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?
chrisw81 schrieb:
I also think it’s important! We didn’t do much planning and just went by some measurements that seemed logical to us or were suggested by friends.
That said, I have to admit it’s difficult to find something realistic in show homes because they are mostly oversized or simply not designed for practical use. That’s true. Issues only become obvious when you try to open the oven door and there’s not enough space, or the bed in front of you is visibly no wider than about 160cm (63 inches). When you like something, you have to test it out, mentally arrange your stuff, or imagine living there.
Shiny86 schrieb:
@kaho674
Is it possible in the final design to have a storage room accessible from the kitchen, a small guest bathroom, and a coat closet?
I could also consider increasing the house width from 10.3m to 10.5m (from 33.79 ft to 34.45 ft) for that. Or would it look too cramped? I would answer that with NO. An additional 20cm (8 inches) won’t create much extra usable space. I have already suggested a solution where the coat closet is moved into the hallway.
A model park visit is planned for the weekend to gather ideas. It’s definitely a good idea to do that.
@kaho674
Would it be possible to have 1 meter (3.3 feet) for the wardrobe, then a small WC and a small pantry?
Currently, the guest WC takes up 5.18 m² (55.7 sq ft) and the wardrobe 2.77 m² (29.8 sq ft). That sounds like a lot.
Do you have any ideas for a stairwell window? On Instagram, I often see slim, tall glass elements using hashtag searches. They look stylish, but how do you clean them?
We currently have double casement windows planned, but I’m not sure if that will look good.
Thanks for the tip about the ceiling height! @Curly
By the way, basil windows have a fixed element at the bottom with two sashes above that open. You can place them above the sink and still open them.
@kaho674
Would it be possible to have 1 meter (3.3 feet) for the wardrobe, then a small WC and a small pantry?
Currently, the guest WC takes up 5.18 m² (55.7 sq ft) and the wardrobe 2.77 m² (29.8 sq ft). That sounds like a lot.
Do you have any ideas for a stairwell window? On Instagram, I often see slim, tall glass elements using hashtag searches. They look stylish, but how do you clean them?
We currently have double casement windows planned, but I’m not sure if that will look good.
Thanks for the tip about the ceiling height! @Curly
By the way, basil windows have a fixed element at the bottom with two sashes above that open. You can place them above the sink and still open them.
Shiny86 schrieb:
A visit to a model home park is planned for the weekend to gather ideas. It’s definitely a good thing to do.
Do you have any ideas for a stairwell window? I often see narrow, vertical glass elements on Instagram when searching with hashtags. They look stylish, but how do you clean them?
We currently have plans for double casement windows, but I’m not sure if that will look good.
Thanks for the tip about ceiling height! @Curly
By the way, basil window styles usually have a fixed bottom section with two opening casement sashes above. You can position them above the sink and still open them. For your staircase, a window at the landing would fit well. In our kitchen, for example, we have a three-part window where the middle section is fixed. This works well with the faucet location, and we don’t need a horizontal bar that would interrupt the window surface.
Best regards,
Sabine
How wide would you make the window by the staircase? We are considering 176cm (69 inches) or 126cm (50 inches). Or would you go even larger? You want enough light to reach upstairs since those are all closed rooms, but you also don’t want to feel overlooked by the neighbors.
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