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?
Wow, wow, wow. I wish our architect had sent us something this coherent. But with a square shape plus a pyramid roof, we probably limited him.
We have storage space under the stairs, and I wanted to fill one kitchen wall only with tall cabinets, plus place a large kitchen island with drawers along the wall with the window.
Therefore, I would like to keep the wardrobe and give up the pantry.
What do you think the hallway needs to be at minimum width to not feel too tight? In the architect’s draft, it was only 1.8 meters (6 feet). That way, the kitchen or utility room could be made slightly wider.
Maybe the hallway could be narrower and then widen again near the stairs at the end—does that work, or wouldn’t it feel right?
I’m probably starting to annoy you, but could you please redraw the ground floor with the wardrobe on the right and a guest bathroom with a brick shower, so without the pantry, plus upstairs a solution with a walk-in closet? The walk-in closet solution would probably be yours from post #5. Unfortunately, I can’t think of another option. A 5-6 meter (16-20 feet) wardrobe would be better than the current 4 meters (13 feet).
We have storage space under the stairs, and I wanted to fill one kitchen wall only with tall cabinets, plus place a large kitchen island with drawers along the wall with the window.
Therefore, I would like to keep the wardrobe and give up the pantry.
What do you think the hallway needs to be at minimum width to not feel too tight? In the architect’s draft, it was only 1.8 meters (6 feet). That way, the kitchen or utility room could be made slightly wider.
Maybe the hallway could be narrower and then widen again near the stairs at the end—does that work, or wouldn’t it feel right?
I’m probably starting to annoy you, but could you please redraw the ground floor with the wardrobe on the right and a guest bathroom with a brick shower, so without the pantry, plus upstairs a solution with a walk-in closet? The walk-in closet solution would probably be yours from post #5. Unfortunately, I can’t think of another option. A 5-6 meter (16-20 feet) wardrobe would be better than the current 4 meters (13 feet).
Shiny86 schrieb:
I’m probably starting to annoy you, but could you please draw the ground floor with the wardrobe on the right and the guest bathroom with a built-in shower, so without the pantry, plus an upstairs option with a walk-in closet? I know that Schatzi-Kati likes doing that, but you can still manage to mark it yourself on a printout with a permanent marker if you’re embarrassed about it.
Besides, isn’t there already a walk-in closet?
Shiny86 schrieb:
The solution with a walk-in closet would probably be yours, as mentioned in post #5. I can’t think of another option. A 5-6 m (16-20 ft) wardrobe would be better than the current 4 m (13 ft).That wasn’t from me. I also believe you’ve received enough advice by now and can figure this out yourself much faster. The key is that you know what you want. Your architect can also sketch it out. Graph paper is often sufficient.Also, I don’t create floor plans that I’m not convinced of myself.
I understand! I've also been thinking about your floor plans. Having a pantry isn’t a bad idea at all. And sorry, you weren’t number 5.
Do you have any ideas for the walk-in closet? There is one, but maybe there’s another solution. It’s not like I haven’t drawn some options myself. But honestly, I’m still stuck.
Regarding the shower: I’m thinking about old age. Later on, I could separate the living room to make a bedroom and turn the dining area into the living room. I could still shower downstairs if I’m unable to use the stairs anymore. What do you think about that?
Do you have any ideas for the walk-in closet? There is one, but maybe there’s another solution. It’s not like I haven’t drawn some options myself. But honestly, I’m still stuck.
Regarding the shower: I’m thinking about old age. Later on, I could separate the living room to make a bedroom and turn the dining area into the living room. I could still shower downstairs if I’m unable to use the stairs anymore. What do you think about that?
Shiny86 schrieb:
Regarding the shower: I’m thinking about old age. Later, I could separate the living room to create a bedroom and turn the dining area into a living room. I could still shower downstairs then, in case I’m no longer able to use the stairs. What do you think?
Not fully thought through. If you really can’t manage stairs when you’re older, should you still be living in that house?
The garden and house will hardly be maintainable. Walking aids will be necessary, and home care services will come every day.
A low-barrier design is not enough for seniors who can’t even manage the stairs once a day.
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