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?
ypg schrieb:
I have the Architect 3D professional software... it works on Mac... maybe I should offer it for sale here But lately, we haven't seen much of your work.
Shiny86 schrieb:
I’m just concerned about how the staircase will look in the architect’s design. The balustrade is partially enclosed. We don’t actually know how the staircase will look. The drawing of the staircase, balustrade, and the enclosure of the storage space under the stairs is inconsistent. Despite decades of experience reading floor plans, I have no clear idea how this is supposed to be implemented.
ypg schrieb:
I read yesterday that the walk-in closet can be omitted. kaho674 schrieb:
I’d almost need the 4m (13 feet) just for myself. My husband would have to walk around naked. If the husband looks good enough to live with him walking around naked, then I suppose the walk-in closet can be omitted—but at the moment, the weather argues against that.
kaho674 schrieb:
Symmetry can definitely be achieved. But the door does not necessarily have to be centered for that. Symmetry serves no real purpose and can be omitted without any issues. Even where symmetry is present everywhere else, it actually looks smarter to make an exception.
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So much input. Thank you all. As in #5 is fine for me, staircase 2.20 m (7 ft 3 in) is also okay. What if nothing is allocated in the living area? How would the length x width look then? Could you please draw that with the dressing room solution from #5? Maybe that would work.
I will keep the washing machine downstairs. But the utility room would need to be large enough for it.
I will keep the washing machine downstairs. But the utility room would need to be large enough for it.
kaho674 schrieb:
Well, we haven’t seen much of your craft lately. I don’t actually use that. I just own it. I use the same software Kerstin has, but it doesn’t run on my Mac. I always have to take out an old, slow laptop... And you all do a great job anyway, so my ideas aren’t really needed.
So, 9m² (97 sq ft) still seems fine to me. We have 7m² (75 sq ft) allocated for the technical room, and everything fits comfortably – but we don’t have a separate boiler; instead, water is integrated into the heating system. Additionally, there is a separate room for the washing machine.
I find the storage situation unacceptable. I would move the wardrobe to the hallway, make it wider, and connect a small storage room / pantry to the kitchen. Also, if you really want 4.5m (15 ft) in the living room, I would extend the house. Don’t worry about the costs.
I find the storage situation unacceptable. I would move the wardrobe to the hallway, make it wider, and connect a small storage room / pantry to the kitchen. Also, if you really want 4.5m (15 ft) in the living room, I would extend the house. Don’t worry about the costs.
ypg schrieb:
I don’t use that at all. I think I use it more often in the green forum than here.
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