ᐅ Floor Plan Optimization for Urban Villa + Considerations for Land Elevation
Created on: 31 Jan 2020 13:29
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Shiny86
Plot size 492 sqm (5293 sq ft)
Slope yes
Site coverage ratio?
Floor area ratio?
Building envelope, building line, and boundary?
Boundary development?
Number of parking spaces 2
Number of floors 2
Roof type Pyramid roof, 25 degrees
Architectural style Modern urban villa
Orientation Main entrance facing north
Maximum heights/limits
Additional requirements?
Clients’ Requirements
Style, roof type, building type
Modern urban villa with pyramid roof, 25 degrees
Basement, floors 2 full floors without basement
Number of occupants 4
Open kitchen, kitchen island
Number of parking spaces 8-10
Garage
House design
Who designed it?
-Architect
What do you particularly like? Why?
Large living area, master bathroom
What don’t you like? Why?
Utility room quite small and master bedroom small, children’s room somewhat too large
Why is the design as it is now?
The architect implemented the corresponding wishes
What do you think is especially good or bad about it?
Good: large living area
I am uncertain about the half-height window sizes and the swing direction of the doors
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters?
What do you think about the floor plans?
Slope yes
Site coverage ratio?
Floor area ratio?
Building envelope, building line, and boundary?
Boundary development?
Number of parking spaces 2
Number of floors 2
Roof type Pyramid roof, 25 degrees
Architectural style Modern urban villa
Orientation Main entrance facing north
Maximum heights/limits
Additional requirements?
Clients’ Requirements
Style, roof type, building type
Modern urban villa with pyramid roof, 25 degrees
Basement, floors 2 full floors without basement
Number of occupants 4
Open kitchen, kitchen island
Number of parking spaces 8-10
Garage
House design
Who designed it?
-Architect
What do you particularly like? Why?
Large living area, master bathroom
What don’t you like? Why?
Utility room quite small and master bedroom small, children’s room somewhat too large
Why is the design as it is now?
The architect implemented the corresponding wishes
What do you think is especially good or bad about it?
Good: large living area
I am uncertain about the half-height window sizes and the swing direction of the doors
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters?
- Where could it still be optimized? Would you recommend different window dimensions or sill heights?
- What do you think is poor or what would you do differently?
- A partition wall will be added in the walk-in closet. That would theoretically allow watching TV from the bed. I am considering a lightweight wall. I plan to place a 211cm (83 inches) Pax combination wardrobe in the closet. The closet is planned with a raw width of 218cm (86 inches). Do you think 218cm is enough for the Pax once the walls are plastered, or how wide should the rough dimensions preferably be?
- Is the hallway on the ground floor too narrow?
- Would you raise the ground level? The house would be 40cm (16 inches) below street level. If I build a terrace into the garden, it would be about 1m (3 ft) difference. You could raise only the house level, resulting in approximately 1.6m (5 ft) difference between terrace and garden. I don’t know anyone living below street level. Raising the garden would probably not be allowed without permits, and affected neighbors likely wouldn’t agree. On the sides of the house adjacent to neighbors, raising is permitted only up to certain limits. I am overwhelmed with the decision.
- Do you have any ideas for arranging the sofa differently and placing the TV sensibly? My husband doesn’t want the sofa back facing a window. I still need to get used to placing the sofa in the middle of the room.
- Is the kitchen size sufficient for a nice kitchen with an island?
What do you think about the floor plans?
Shiny86 schrieb:
@Curly
This is the room layout, just on a 10.6 x 10.6 m (35 x 35 ft) footprint.
The kids will still get windows on the east and west sides. What window sizes would you choose? Of course, it also depends on the ground floor, as it all has to fit together. For example, instead of the 1.51 m (5 ft) width, I would prefer 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in). In our first house, we had a 1.51 m (5 ft) wide double casement window, and the glass area was not very large. I wouldn’t go below 1 m (3 ft 3 in) width, not even in the children’s bathroom. For your floor-to-ceiling windows, make sure the final actual measurements are specified, so that you don’t have to deduct the floor build-up later.
Best regards,
Sabine
Shiny86 schrieb:
There is nothing written there. I can clearly see it on the drawing in post #622; I’m just too lazy to scroll back through your hundreds of floor plans. But I also see it in post #1, for example, at the dimension line.
Shiny86 schrieb:
and the parapet height simply changes from 87 to 94 cm. Make it 92.5 cm (based on a 16 cm (6 inches) floor structure).
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11ant schrieb:
I can clearly see it in the drawing in post #622, but I'm too lazy right now to scroll back through your ninety-something floor plans. However, I also see it in post #1, for example, there next to the dimension line. Where??? I really don’t see it. In #622 there’s nothing you can really miss. Those are just window dimensions.
You’re kidding me now about the parapet height, right?
Shiny86 schrieb:
Where??? I really don’t see it.See the attachments – as shown there with the windows and the front door, this would also apply to the interior doors. Shiny86 schrieb:
You’re joking about the parapet height, right?Not at all. As mentioned, based on a 16 cm (6.3 inch) floor structure: four Jumbo brick rows = total 100 cm (39.4 inches), minus 16 cm (6.3 inches) = remaining 84 cm (33.1 inches), then one layer of NF bricks adds up to 92.5 cm (36.4 inches); you could also use one layer of 2DF bricks, which would be 96.5 cm (38 inches). https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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11ant schrieb:
See attachments – as shown there for the windows and the front door, this would also apply to the interior doors.
Oh, I was able to read the window heights from there. I thought you had identified interior door heights. What does this "to the power of 5" mean beside some of the numbers?
You seem quite knowledgeable. Does that mean if I’m inexperienced and choose an “incorrect” windowsill height, it could potentially cost more due to complexity?
Is house design really such a science, or in the end, is it just as nice whether the windowsill height is 87, 92.5, 94, or 99 centimeters (34.3, 36.4, 37, or 39 inches)?
There’s no standard for window sizes anyway. How do other people handle this? Do they get better advice?
How long is it usually normal to tinker with a floor plan?
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