ᐅ Floor plan design for a two-family house on a hillside

Created on: 16 May 2017 14:23
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sichtbeton82
Hello everyone,

I would appreciate your feedback on the floor plans.

Development Plan / Restrictions:
· Plot size: 1,200 m² (18 m (59 inches) wide)
· Slope: south-facing hill, street to the north
· Site coverage ratio: 0.3
· Floor area ratio: 0.6
· Building envelope, building line, and boundary: see "enlarged building envelope" 12 x 14 m (39 x 46 feet)
· Edge development: garages
· Number of parking spaces: 3 required according to building authority
· Construction type: open building layout
· Building setback: 3 m (10 feet)
· Roof type: pitched roofs 15-30°, hipped roofs to be avoided, see regulations
· Orientation: ridge direction of the buildings parallel to each other
· Exterior design: see section 6 of the regulations


Homeowners’ Requirements

Preliminary: The homeowners (born 1982 male, 1988 female, and two children born 2014 female, 2016 male) want to live on two floors (basement and ground floor). A third children’s bedroom should also be included. The third floor (attic) should be accessible barrier-free.

· Style: Bauhaus (optionally exposed concrete)
· Roof design: large south-facing side (for solar panels, photovoltaics)
· Building type: two-family house
· Basement and floors: basement, ground floor, attic
· Number of occupants and ages as above: (2 + 3 in basement and ground floor, 2 + 1 in attic)

o Space requirements attic: 2 bedrooms, 1 flexible floor plan bathroom, open living/dining/kitchen area, utility room
o Space requirements ground floor: 1 master bedroom, walk-in closet, master bathroom, large open living/dining/kitchen area, wardrobe, storage room
o Space requirements basement: 3 children’s bedrooms, children’s bathroom, optional play corridor, boiler room, cellar, utility room

· Open or closed architecture: open
· Conservative or modern construction: modern
· Kitchen: open kitchen with island (at least on ground floor)
· Balcony, roof terrace: likely sensible on all three floors considering exposed concrete
· Parking spaces: carports if possible, which can later be converted into garages (initial cost saving)
· Heating/thermal technology: air-to-water heat pump (underfloor heating), optional photovoltaics
· Windows: large window areas on the south side, optionally wide, low windows above the kitchen worktop on the ground floor
· Energy efficiency: KfW 55 standard
· High sound insulation (especially for the ceiling of the attic, separate residential unit)

East view: sketch with stacked rectangles, diagonal line and hatched triangle.


Elongated plot marked in yellow on a site plan with parcel numbers.


Ground floor plan: living/cooking area, master bedroom with walk-in closet, bathroom, WC, hallway, terrace.


Hand-drawn basement floor plan with hallway, cellar room, bathroom, and three children’s bedrooms.
kaho67430 Oct 2018 14:44
I don’t like it, sorry. A 63cm (25 inch) door for the guest toilet. That’s like a hundred years ago. A tiny entrance area like a phone booth. And this in a huge house that probably costs a fortune. But you already know all that.
11ant30 Oct 2018 15:11
kaho674 schrieb:
Guest bathroom door with a width of 63cm (25 inches). That’s like something from a hundred years ago.

I would have the door open into the hallway, but the width suits the size of the room.
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kaho6741 Nov 2018 11:50
OT: I just realized that the younger generation probably has no idea what a phone booth is and rightfully wonders what I mean. What do people use nowadays when they want to refer to small rooms for comparison?
11ant1 Nov 2018 14:25
kaho674 schrieb:
OT: I just realized that the younger generation probably has no idea what a phone booth is and rightly wonders what I’m talking about.

Public phones, where they still exist, are mounted on waist-high poles. So they do still exist, but you usually don’t notice them unless you’re right next to one; and they are now somewhat large structures, open to the surrounding street or square.

Still, the younger generation is familiar with phone booths because they are increasingly used as small lending libraries in parks and pedestrian areas.

And of course, anyone who knows Doctor Who also knows the TARDIS.
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sichtbeton82
7 Nov 2018 14:50
I was about to write that if the phone booth is no longer recognized, one has to think of a photo booth, but those disappeared as well after the selfie stick... They were much safer, though.

Attached is a status update from last Saturday. The small excavator and its operator are doing a great job. Considering that work is not continuous and only takes place in relatively short time windows, it’s a top performance!

About 1.1 m (3.6 ft) still need to be dug deeper. It is getting rockier now. Additionally, there is a "water source."

Zwei Personen, ein Erwachsener und ein Kind, stehen auf einem felsigen Hang mit Geröll.
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haydee
7 Nov 2018 20:09
Finally, someone with a preference

Do you have groundwater?