ᐅ Floor Plan for an Urban Villa with a Gable Roof, 140 m²
Created on: 19 Jun 2021 13:24
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Einfachmachen
Hello everyone,
I have been a silent reader for some time now, and we are currently planning our floor plan. I would appreciate hearing your opinions on it.
In my view, it is a standard design with a few small special features. We really like it so far and would implement it as it is currently planned.
Maybe you will notice something that is particularly poorly designed.
Thank you very much!!
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 420 sqm (4520 sq ft)
Slope: Yes
Site coverage ratio: 140 sqm (1507 sq ft)
Floor area ratio: 2 full floors
Number of parking spaces: 2 including garage
Number of floors: 2
Roof type: Gable roof, 25 degrees
Architectural style: Urban villa
Orientation: South/East
Client Requirements
Basement: No basement
Number of occupants, ages: 3 x 32/32/4; planning completed
Room needs on ground and upper floors: See floor plan
Office: Family use or home office? Both
Overnight guests per year: None
Open or closed architecture: Open
Conservative or modern style: Modern
Open kitchen with island: Open
Number of dining seats: minimum 6
Fireplace: No
Music/sound system wall: No
Balcony or roof terrace: No
Garage or carport: Yes
Utility garden, greenhouse: No
Other wishes/special features/daily routine, including reasons for why or why not
House Design
Planning by:
- Planner from a construction company: YES
What do you particularly like? Why?: Air space, large and many windows, optimal room requirements
What do you not like? Why?: Nothing so far
Preferred heating system: Air-to-water heat pump
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size
Slope
Site coverage ratio
Floor area ratio
Building envelope, building line, and boundary
Edge development
Number of parking spaces
Number of floors
Roof type
Architectural style
Orientation
Maximum heights / limitations
Other requirements
Client Requirements
Architectural style, roof type, building type
Basement, number of floors
Number of occupants, ages
Room needs on ground and upper floors
Office: family use or home office?
Overnight guests per year
Open or closed architecture
Conservative or modern style
Open kitchen with island
Number of dining seats
Fireplace
Music/sound system wall
Balcony, roof terrace
Garage, carport
Utility garden, greenhouse
Other wishes / special features / daily routine, including reasons why or why not
House Design
Planning by:
- Planner from a construction company
- Architect
- Do-it-yourself
What do you particularly like? Why?
What do you not like? Why?
Price estimate according to architect/planner:
Personal budget limit for the house including fixtures and fittings:
Preferred heating system:
I have been a silent reader for some time now, and we are currently planning our floor plan. I would appreciate hearing your opinions on it.
In my view, it is a standard design with a few small special features. We really like it so far and would implement it as it is currently planned.
Maybe you will notice something that is particularly poorly designed.
Thank you very much!!
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 420 sqm (4520 sq ft)
Slope: Yes
Site coverage ratio: 140 sqm (1507 sq ft)
Floor area ratio: 2 full floors
Number of parking spaces: 2 including garage
Number of floors: 2
Roof type: Gable roof, 25 degrees
Architectural style: Urban villa
Orientation: South/East
Client Requirements
Basement: No basement
Number of occupants, ages: 3 x 32/32/4; planning completed
Room needs on ground and upper floors: See floor plan
Office: Family use or home office? Both
Overnight guests per year: None
Open or closed architecture: Open
Conservative or modern style: Modern
Open kitchen with island: Open
Number of dining seats: minimum 6
Fireplace: No
Music/sound system wall: No
Balcony or roof terrace: No
Garage or carport: Yes
Utility garden, greenhouse: No
Other wishes/special features/daily routine, including reasons for why or why not
House Design
Planning by:
- Planner from a construction company: YES
What do you particularly like? Why?: Air space, large and many windows, optimal room requirements
What do you not like? Why?: Nothing so far
Preferred heating system: Air-to-water heat pump
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size
Slope
Site coverage ratio
Floor area ratio
Building envelope, building line, and boundary
Edge development
Number of parking spaces
Number of floors
Roof type
Architectural style
Orientation
Maximum heights / limitations
Other requirements
Client Requirements
Architectural style, roof type, building type
Basement, number of floors
Number of occupants, ages
Room needs on ground and upper floors
Office: family use or home office?
Overnight guests per year
Open or closed architecture
Conservative or modern style
Open kitchen with island
Number of dining seats
Fireplace
Music/sound system wall
Balcony, roof terrace
Garage, carport
Utility garden, greenhouse
Other wishes / special features / daily routine, including reasons why or why not
House Design
Planning by:
- Planner from a construction company
- Architect
- Do-it-yourself
What do you particularly like? Why?
What do you not like? Why?
Price estimate according to architect/planner:
Personal budget limit for the house including fixtures and fittings:
Preferred heating system:
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hanghaus200021 Jun 2021 23:14hanghaus2000 schrieb:
Here I am again. Could you show us the slope? A site plan with a cross-section and north arrow would also be helpful. Elevations on the plot?I’m quoting myself. WHERE is the slope?E
Einfachmachen22 Jun 2021 06:46Good morning,
I will take pictures of the slope in the next few days. I only have the site plan without the neighboring house, so I will draw that myself and also provide it later.
