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:
I imagine that I would like to keep both the door to the walk-in closet and the bathroom door open when, for example, I want to bathe the children. That’s not possible as it is now. Does it look unattractive if the door is moved further to the right? I imagine that hardly anyone enjoys the sight of a centrally placed walk-in closet door. I would definitely prioritize practicality without hesitation.
chrisw81 schrieb:
You’ll be surprised by how much you want to store inside the house. If I remember correctly, you had a shed on the existing property—is it still there and how is it being used?
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Curly schrieb:
I also can't imagine living without a home office. I wouldn’t even know where the kids would write and print all their school reports and assignments on the computer.
Best regards,
Sabine That’s true, although the children could also have their own desk (with a PC) in their rooms.
11ant schrieb:
If I remember correctly, you had a shed as an existing building – is it still standing, and how is it being used? Yes, it is still there, but it’s mainly used to store gardening supplies. Well, there’s also a fridge and some canned goods stored inside, but I wouldn’t use it to store anything for everyday household use.
chrisw81 schrieb:
That too, although children could also have their own desk (with a PC) in their rooms Our kids already needed the PC and printer in primary school, so I don’t find it very practical to have a separate PC and printer.
Best regards
Sabine
With the best will in the world, I don’t see where else I could fit a guest room/office. Every other room would suffer. At the very beginning, we had a floor plan including a guest room/office, but we hardly ever have overnight guests. So I preferred a larger living area.
I don’t quite understand. Is there storage space in the attic as well? Yes, maybe an inconvenient ladder, but there is space for decorations and a guitar.
I don’t quite understand. Is there storage space in the attic as well? Yes, maybe an inconvenient ladder, but there is space for decorations and a guitar.
Curly schrieb:
our kids already needed the PC and printer in elementary school,The printer is discreetly placed in the cabinet under the TV and receives the presentation wirelessly from the tablet, right?https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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