ᐅ Floor plan design with some specific requirements – any ideas?
Created on: 29 Dec 2017 00:54
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Anitra
Hello everyone,
the development of "our" new residential area is almost complete, and hopefully, we will be able to buy the plot soon.
I would really appreciate it if you could take a critical look at our planning:
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 740 sqm (about 8,000 sq ft)
Slope: gentle slope
Floor area ratio/Gross floor area ratio: no information in the development plan
Building area, building line, and boundary: see image, plot width according to the plan is unfortunately only 21.5 m (about 70.5 ft). We planned cautiously with 21 m (about 69 ft) width. So, it’s a very narrow, elongated plot...
Edge construction: garage
Number of parking spaces: unknown
Maximum number of floors: 2
Roof type: mono-pitched roof (10-25 degrees) or flat roof max. 5 degrees
Orientation: street to the north, garden to the south, main ridge direction must be parallel to the street; to the west is farmland, with probable expansion of the residential area soon
Maximum heights/limits: eaves height max. 6.5 m (about 21 ft)
Homeowners’ Requirements
Style, roof type, building type
Basement, floors: no basement, preferably 2 floors
Number of people, ages: 2 adults, 3 children (2, 5, 6 years old)
Space requirements on the ground floor: master bedroom, children’s room, bathroom, guest toilet, kitchen/dining, living room, staircase with enough space for a platform lift to the upper floor, storage room (with space for utilities, washing machine, dryer, freezer)
Space requirements on the upper floor: 2 additional children’s rooms, bathroom, office, guest room, shower bathroom, technical room including mechanical ventilation with heat recovery, storage space; ideally a small separate room for sorting, washing, and drying laundry
Office: used by the family
Guests per year: roughly 1-2 guests once a month for 1-2 nights
Open or closed architecture: rather closed
Conservative or modern construction: mainly practical
Open kitchen, kitchen island: open kitchen with plenty of storage, elevated plot, lots of workspace and room for a dining table extending to at least 2.40 m (about 7 ft 10 in)
Living room should preferably be separated but challenging to arrange
Number of dining seats: at least 5 for everyday use, sometimes 10-12 people
Fireplace: no
Music/stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: double garage, max width according to plan 6.5 m (about 21 ft)
Kitchen garden yes, greenhouse rather no
Additional Wishes / Special Features / Daily routine; also reasons why something should or should not be included. Our daughter (age 2) has multiple severe disabilities and cannot operate her wheelchair independently. At night, she should be close to us. During the day, she usually does not stay in her room but with us. However, we need space for various assistive devices.
House Design:
Planner: architect from a construction company together with my ideas
What do you especially like? A direct view at night from my bed into hers. All rooms are well arranged according to the cardinal directions.
What do you not like? Living room is too long and narrow: a floor mat (1.25 x 2.0 m (about 4 ft 1 in x 6 ft 7 in)) is shown in the living room. In the long term, we want to build a raised platform with a border for her in the living room. This is difficult in the current plan. An additional utility room would be nice. Possibly the kitchen is too small.
On the upper floor, I’m not yet satisfied with the technical room/shower bathroom/office corner area.
Cost estimate according to architect/planner:
Personal price limit for the house, including equipment:
Preferred heating technology: gas, solar (?), mechanical ventilation with heat recovery
If you had to give up something, on which details or extensions could you do without?
- Can give up: the door from the garage will not lead into the house but under the front roof; bathtub on the upper floor (maybe a good place for a drying rack?)
- Cannot do without: wheelchair accessibility
Why was the design created as it is? Many considerations
What do you think is especially good or bad about it? Everything is already quite well arranged.
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters? How could the open plan be redesigned, preferably with a better-separated living room? Where do you see room for improvement? Can circulation areas be further minimized?
A big thank you in advance!
Best regards
Anitra
the development of "our" new residential area is almost complete, and hopefully, we will be able to buy the plot soon.
I would really appreciate it if you could take a critical look at our planning:
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 740 sqm (about 8,000 sq ft)
Slope: gentle slope
Floor area ratio/Gross floor area ratio: no information in the development plan
Building area, building line, and boundary: see image, plot width according to the plan is unfortunately only 21.5 m (about 70.5 ft). We planned cautiously with 21 m (about 69 ft) width. So, it’s a very narrow, elongated plot...
Edge construction: garage
Number of parking spaces: unknown
Maximum number of floors: 2
Roof type: mono-pitched roof (10-25 degrees) or flat roof max. 5 degrees
Orientation: street to the north, garden to the south, main ridge direction must be parallel to the street; to the west is farmland, with probable expansion of the residential area soon
Maximum heights/limits: eaves height max. 6.5 m (about 21 ft)
Homeowners’ Requirements
Style, roof type, building type
Basement, floors: no basement, preferably 2 floors
Number of people, ages: 2 adults, 3 children (2, 5, 6 years old)
Space requirements on the ground floor: master bedroom, children’s room, bathroom, guest toilet, kitchen/dining, living room, staircase with enough space for a platform lift to the upper floor, storage room (with space for utilities, washing machine, dryer, freezer)
Space requirements on the upper floor: 2 additional children’s rooms, bathroom, office, guest room, shower bathroom, technical room including mechanical ventilation with heat recovery, storage space; ideally a small separate room for sorting, washing, and drying laundry
Office: used by the family
Guests per year: roughly 1-2 guests once a month for 1-2 nights
Open or closed architecture: rather closed
Conservative or modern construction: mainly practical
Open kitchen, kitchen island: open kitchen with plenty of storage, elevated plot, lots of workspace and room for a dining table extending to at least 2.40 m (about 7 ft 10 in)
Living room should preferably be separated but challenging to arrange
Number of dining seats: at least 5 for everyday use, sometimes 10-12 people
Fireplace: no
Music/stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: double garage, max width according to plan 6.5 m (about 21 ft)
Kitchen garden yes, greenhouse rather no
Additional Wishes / Special Features / Daily routine; also reasons why something should or should not be included. Our daughter (age 2) has multiple severe disabilities and cannot operate her wheelchair independently. At night, she should be close to us. During the day, she usually does not stay in her room but with us. However, we need space for various assistive devices.
