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?
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Alessandro17 Apr 2020 11:37As soon as the flooring is decided
Alessandro schrieb:
By the way, our somewhat older stove fitter from the deepest part of the Lahn-Dill district created a reasonable 3D simulation for us without being asked. Charming. But also a good example of the topic "distortion": the position of the "air space" light shaft relative to the chimney does not seem to be the same in both images.
Alessandro schrieb:
Some 3D programs (especially the free or cheap ones) sometimes distort or render poorly. Still, I am convinced that for many people, like the original poster, they help to better estimate room sizes, distances, and proportions. In my view, this is a contradiction – with a distorted rendering, you logically cannot improve the perception of perspectives but rather risk disappointing expectations. Especially those who struggle with proportions and perspective depend on trustworthy representations. What I also criticize about such "3D" visualizations is that they can show unrealistic perspectives: how is it supposed to inform me about the effect of my house if it shows me how it would look from sitting on the chimney stack of the house after next and X-raying the nearest house? But this fits the degraded media literacy of today’s twenty-somethings, who confuse blatant lies in color and surround sound with "truths" :-(
Shiny86 schrieb:
Why should that be a problem? Isn’t that actually the last step once the general contractor is finished? The staircase doesn’t have a covering either. Well, I’ll just say, have fun!
Pinky0301 schrieb:
We want to try it too. But you need to keep in mind or inform your general contractor that the plaster is thinner than a tile. That’s why I see this as a feature suited more for clients with an "advanced" status rather than for someone like the OP at the "greenhorn" stage (more precisely: pre-greenhorn stage). I can already see the threshold being set too low and getting bumped into the subsequent covering; the joint ending up in a defect report thread and the "solution" being routing out and silicone sealing... all because the client wants a perfect nightmare. Lord, send down some common sense!
As a first-time client trying to design a designer home by combining a shell-plus general contractor’s project with self-managed finishing work, it will go wrong. The best thing for the OP would be to sell this fiasco (including film rights for a script based on this thread) to private TV and then use the earnings to build again (but please then a turnkey house like Jette, unchanged). Ulrich Wickert would have said: "the weather."
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But you must specify the exact requirements for special waterproofing or screed, as well as different build-up heights, to the general contractor; otherwise, there will be thresholds, patched slopes, etc.
Room 1 will have a finish layer with an 8mm (0.3 inch) build-up, the hallway 12mm (0.5 inch), and the bathroom 4mm (0.16 inch). Height differences will be compensated by the screed.
And what dimensions will the doors have?
If any spatial imagination is lacking, 3D views with sample furniture won’t help either. Only a 3D model with accurately scaled furnishings will do.
Room 1 will have a finish layer with an 8mm (0.3 inch) build-up, the hallway 12mm (0.5 inch), and the bathroom 4mm (0.16 inch). Height differences will be compensated by the screed.
And what dimensions will the doors have?
If any spatial imagination is lacking, 3D views with sample furniture won’t help either. Only a 3D model with accurately scaled furnishings will do.
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Alessandro17 Apr 2020 12:43@11ant:
It’s not perfect, but it still provides good initial impressions. In my opinion, it’s better than having no 3D simulation at all.
Additionally, you can simulate the sun’s path to see how much light enters the room at different times of day and throughout the year.
The size ratio between the windows and the room is also clearly visible.
It’s not perfect, but it still provides good initial impressions. In my opinion, it’s better than having no 3D simulation at all.
Additionally, you can simulate the sun’s path to see how much light enters the room at different times of day and throughout the year.
The size ratio between the windows and the room is also clearly visible.
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