In summary, we would proceed as follows:
- I understand the ground floor as acceptable since there was basically nothing to criticize there 🙂
- For the upper floor, we will reconsider the room layout with respect to the cardinal directions. One idea is to swap the master bedroom with the children’s room. That would place the master bedroom on the northeast side.
- We will rethink the front elevation and the windows. The large panoramic window above the entrance does not look balanced. We will look into how to solve this more elegantly. One idea is to make it smaller so it fits the overall appearance better.
Thank you for the feedback. As I said, this is the first time building a house, so it’s good to be made aware of everything 🙂
I will take pictures of the slope in the next few days. I only have the site plan without the neighboring house, so I will draw that myself and also provide it later.
In summary, we would proceed as follows:
- I understand the ground floor as acceptable since there was basically nothing to criticize there 🙂
- For the upper floor, we will reconsider the room layout with respect to the cardinal directions. One idea is to swap the master bedroom with the children’s room. That would place the master bedroom on the northeast side.
- We will rethink the front elevation and the windows. The large panoramic window above the entrance does not look balanced. We will look into how to solve this more elegantly. One idea is to make it smaller so it fits the overall appearance better.
Thank you for the feedback. As I said, this is the first time building a house, so it’s good to be made aware of everything 🙂
Einfachmachen schrieb:
-I understand the ground floor as fine since there was really nothing to criticize here 🙂
-For the upper floor, we will reconsider the room layout in relation to the cardinal directions. Here is one idea: maybe swap the master bedroom with the children's room. That would place the master bedroom on the northeast side.The orientation of the ground floor should definitely be reconsidered as well! The kitchen faces north-northeast? Except for midsummer, it’s always dark there. We cook in the evenings, and then no light reaches the house at all, especially since the west side is completely closed off due to the lack of windows and the parking area including the shed.
Your neighbor already demonstrated where the garage should go.
Mirror the entire floor plan on the ground floor and build the garage on the northeast side. Evening light is far more valuable to us than sunrise. You will gain absolutely nothing from it. The last light reaches the guest bathroom and the utility room.
You want light through a large number of corner windows, but in the wrong directions.
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Myrna_Loy22 Jun 2021 09:44OWLer schrieb:
The orientation, even on the ground floor, should definitely be reconsidered! The kitchen faces NNE? Except in midsummer, it’s always dark there. We cook in the evenings, and by then no sunlight reaches that part of the house, especially since the west side is completely closed off by missing windows and a parking space including a shed.
Your neighbor has already shown where the garage should be.
Mirror the entire floor plan on the ground floor as well and build the garage on the NE side. Evening light is much more valuable for us than sunrise. You really don’t get any of that. The last light only reaches the guest bathroom and the utility room.
You want light through many corner windows but in the wrong directions. It doesn’t have to be that dramatic. Large windows can also bring plenty of light into the house on the northeast side, just without glaring brightness. The advantage is that you don’t need to lower shading devices when the sun is out, you have an unobstructed view, and the house doesn’t overheat. Still, I would try to include the west side in the lighting concept.
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Einfachmachen22 Jun 2021 09:46OWLer schrieb:
The orientation on the ground floor really needs to be reconsidered! The kitchen faces NNE? Except for midsummer, it’s always dark there. We cook in the evenings, and at that time no light reaches the house anymore, especially since the west side is completely closed off by missing windows and the driveway including the shed.
Your neighbor already showed where the garage should go.
Mirror the entire floor plan on the ground floor and build the garage on the NE side. Evening light is far more valuable to us than sunrise. You really don’t get any of that. The last light goes to the guest bathroom and the utility room.
You want light through many corner windows but in the wrong directions. That makes sense to me. I just played around a bit with the sun’s path, different seasons, etc. As you mentioned, the office and kitchen in the corners get hardly any sunlight, almost none in winter. It doesn’t bother me much in the office as long as there is some daylight; the sun mostly only causes glare on the screen. We will reconsider this. Moving the garage isn’t possible because of the minimum distance of 6m (20 feet) and the total width of the plot. There isn’t enough space left on the left side of the house for it. So it’s either on the right side or not at all. As Myrna said, we will try to include the west side more. There is no development plan for our area, so we can’t change the orientation or position of the house because it has to fit with the other houses. Thanks for the information!
OWLer schrieb:
We cook in the evening, and then no strip of light reaches the house anymore, especially because the west side is completely closed off due to missing windows and the parking space including the shed. It’s unfortunately similar for us. The kitchen is on the east side, but it’s completely open toward the south (dining area) and west (living room): from noon onwards, I have to turn on lights in the kitchen. That annoys me because I’m definitely not spending mornings in the kitchen, but at work.
However, you have more window area in the kitchen.
Here’s an impression looking from the east kitchen toward the west living room, taken in January.
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