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?
Tobbster77 schrieb:
There might be specific requirements in the development plan, for example, the number of floors. Should the What exactly do you mean by that?
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pagoni202024 Sep 2020 18:18@Shiny86 all these questions should have been answerable by your general contractor/planner, especially if the previously planned house is now suddenly being completely changed by them.
I wonder why they would do this on their own initiative when your plan was already mostly finished or had even been submitted to the building authority/planning office.
Of course, you can’t just add a basement, because that creates entirely new and different conditions/opportunities, not least for the living spaces, access routes, etc.
In that case, you are basically starting over from scratch, which could ultimately be the better way for your desired design; however, it certainly won’t be cheaper, and I find it questionable to assume that a basement would be added without extra cost. I would be interested to understand the whole context around this.
I wonder why they would do this on their own initiative when your plan was already mostly finished or had even been submitted to the building authority/planning office.
Of course, you can’t just add a basement, because that creates entirely new and different conditions/opportunities, not least for the living spaces, access routes, etc.
In that case, you are basically starting over from scratch, which could ultimately be the better way for your desired design; however, it certainly won’t be cheaper, and I find it questionable to assume that a basement would be added without extra cost. I would be interested to understand the whole context around this.
Tobbster77 schrieb:
There might be certain requirements in the development plan, such as the number of stories. Tarnari schrieb:
Of course, the floor plan upstairs will change. You need a staircase to the basement. That isn’t accounted for in the current floor plan. pagoni2020 schrieb:
I find it questionable to assume that a basement could be added without additional costs, or I would be interested in the entire context around that. I am also surprised here, because based on my limited knowledge so far, the site did not indicate the need for a mandatory basement. As I recall, such a basement would protrude no more than knee height at most, so it would be far from a full story. The staircase is planned and would simply continue down to the basement, where currently there is a storage room under the stairs; that is, a broom closet (or was it a pantry?) would be moved from under the stairs to the basement (or the utility room relocated down there). I do not see any sensible reason, even for a penny, to change the existing floor plans regarding the layout.
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pagoni202024 Sep 2020 19:3711ant schrieb:
I am also surprised here, because based on my limited knowledge so far, the site did not indicate the need for a mandatory basement. To my recollection, such a basement would at most protrude less than knee height, so it would be far from being a full floor. The staircase is accounted for and would simply lead down to the basement, where currently a storage room under the stairs is planned—in other words, a broom closet (or was it a pantry?) would be relocated from under the stairs down into the basement (or the utility room relocated there after that). I don’t see any meaningful reason at all to change the existing floor plans in terms of layout for such a small matter. Maybe I wasn’t clear, and even an inset basement would not pose a structural or building code problem…
In my opinion, at least personally, if there was already a prior desire for a basement, I would likely end up with a different residential layout, and I was also surprised by the sudden suggestion from the planner/building company AFTER the building permit/planning application was submitted. But maybe I missed something… certainly, when I see the number of pages involved.
pagoni2020 schrieb:
Maybe I missed something... most likely, judging by the number of pages. Where else could someone get confused if not in the thread of Princess Shiny? – even my usually "innate" ability to distinguish between being silly and being crazy, typical for people from Cologne, has sometimes almost completely failed me here.
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