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?
How about this layout: a large, nice bathroom upstairs for everyone. As long as the children are small, they will probably use the bathroom with you anyway, right? Instead of a kids' bathroom upstairs, better to place the washing machine there to avoid carrying laundry up and down the stairs. Then make the bathroom downstairs larger and include a shower. When the children are older and want their own bathroom, they can use the one downstairs. Many people design their houses this way.
Shiny86 schrieb:
If you have 4.35, then is the shell construction 4.40m (14 ft 5 in)?Yes, almost, it’s 4.38m (14 ft 4 in) shell construction. I haven’t double-checked whether it’s ultimately only 4.34m (14 ft 3 in).Yes, the problem with having a bathroom downstairs is probably the hassle of carrying clothes down. My parents had a bathroom upstairs and one downstairs. The one downstairs was not used by anyone. You have to get dressed earlier in the morning in case you meet someone and carry clothes with you. That wouldn’t work for us. It would have been better if my parents had two bathrooms upstairs. It’s also annoying to have to go downstairs, at least that’s how I see it.
We are hesitant to have the washing machine upstairs because of the risk of water damage. We think that if something were to happen, it would be better in the utility room downstairs.
I will write more about the windows once we have reconsidered them.
Budget: Yes, we have one. It shouldn’t get much more expensive.
We are hesitant to have the washing machine upstairs because of the risk of water damage. We think that if something were to happen, it would be better in the utility room downstairs.
I will write more about the windows once we have reconsidered them.
Budget: Yes, we have one. It shouldn’t get much more expensive.
kaho674 schrieb:
Yes, almost, the shell construction is 4.38 meters (14.37 feet). I haven’t measured whether it ultimately is only 4.34 meters (14.22 feet). Okay, you have to expect about 5 cm (2 inches) loss. Where is your sofa located?
Actually, you don’t really need an unusual floor plan, since your requirements are pretty "standard" (no offense), if I haven’t missed anything. Have you looked at the floor plans from major home builders? For example, you could search for "Viebrockhaus Maxime 710 II." On the upper floor, there is only one bathroom, but it’s large, and there’s an additional storage room (which could possibly be used as a children’s bathroom). On the ground floor, there is an office included, but you could rearrange the rooms a bit to create a larger bathroom, a larger wardrobe area, or a pantry...
Shiny86 schrieb:
We are worried about water damage if the washing machine is upstairs.How likely is water damage? Is it really that much less serious if it happens downstairs? Doesn’t home contents insurance usually cover that anyway? In tens of thousands of apartments, the washing machine isn’t in the basement... The (probably very small) risk of water damage isn’t worth carrying laundry daily for me.Similar topics