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:
By the way, the floor plan will be mirrored, [...] so we will only have windows facing south and east in the living area. I hope it doesn’t get too dark without any west-facing windows. Ex Occidente Lux? – I’m rather hoping for north-oriented floor plans!
Shiny86 schrieb:
It’s about the ridge direction that is required. How do you manage the ridge direction with a square layout?
A floor area equal to 10.3 x 10.8 meters would be a perfect square of about 10.55 meters. A square of 10.8 meters is almost a 5% increase, which translates to about 12 cm (5 inches) wider for the office! – just to illustrate how pointless it is to obsess over every single square meter.
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Place the island against the exterior wall so it can be extended. As it is, it is too small for both the cooktop and the sink. There is practically no countertop space left. The master bedroom is extremely narrow – just over 3 meters (about 10 feet). There is hardly any space left on either side to get in and out of a standard double bed measuring 2 meters (about 6.5 feet) wide.
Tamstar schrieb:
Do you want the cooktop and sink on the island? Then you have almost no countertop space.Good point! The kitchen definitely isn’t wide enough to have both on the island, unless it’s a peninsula.Crossy schrieb:
The master bedroom is extremely narrow. Just a bit over 3 meters (10 feet). There is barely any space left on either side to get into a standard double bed that is 2 meters (6.5 feet) wide. That was already mentioned on page 1. I don’t think the original poster has responded.
matte1987 schrieb:
It’s commendable that you want to make the kids’ rooms large, but the bedroom just doesn’t work.
Only 55 cm (22 inches) of rough opening space next to the bed is obviously a bad joke… So the pitched roof is allowed again.
It really is, even if it sounds strange.
A peninsula is planned. Only tall cabinets will be installed against the wall for plenty of storage. I want the sink and stove on the peninsula. It should be 3m long and 1.20m wide (9.8 feet long and 3.9 feet wide). That should be enough, right? The kitchen is 4.18m wide (13.7 feet). Would a 3.20m (10.5 feet) peninsula still fit comfortably considering the walkway?
I sketched this out for the architect, but he drew it differently on the floor plan for some reason. He often does that, even at his office, for example.
Is it important that the kitchen is drawn accurately on the floor plan? Apart from your advice, is this necessary for the electrical planning?
I already wrote about the bed here. The next draft will add 10cm (4 inches) more width, so 3.20m (10.5 feet). And with a 1.8m (5.9 feet) frameless bed, the bed will be large enough. Each side would then have about 70cm (28 inches) of clearance. That should be fine, right?
We only sleep there; the children spend most of their time in their rooms. That’s why the bedroom is just under 11sqm (118 sq ft), and the children each get their 20sqm (215 sq ft).
Besides, with the walk-in closet and master bathroom, we have enough luxury.
It really is, even if it sounds strange.
A peninsula is planned. Only tall cabinets will be installed against the wall for plenty of storage. I want the sink and stove on the peninsula. It should be 3m long and 1.20m wide (9.8 feet long and 3.9 feet wide). That should be enough, right? The kitchen is 4.18m wide (13.7 feet). Would a 3.20m (10.5 feet) peninsula still fit comfortably considering the walkway?
I sketched this out for the architect, but he drew it differently on the floor plan for some reason. He often does that, even at his office, for example.
Is it important that the kitchen is drawn accurately on the floor plan? Apart from your advice, is this necessary for the electrical planning?
I already wrote about the bed here. The next draft will add 10cm (4 inches) more width, so 3.20m (10.5 feet). And with a 1.8m (5.9 feet) frameless bed, the bed will be large enough. Each side would then have about 70cm (28 inches) of clearance. That should be fine, right?
We only sleep there; the children spend most of their time in their rooms. That’s why the bedroom is just under 11sqm (118 sq ft), and the children each get their 20sqm (215 sq ft).
Besides, with the walk-in closet and master bathroom, we have enough luxury.
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