ᐅ Floor plan, ideas for spatial separation within the kitchen
Created on: 19 Sep 2013 10:44
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GTSport1982
Dear Home Building Forum,
My wife and I are currently deep in the planning stage of our new build and have already put a lot of thought into creating the ideal house design for us.
The following conditions apply:
Plot size: 430 sqm (4627 sq ft) [Northeast orientation of the plot (= southern access)]
Plot width: 16 m (52.5 ft) on the south / 16 m (52.5 ft) on the north
Plot length: 26 m (85 ft) on the west / 28 m (92 ft) on the east
Main ridge required in east-west orientation
Secondary ridge possible in north-south orientation (for our south-side extension)
Building envelope: 10 m (33 ft) in width (east-west) + 14 m (46 ft) in length (north-south)
Start of building envelope at the southern part of the plot (= 3 m (10 ft) distance to the access road)
This is what our house should offer:
Ground floor:
First floor:
Attic:
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We now have an initial draft from our architect, which you’ll find attached. What do you think about it?
Do you have any ideas on how we might create a spatial separation in the open kitchen/dining/living area? We were thinking of an option with a sliding door between the kitchen and living room that can be opened or closed as needed. However, the architect’s current layout doesn’t fully allow for this, in our opinion.
Please share your thoughts!
Best regards,
GTSport1982
My wife and I are currently deep in the planning stage of our new build and have already put a lot of thought into creating the ideal house design for us.
The following conditions apply:
Plot size: 430 sqm (4627 sq ft) [Northeast orientation of the plot (= southern access)]
Plot width: 16 m (52.5 ft) on the south / 16 m (52.5 ft) on the north
Plot length: 26 m (85 ft) on the west / 28 m (92 ft) on the east
Main ridge required in east-west orientation
Secondary ridge possible in north-south orientation (for our south-side extension)
Building envelope: 10 m (33 ft) in width (east-west) + 14 m (46 ft) in length (north-south)
Start of building envelope at the southern part of the plot (= 3 m (10 ft) distance to the access road)
This is what our house should offer:
Ground floor:
- Kitchen/living/dining area with southern exposure and access to a south-facing terrace
- Study for my wife
- Technical/storage room including wardrobe with access to the north garden and the carport
- Storage room under the stairs
- Small bathroom with shower and WC
- Possibility to separate the ground floor from the upper floor
- Southern access (main entrance) + 9 m (30 ft) carport with access to a storage room behind it
First floor:
- Master bedroom with access to the main bathroom
- Children’s bedroom 1
- Children’s bedroom 2
- Main bathroom with shower, bathtub, and WC
- Children’s/guest bathroom with shower and WC
- Utility room (dryer, washing machine, ironing area)
- Guest and study room for me
Attic:
- Project room (playroom, hangout space for the children, etc.)
- Storage room for miscellaneous items
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We now have an initial draft from our architect, which you’ll find attached. What do you think about it?
Do you have any ideas on how we might create a spatial separation in the open kitchen/dining/living area? We were thinking of an option with a sliding door between the kitchen and living room that can be opened or closed as needed. However, the architect’s current layout doesn’t fully allow for this, in our opinion.
Please share your thoughts!
Best regards,
GTSport1982
I would personally plan for a laundry chute and a central vacuum system (at least the pipes and inlets; the vacuum unit itself can be added later).
Good idea to have a shower on the ground floor for later. Just don’t forget to make the bathroom door wider and to install a flush-to-floor shower.
Good idea to have a shower on the ground floor for later. Just don’t forget to make the bathroom door wider and to install a flush-to-floor shower.
GTSport1982 schrieb:
- Possibility of potentially separating the ground floor from the upper floor
To add to that: for a separation into two apartments, the office would be too small to serve as a bedroom.
So, a fully functional apartment would need to be designed differently (possibly planning the living space in a way that allows installing a partition wall if needed to create a bedroom).
But honestly, when that time comes in xx years, just sell and build smaller.
pano schrieb:
Personally, I would include a laundry chute in the design.For what purpose? ... ...
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backbone2324 Sep 2013 00:59Well, to get the laundry back up from the basement when you want to do the washing in the utility room on the upper floor.
Do your children like to take baths? Or would you prefer to reduce how often they bathe?
The only bathroom with a bathtub is accessed through the bedroom. It’s also less than 10 m² (about 108 sq ft). Personally, I wouldn’t find that very convenient. My kids (unfortunately) bathe almost every day – though at that size it doesn’t require much water. I can’t imagine that when they’re older, they’ll want to keep walking through my bedroom every time before occupying the tub or bathroom for hours.
Otherwise, I also thought having two separate home offices was a bit much – although you already mentioned that you need both rooms. However, the comments from ypg regarding working with a laptop (#14) and from milkie (#19) about multi-purpose use of a room were quite interesting – I will try to incorporate those ideas into our planning as well.
The only bathroom with a bathtub is accessed through the bedroom. It’s also less than 10 m² (about 108 sq ft). Personally, I wouldn’t find that very convenient. My kids (unfortunately) bathe almost every day – though at that size it doesn’t require much water. I can’t imagine that when they’re older, they’ll want to keep walking through my bedroom every time before occupying the tub or bathroom for hours.
Otherwise, I also thought having two separate home offices was a bit much – although you already mentioned that you need both rooms. However, the comments from ypg regarding working with a laptop (#14) and from milkie (#19) about multi-purpose use of a room were quite interesting – I will try to incorporate those ideas into our planning as well.
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