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:
What useful insights can you get from the site plan? That’s why I haven’t paid much attention to it here.If you have the exact dimensions of the building plot plus the zoning plan requirements, you can optimize the house shape and size. You can also arrange rooms according to their orientation to the cardinal directions, consider the surroundings, and more. Additionally, this affects the garden orientation and the layout of the terrace.Shiny86 schrieb:
I would appreciate tips on the garden and terrace.Maybe you should focus on the house first?!
I wouldn’t place a staircase on the west side if it can go on the east. The same applies to the garage.
A utility room on the north side is a given... the rest is more or less standard.
The one shown on the site plan was better than what you posted last. Unfortunately, I haven’t seen the upper floor. Bathrooms stacked on the north, kids’ rooms facing south—you can’t go wrong with that.
Get rid of the landing staircase and instead opt for a generous two-quarter turn stair.
Upstairs, let the kids shower in the bathtub (saves space), I’m totally fine with that—I do it too, and happily.
Kids’ rooms don’t need nearly 20 sq m (215 sq ft); 15 sq m (161 sq ft) is fine, especially if the living room has enough space.
Then you can add a small laundry room for washing. Ours is 3.4 sq m (37 sq ft) and completely sufficient.
And later, you can focus on the garden.
Shiny86 schrieb:
There is no drainage, You jokester. You’d have to steam-cook instead of shower, use the litter box, and skip handwashing entirely (or do it only with disinfectant wipes). Of course, the water in your house needs to go somewhere—if not, get that solution patented and you could afford a house as big as the whole world.
Shiny86 schrieb:
no projections. I’d like to see that!
Less than one projection—but that would be in the utility room—is something I can’t manage.
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
I’m switching through the pages again, shaking my head, checked your profile to see if you’ve been living for 20 years, and now I understand why I pulled myself out of here... I want, I want, I want, and Kaho, you just go ahead.
The result was a worse improvement...
And then this sentence: that also explains the short wall section the architect drew for you. You have to connect somewhere.
The result was a worse improvement...
And then this sentence: that also explains the short wall section the architect drew for you. You have to connect somewhere.
Shiny86 schrieb:
Regarding the shower: I’m thinking about age. Later, I could separate the living room to create a bedroom and turn the dining area into a living room. And I could still shower downstairs when I can no longer climb stairs. What do you think about that?
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