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?
I have been rethinking the floor plan.
We, the parents, should have the larger bathroom with a bathtub and two sinks, while the children get a smaller bathroom with a shower. I believe this distribution is more common—I have seen it this way quite often in catalogs.
As shown in the attached image, this is how I now imagine it. The walk-in closet would also be better arranged because the wardrobes would be located further back, so you wouldn’t disturb your partner. The children could still share the bathroom and use the bathtub if needed without having to go through the bedroom. So, it would be a compromise.
What do you think? I don’t want to overlook any drawbacks.
I think the door swings aren’t ideal. What would be the most practical way to open them? I would have the bedroom door open inward into the bedroom, and the walk-in closet door would open inward to the left, from the hallway side. What do you think?
Would you arrange the sanitary fixtures differently or keep them as they are in the image?
We, the parents, should have the larger bathroom with a bathtub and two sinks, while the children get a smaller bathroom with a shower. I believe this distribution is more common—I have seen it this way quite often in catalogs.
As shown in the attached image, this is how I now imagine it. The walk-in closet would also be better arranged because the wardrobes would be located further back, so you wouldn’t disturb your partner. The children could still share the bathroom and use the bathtub if needed without having to go through the bedroom. So, it would be a compromise.
What do you think? I don’t want to overlook any drawbacks.
I think the door swings aren’t ideal. What would be the most practical way to open them? I would have the bedroom door open inward into the bedroom, and the walk-in closet door would open inward to the left, from the hallway side. What do you think?
Would you arrange the sanitary fixtures differently or keep them as they are in the image?
Shiny86 schrieb:
I’ve been rethinking the floor plan.
We, the parents, should have the larger bathroom with a bathtub and two sinks, and the kids only a small bathroom with a shower. I think this arrangement is more common? At least I’ve seen it often in catalogs.
As shown in the attached image, this is how I imagine it now. This way, the walk-in closet is also better because the wardrobes are placed further back. That way, you don’t wake your partner. And the kids can still use the bathroom or the bathtub if needed without having to go through the bedroom. So, it would be a compromise.
What do you think? I don’t want to overlook any negative points.
I believe the door swings aren’t ideal. How do you think they should be opened most effectively? I would have the bedroom door open into the bedroom, and the door to the walk-in closet open inward to the left from the hallway side. What do you think?
Would you arrange the sanitary fixtures differently or as shown in the image? I agree with swapping the bathrooms. You will live in the house longer than the children.
Having the bedroom accessible through the walk-in closet also makes sense. Especially if the kids get older and want to use the bathtub, they won’t have to wake the parents.
Could you post the complete upper floor plan?
Because from this view, it’s not clear, for example, if it would make sense for the walk-in closet door to open outward into the hallway.
Does the offset in the wall next to the bed in the bedroom serve a purpose? Or would that space be better used to benefit the children’s bathroom? This cannot be assessed from this excerpt.
If everything is drawn to scale, I believe the bedroom door will collide with the bed if you open it into the bedroom.
Yes, usually parents have the larger bathroom with a bathtub. But you are building primarily for yourselves, not for the average case. If you, as parents, would never use the bathtub, it doesn’t make sense to have one. It would just become a dust collector or a place to store laundry.
Yes, usually parents have the larger bathroom with a bathtub. But you are building primarily for yourselves, not for the average case. If you, as parents, would never use the bathtub, it doesn’t make sense to have one. It would just become a dust collector or a place to store laundry.
4 x 3 = 12!
For a bed measuring approximately 2 x (2 + X) meters (feet), at least for the shell dimensions, this is necessary.
If we take a 1.80-meter (6-foot) bed, there will still be a minimum of 2.10 meters (7 feet) required for the bed length. Unfortunately, the room appears to have more width than length.
This means: the passage beside the bed is too narrow. The door conflicts with the bed.
A wall corner facing the bed could create an uncomfortable feeling while sleeping.
Without exact measurements, much cannot be assessed.
For a bed measuring approximately 2 x (2 + X) meters (feet), at least for the shell dimensions, this is necessary.
If we take a 1.80-meter (6-foot) bed, there will still be a minimum of 2.10 meters (7 feet) required for the bed length. Unfortunately, the room appears to have more width than length.
This means: the passage beside the bed is too narrow. The door conflicts with the bed.
A wall corner facing the bed could create an uncomfortable feeling while sleeping.
Without exact measurements, much cannot be assessed.
We chose the classic layout with the master bathroom larger and equipped with a bathtub, and the kids’ bathroom as a shower room.
I often wonder if it might have been more practical the other way around. Right now, the bathtub is mainly used only by our daughter (3 years old).
Of course, it doesn’t mean that the larger “kids’ bathroom” couldn’t also be used by the parents for bathing, as a kind of “wellness” space.
Our (similar) layout allows for the morning routine of “out of bed -> grab underwear from the dressing room -> shower and wash in the bathroom -> get dressed in the dressing room.” However, the shower bathroom alone would be sufficient for that.
My opinion will probably change when our daughter reaches her teenage years and the kids’ bathroom is no longer a place I’m allowed to enter.
I often wonder if it might have been more practical the other way around. Right now, the bathtub is mainly used only by our daughter (3 years old).
Of course, it doesn’t mean that the larger “kids’ bathroom” couldn’t also be used by the parents for bathing, as a kind of “wellness” space.
Our (similar) layout allows for the morning routine of “out of bed -> grab underwear from the dressing room -> shower and wash in the bathroom -> get dressed in the dressing room.” However, the shower bathroom alone would be sufficient for that.
My opinion will probably change when our daughter reaches her teenage years and the kids’ bathroom is no longer a place I’m allowed to enter.
RomeoZwo schrieb:
We have the main bathroom larger and with a bathtub, and the kids’ bathroom as a shower room.
I often wonder if it might have been more practical the other way around. That’s why I advocate that with two bathrooms, for greater flexibility, the wellness bathroom and the utility bathroom shouldn’t be assigned to specific users based on their entrances. There might be life phases where, for example, you want a women’s bathroom and a men’s bathroom (some teenagers find siblings of the opposite sex gross, some are bothered by younger siblings, and some by older ones).
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