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:
To be honest, I have no idea exactly what is stated in the plan. The house seller double-checked it for us. Seriously? - I can’t believe it! - You have been discussing YOUR house here for 52 pages (not the house of the seller!) and you don’t leave such essentials to the person in charge???
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Yes, seriously. For me, only the floor plan matters, and I prefer a square-shaped house with a good layout. At the moment, the hallway is too narrow anyway. Everything else fits.
If I had wanted different house dimensions, I would reconsider it. But I’m happy to go with a square design.
If I had wanted different house dimensions, I would reconsider it. But I’m happy to go with a square design.
Shiny86 schrieb:
Yes, seriously. The floor plan is the only thing that matters to me. Which is partly not entirely true, since you also wrote
Shiny86 schrieb:
We only want floor-to-ceiling windows in the living area because we are building an urban villa style house. and that prompts me, as expected, to two slightly sarcastic remarks: firstly, “that is not reflected in the quality of the floor plan” and secondly the above-mentioned comment that apparently the visual features of the urban villa look are also important to you.
Shiny86 schrieb:
I like a square house with a good floor plan. When it comes to floor plans, in my opinion, “good” and “square” can only be combined with an “or,” or it’s a kind of magic triangle: only two of the three elements—“good,” “square,” and “under 150 square meters (1,615 square feet) living area”—can be achieved at the same time. I’m not here to lecture you—what you like is your choice and not my responsibility—but I still want to give you these points to consider (as well as the suggestion that floor-to-ceiling windows are not really a feature but more of a gimmick). In another post, you yourself expressed a somewhat contradictory preference:
Shiny86 schrieb:
Then we have a nice TV corner without windows. (which I also think is not a great idea, but you see: you are not really fully convinced by your floor-to-ceiling window dogma yourself).
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Okay, I’m not fully committed to this townhouse concept. I really like these floor-to-ceiling windows, and the horizontal bands of high window sills remind me a bit of a basement. That’s why I prefer floor-to-ceiling windows. I find them stylish and modern. But at the same time, I don’t want to feel like I’m sitting in a greenhouse or have too many windows—I need some wall space for privacy and furniture placement. Especially the new TV area without windows—that part I liked exactly for that reason.
But now I’m really worried about sitting there in the dark. My nightmare is that any room won’t get enough natural light.
I’m concerned about:
- The TV corner
- The parents’ bedroom
- The staircase area, because the window sill height is 90 cm (35 inches) on the upper floor (1.76/1.26) in the next version coming soon
What do you think? Is there enough light?
@11ant
I actually like the floor plan overall. What’s your specific advice for me without having to change it completely?
I admit I’m feeling overwhelmed by the floor plan and want to finalize it feeling satisfied.
And I think the floor plan isn’t totally off, or does it feel like we got lost somewhere or it’s somehow awkward?
But now I’m really worried about sitting there in the dark. My nightmare is that any room won’t get enough natural light.
I’m concerned about:
- The TV corner
- The parents’ bedroom
- The staircase area, because the window sill height is 90 cm (35 inches) on the upper floor (1.76/1.26) in the next version coming soon
What do you think? Is there enough light?
@11ant
I actually like the floor plan overall. What’s your specific advice for me without having to change it completely?
I admit I’m feeling overwhelmed by the floor plan and want to finalize it feeling satisfied.
And I think the floor plan isn’t totally off, or does it feel like we got lost somewhere or it’s somehow awkward?
Shiny86 schrieb:
What is your specific advice for me without turning it upside down?
I admit I'm very overwhelmed with the floor plan and want to finish it, but be satisfied with it. Then follow a piece of advice I have probably given you many times already (without going back to count): let go of the self-imposed restrictions and allow the layout to develop without basing it on the premise that everything "must be square" and "light should only come through vertical slits."
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