and with better image quality.
Good day.
We plan to build a single-family house on a 610 sqm (6566 sq ft) plot in a new development area. We have already made some considerations. By now, we have been able to refine and clarify our wishes. At this point, we are wondering whether we might have overlooked something or if there are any suggestions for improvement.
Development Plan
Client Requirements / Wishes
We would like to thank you in advance for your active participation and support.
Good day.
We plan to build a single-family house on a 610 sqm (6566 sq ft) plot in a new development area. We have already made some considerations. By now, we have been able to refine and clarify our wishes. At this point, we are wondering whether we might have overlooked something or if there are any suggestions for improvement.
Development Plan
- Site coverage ratio 0.3
- Floor area ratio 0.8
- Number of parking spaces: 2
- Number of storeys: 1
- Brick masonry
- Roof style: gable roof with 45-degree pitch
Client Requirements / Wishes
- Family with two children
- Living space around 200 sqm (2153 sq ft)
- Target energy efficiency class KfW-40 EE (hence the thick exterior walls)
- Room requirements on the ground floor: kitchen + pantry, open-plan living and dining area, guest toilet, utility room with garden access, study/guest room
- Room requirements on the upper floor: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms
- Two children's rooms approximately the same size, each at least 16 sqm (172 sq ft)
- Fireplace, preferably U-shaped, serving as a room divider between dining and living areas
- Technical room for heating system, heat pump with hot water storage, photovoltaic system with battery storage, and ventilation system with heat recovery
- Double garage including a workbench
- No basement due to a high groundwater level
- Void space to improve lighting in the ground floor and for the central corridor on the upper floor, preferably a closed void (to increase privacy in the living area and avoid cooking smells in the upper floor sleeping areas)
- Laundry chute from the master bathroom leading to the utility room Current Challenge
- Feasibility of the ceiling construction in the living and dining area with the walls above on the upper floor (question for the structural engineers)
We would like to thank you in advance for your active participation and support.
house4family schrieb:
Are you referring to the upper study that is open to the hallway? That could be easily (also later) separated.No, I mean the living room where the sofa and TV are located.house4family schrieb:
Can you send me the link once, preferably via private message if that's not really appropriate here...No. 1. You can only receive private messages after 150/200 posts, 2. the link is from a private Facebook group and cannot be shared, and 3. it wasn’t any good, just boring. If you want more examples, you could browse previous discussions – some have this kind of offset (garden, living room) and a central hallway with a side staircase.
house4family schrieb:
Now I just have to see if I can fix it...Honestly: You have spent many hours on this design and didn’t realize that there are no load-bearing elements… then a corridor where the rooms are simply lined up without any real thought put into planning or design… the telescoping hallway should be obvious immediately… do you think you should anticipate the architect, even if you have a good program or presentation tools and know how to use them?H
house4family6 Jan 2022 22:12ypg schrieb:
sat there and didn’t realize that nothing is load-bearing Let’s stay calm… Neither you nor I am a structural engineer. Besides an on-site concrete ceiling, there are also beams below and above that can support non-load-bearing walls. In a purlin roof, besides the main purlins, the so-called ridge purlin also supports the roof. Therefore, a load-bearing wall all the way up to the ridge is certainly not required, though it definitely wouldn’t hurt.
I’m not conceding anything here. Of course, I’m happy to take the opportunity to optimize.
ypg schrieb:
Living room, where the couch and TV are located. Why would anyone think about wanting to separate the rooms?
ypg schrieb:
The telescoping hallway should also be obvious right away… What strikes me is that just behind the front door, I have an uninterrupted view all the way to the field, which I definitely don’t see as a flaw; in fact, I really like it.
I’m still open to ideas on how to create an alternative front entrance access. By the way, suggestions involving a 1m (3 ft) or 1.2m (4 ft) wide hallway don’t count.
house4family schrieb:
Let’s calm down a bit... I’m probably calmer than you 😉
But why do you ask if you think you already know better?
house4family schrieb:
Why would anyone want to separate the rooms? I never said anything about separating rooms.
house4family schrieb:
right behind the front door Right behind the front door there is first a 7-meter (23 feet) hallway (telescopic tube), then a door (probably a glass door), then after several meters a fireplace, and behind the fireplace a wall.
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