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?
The basement is off the table. The earthworks are very expensive. They wanted to explain the high cost to us.
So, things are moving forward.
I have another question.
Regarding electrical planning, you should know where the furniture will be placed. I know this. Often, it differs from what is shown in the floor plan.
Should you ask the architect to accurately mark the furniture positions in the floor plan, or is that my responsibility and I should use correction fluid to adjust the floor plan and then draw the furniture placement myself?
So, things are moving forward.
I have another question.
Regarding electrical planning, you should know where the furniture will be placed. I know this. Often, it differs from what is shown in the floor plan.
Should you ask the architect to accurately mark the furniture positions in the floor plan, or is that my responsibility and I should use correction fluid to adjust the floor plan and then draw the furniture placement myself?
It’s best to put the floor plan with only the exterior dimensions onto a DIN A4 or A3 sheet, then make several copies.
Next, cut out your furniture to scale on small pieces of paper or cardboard (with a small label or letter on them) and start moving them around on the floor plan. If you like a certain layout, take a photo of it, then continue to rearrange the pieces to see what else might work.
Next, cut out your furniture to scale on small pieces of paper or cardboard (with a small label or letter on them) and start moving them around on the floor plan. If you like a certain layout, take a photo of it, then continue to rearrange the pieces to see what else might work.
Yes, that's actually how I have done it already. Should I then pass on my customized version for the electrical planning? So, in the official floor plan, the furniture can remain "incorrect"?
For example, we want to rotate the dining table by 90 degrees. This is important for accurately placing the lights above the dining table, since we want two ceiling outlets for pendant lamps.
For example, we want to rotate the dining table by 90 degrees. This is important for accurately placing the lights above the dining table, since we want two ceiling outlets for pendant lamps.
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