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?
11ant schrieb:
You can completely and easily do without relying on window symmetry for your luck (why specifically on this side of the house?). But this side of the house is the main entrance. That’s the most important side in terms of symmetry. Isn’t it for you?
Shiny86 schrieb:
the main entrance side of the house. That’s the most important side in terms of symmetry. Neither does the northeast side have symmetry (only the southwest side would, and that only if you disregard the garage and the terrain), nor would that be the most important side for symmetry; third, symmetry is actually more disturbing when it is applied inconsistently, only on one side of the house. And just in case I have not said it enough: symmetry is not a value in itself; architects and builders throughout all eras have deliberately broken symmetry in certain places.
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Shiny86 schrieb:
Washing machine and dryer stacked in the children's bathroom?
What do you think? Bad idea because of the noise? Washing machine and dryer in the children's bathroom: a good idea from an educational point of view, because laundry is not just mom's chore.
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We plan to raise the ground level for the house. Unfortunately, this means the garage will end up about 1 meter (3 feet) lower than the house. Do you think that’s a big problem?
The architect and sales consultant would not raise the ground but rather work with the existing level. The sales consultant thinks the 1-meter (3 feet) difference is quite significant. The neighbor on our right is planning to raise their ground level since they want a basement with access to the garden. We don’t know the neighbor on the left, so we have no idea when they might start building. In the end, if the neighbor raises their level and we haven’t, we might regret being stuck in a hole.
I would also like to have a terrace next to the kitchen, but as far as I understand, that would only be possible with the neighbors’ permission.
Someone mentioned parking spaces earlier in this thread. Is it allowed to raise the ground level for a parking space so that it is at the same height as the house?
The architect and sales consultant would not raise the ground but rather work with the existing level. The sales consultant thinks the 1-meter (3 feet) difference is quite significant. The neighbor on our right is planning to raise their ground level since they want a basement with access to the garden. We don’t know the neighbor on the left, so we have no idea when they might start building. In the end, if the neighbor raises their level and we haven’t, we might regret being stuck in a hole.
I would also like to have a terrace next to the kitchen, but as far as I understand, that would only be possible with the neighbors’ permission.
Someone mentioned parking spaces earlier in this thread. Is it allowed to raise the ground level for a parking space so that it is at the same height as the house?
By the way, we are swapping the kitchen and living room and have chosen to forego a pantry in favor of a home office.
This gives us a nice TV corner without windows, and the sofa placement works very well.
You can access the terrace directly from the kitchen.
I’m currently waiting for a new drawing from the architect, but I’m happier with these decisions than before.
Do you think a room width of 4.18 m (13.7 ft) in the dining area is okay?
Is a TV corner width of 3.32 m (10.9 ft) enough for placing the sofa?
And is a home office about 2.42 m by 4 m (8 ft by 13 ft) too narrow and elongated?
This gives us a nice TV corner without windows, and the sofa placement works very well.
You can access the terrace directly from the kitchen.
I’m currently waiting for a new drawing from the architect, but I’m happier with these decisions than before.
Do you think a room width of 4.18 m (13.7 ft) in the dining area is okay?
Is a TV corner width of 3.32 m (10.9 ft) enough for placing the sofa?
And is a home office about 2.42 m by 4 m (8 ft by 13 ft) too narrow and elongated?
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