House Design:
Planner: architect from a construction company together with my ideas
What do you especially like? A direct view at night from my bed into hers. All rooms are well arranged according to the cardinal directions.
What do you not like? Living room is too long and narrow: a floor mat (1.25 x 2.0 m (about 4 ft 1 in x 6 ft 7 in)) is shown in the living room. In the long term, we want to build a raised platform with a border for her in the living room. This is difficult in the current plan. An additional utility room would be nice. Possibly the kitchen is too small.
On the upper floor, I’m not yet satisfied with the technical room/shower bathroom/office corner area.
Cost estimate according to architect/planner:
Personal price limit for the house, including equipment:
Preferred heating technology: gas, solar (?), mechanical ventilation with heat recovery
If you had to give up something, on which details or extensions could you do without?
- Can give up: the door from the garage will not lead into the house but under the front roof; bathtub on the upper floor (maybe a good place for a drying rack?)
- Cannot do without: wheelchair accessibility
Why was the design created as it is? Many considerations
What do you think is especially good or bad about it? Everything is already quite well arranged.
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters? How could the open plan be redesigned, preferably with a better-separated living room? Where do you see room for improvement? Can circulation areas be further minimized?
A big thank you in advance!
Best regards
Anitra
That’s a nice compliment, Yvonne. Thank you. So you think it was a good decision not to divide the space into two?
On the left side of the open-plan area, we’re missing the corner we would need for the hallway to the children’s room and bathroom. When the 2.70 x 2.70 meter (9 x 9 feet) sofa is fully occupied, watching TV might be difficult. What do you think? Those sitting along the children’s room wall have to lean forward to see better, and those on the top side by the exterior wall end up with neck strain.
Maybe kaho’s picture illustrates what I mean:
What about reflections from sunlight?
Does anyone have ideas for the children’s room/hallway/corner sofa area or the room overall?
We will take our daughter upstairs with us when we stay there for longer periods. It would be better if the upper floor were more wheelchair accessible, but implementing that is more complicated than expected.
Wishing you all a happy new year!
On the left side of the open-plan area, we’re missing the corner we would need for the hallway to the children’s room and bathroom. When the 2.70 x 2.70 meter (9 x 9 feet) sofa is fully occupied, watching TV might be difficult. What do you think? Those sitting along the children’s room wall have to lean forward to see better, and those on the top side by the exterior wall end up with neck strain.
Maybe kaho’s picture illustrates what I mean:
kaho674 schrieb:
What about reflections from sunlight?
Does anyone have ideas for the children’s room/hallway/corner sofa area or the room overall?
haydee schrieb:
I guess you wanted to keep the option of going upstairs to do laundry or check on sick children.
We will take our daughter upstairs with us when we stay there for longer periods. It would be better if the upper floor were more wheelchair accessible, but implementing that is more complicated than expected.
Wishing you all a happy new year!
Anitra schrieb:
Does anyone have any ideas for the area around the children's room/hallway/corner sofa or the room itself?I also tried separating the rooms a bit. Whether it’s actually an improvement, I’m not sure. But I can share it anyway.There are too many walls and corners that could interfere with a wheelchair.
Sofa corner: Unfortunately, I don’t have any ideas [emoji17]. However, the TV could be rotated a bit.
Regarding separating the floors later on, I actually thought this was still in consideration.
On the ground floor, I already see a small accessible apartment. On the upper floor, some walls would need to be removed. However, the two units would be better suited if they are occupied by family members.
Sofa corner: Unfortunately, I don’t have any ideas [emoji17]. However, the TV could be rotated a bit.
Regarding separating the floors later on, I actually thought this was still in consideration.
On the ground floor, I already see a small accessible apartment. On the upper floor, some walls would need to be removed. However, the two units would be better suited if they are occupied by family members.
kaho674 schrieb:
I also tried experimenting with separating the rooms. However, I doubt that this actually improves anything. I share that doubt. Dividing the open-plan area creates more of a patchwork of small spaces rather than a cozy atmosphere. It seems to me you’ve taken away width without adding it back somewhere else (?)
Sometimes visualizing a dead end can be helpful.
ypg schrieb:
Sofa corner: Unfortunately, I don’t have any ideas I had the same thought about rotating the sofa as in #21, but I rejected it again because this arrangement felt like it would make the space seem smaller, even without a wall in place in my opinion.
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11ant schrieb:
It seems like you removed the width without putting it back somewhere else (?)Huh? The children's room had to give up a few square meters. Is that what you mean?11ant schrieb:
Sometimes visualizing a dead end can help Yes, that's why I uploaded it.Similar topics