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?

  • 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?

Floor plan of a single-family house: living/dining area, kitchen, hallway, storage room, cloakroom, WC.


Floor plan of a family home: CHILD 1, CHILD 2, PARENTS, WALK-IN CLOSET, BATHROOM, SHOWER/BATHROOM, HALLWAY.


Architectural drawing: two-story residential house with garage; southwest and northeast views.


Two facade views of a house: northwest and southeast with roof, windows, terrace, and garage.
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Alessandro
5 May 2020 12:55
Think of a chest of drawers in the entrance area for keys, wallet, or anything you want to quickly put down there.
Tolentino5 May 2020 13:08
With Platsa, you can organize this very nicely.
At the bottom, a shoe cabinet, above that shelves/drawers, above that a "top cabinet," and at the very top, a hat shelf or storage for items you don’t need very often. Everything can be arranged very flexibly – right, left, deeper, shallower, etc.
Tolentino5 May 2020 13:57
Tolentino schrieb:

With PLATSA, you can divide the space very nicely.
At the bottom, a shoe cabinet, above that shelves/drawers, then a “top section wardrobe,” and at the very top a shelf for hats or items you don’t use very often. Everything is very flexible in terms of layout. Also adjustable left or right, deeper, shallower, etc.

For example like this:
On the left from 120cm (47 inches), 15cm (6 inches) less depth and without doors as additional shelving...
[IMG alt="Platsa_240.png"]https://www.hausbau-forum.de/data/attachments/45/45920-5cd78c22d465c5cadab37f90dba83231.jpg[/IMG]

With doors:
[IMG alt="Platsa_240_türen.png"]https://www.hausbau-forum.de/data/attachments/45/45921-fb20c973fe538446eaad7dd0c9cda232.jpg[/IMG]

Exact combination according to the configurator costs 610 EUR.

Open wardrobe system with hanging rod, shoe shelves, and compartments; width 240 cm, height 221 cm.


Wardrobe with open compartments, hanging rods, and shoe shelves in a modern built-in solution.
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Alessandro
5 May 2020 14:24
However you plan the closet, a surface for placing keys and similar items is a must-have for me. A chair or a bench to sit on while putting on shoes is also a good idea.
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Curly
5 May 2020 14:59
The large cloakroom area will definitely turn out nice, and I would add a power outlet in the window reveal for beautiful Christmas lighting.

Best regards
Sabine
K1300S5 May 2020 15:02
The power outlet also works for ugly Christmas lights. SCNR