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?
Shiny86 schrieb:
But this is already covered by building tolerance? Or construction tolerance? If you increase it from 87.5 to 100, the general contractor would be furious to have to create and submit additional drawings just for this improper request. In this specific case, no regulation is affected, meaning no one would notice and it would not be subject to any fines. I honestly can’t imagine what someone would have to be smoking to even care about such trivial matters. If you increased it to 119 (even though the guest bathroom window is around the corner and, from a really nitpicking point of view, only loosely connected), then maybe someone might "notice" without measuring—but even then, no one but you would make a fuss or cause a commotion about it. Is being a princess on the pea really something you only learn for three and a half years, or do you have to keep it up until you get your master craftsman certificate?
With your questions, I sometimes honestly feel like I’m on a hidden camera show.
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Smialbuddler6 Oct 2020 08:28Pinky0301 schrieb:
I claim that no building authority cares about that. For example, window sills can be altered during a renovation or windows can even be bricked up entirely without a building permit / planning permission. It depends... if the exterior appearance of the house changes, you usually can’t just do that during a renovation either, even if the structural integrity isn’t affected. Unfortunately, I don’t know exactly how to determine when a change becomes relevant for the building authority. This is off-topic here anyway; I just didn’t want to leave it like that.
To my knowledge, the approved building permit / planning permission only covers the volume / size / etc. of the building. Our application has been approved since July, and we are still actively working with the architect on the windows (sizes and so on).
However, I am not sure if this is possible in your case as well.
However, I am not sure if this is possible in your case as well.
Shiny86 schrieb:
What about the window sill height? Is it allowed to raise it by a few centimeters, or do you need to submit a building permit / planning permission application for that?
My utility room is difficult to design because of the low window sill height. But changing it would mean adjusting five windows—all the windows on the main facade. What does the utility room have to do with the window sill height?
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