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?
We filled our design with electrical outlets. The more outlets, the less hassle with the Q2/Q3 discussion.
But seriously, we have carefully considered the placement of outlets and discussed it with the electrician. It only gets really serious once the shell of the building is up, and we walk through the construction together with the electrician to mark the outlet locations.
But seriously, we have carefully considered the placement of outlets and discussed it with the electrician. It only gets really serious once the shell of the building is up, and we walk through the construction together with the electrician to mark the outlet locations.
Providing outlet/switch/TV/LAN positions in a furnished room is useful, but new furniture, a different room layout, or simply rearranging means every room needs a comprehensive basic setup of various connections. The furniture planned today is often positioned differently tomorrow or replaced altogether.
In my experience, the average electrician from any background usually manages without a plan or doesn’t want to have one at all. During the rough construction phase, they then walk through the house with the client and scribble all over the walls. For standard electrical installations, that is sufficient. However, for a smart home, I would recommend proper planning.
We had an initial general discussion covering the network, electrical wiring, lighting, and KNX system. From this, a preliminary plan and corresponding quote were created. Before moving forward in detail, we went through the shell of the building to finalize everything thoroughly. This was followed by a revised plan and updated quote. Based on this, the wiring was installed. Next will be the detailed specifications outlining what should be controlled, where, and how.
The advantage for us is that we can later say, "this was planned differently." The advantage for the electrician is that they can respond, "this was not planned that way."
The advantage for us is that we can later say, "this was planned differently." The advantage for the electrician is that they can respond, "this was not planned that way."
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