ᐅ Floor Plan Design for a 150 sqm Single-Family Home – Tips for Improvement?

This is almost too much for an initial meeting with an architect. I understand that you can approach this with enthusiasm. But trust the architect’s expertise as well. If you get too detailed about it, you take away all creative freedom from the architect.

Provide a room program in the sense of specifying which rooms you want. Write down what is important to you or what you have always dreamed of. The architect’s job is to combine your wishes with your budget and your plot of land.

Something completely different (and possibly better) might come out if you give them freedom. Otherwise, you risk the architect just tweaking your floor plan until it barely works.

The questionnaire would be useful.
I would reconsider the entire room layout. Move the utility room/technical room down to the basement, where the bedroom currently is (so into the slope). Then, a light well will be sufficient. The bedroom should be moved up to the living level, and the bathroom should be equipped with a shower. This would make it possible to live on one floor even in old age (even if you initially want to use one of the basement bedrooms, it is especially pleasant in summer because it is not as hot).
The small walls in the living area are nonsense.

haydee schrieb:
I would swap the bedroom and the utility room

Your children aren’t that small anymore

What kind of roof do you have?

And where would I store the drinks and refrigerated items then? I would have to carry everything from the parking space (carport) through the house to the utility room!?

Children are 17 and 7 years old!

Roof, currently a hip roof with 26 percent (pitch) planned!

face26 schrieb:
That’s almost too much for an initial meeting with an architect. I understand being enthusiastic about the project, but trust the architect’s expertise. If you get too detailed, you limit the architect’s creative freedom.

Provide a room program outlining the spaces you want. Write down what is important to you or what you’ve always dreamed of. The architect’s job is to combine your wishes with your budget and the specifics of your site.

Something entirely different—and possibly better—might result if you give them that freedom. Otherwise, you might just end up with your floor plan being tweaked just enough to make it functional.

Of course, we want the architect to have creative freedom—that’s actually our wish! We’re meeting in person now because our builder wanted a rough idea of what we envision (a rough floor plan), and the architect simply adopted everything I gave them exactly as it was. That’s why I’m concerned at the moment. Time is running out, and we want to start soon, but the floor plan has to be finalized first!

Franky73 schrieb:
And where would I store the drinks and refrigerated goods? Then I would have to carry everything across the house from the parking space (carport) to the utility room!?

Kids are 17 and 7 years old!

Roof, currently a hipped roof with a 26 percent (about 15°) pitch!

Refrigerator – in the kitchen
Drinks – some in the kitchen, most in the basement
Freezer – in the basement (you don’t access it that often anyway)

You are planning a bedroom without windows just to avoid carrying your groceries down to the basement.

A side door to the lower level and a small parking space with grass pavers in front would be advisable. I would also plan a garden access that doesn’t lead through the children’s rooms. Otherwise, do you want to always walk through the kids’ rooms when you need to use the restroom during gardening?

Franky73 schrieb:
and the architect then adopted everything I handed over exactly as it was.

Yes, just don’t bring any suggestions. Then they immediately stop thinking.