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?
Thank you for your input so far.
What do you think of this design?
I hope it’s clear what I’m aiming for. I left an open space above and enlarged the hallway.
I hope the new room for the children's bathroom is big enough for a tiled shower plus a bathtub. How many square meters does such a bathroom need at a minimum?
What do you think of this design?
I hope it’s clear what I’m aiming for. I left an open space above and enlarged the hallway.
I hope the new room for the children's bathroom is big enough for a tiled shower plus a bathtub. How many square meters does such a bathroom need at a minimum?
That’s possible. I personally like it better than the architect’s design. The downside is that you have to walk through the bedroom repeatedly and spend quite a bit of time just to get to the bathroom. Also, this probably means you’ll only have small bathrooms. So no really large master bathroom with a bathtub, shower, and all the extras without feeling cramped. Unless you move the wall more decisively toward the children’s room. But be careful with drainage running above the living area.
Regarding shifting the wall consistently: When does that start to ruin the children’s room?
Do you have any other ideas?
Would you place the staircase differently on the ground floor? Does having the staircase near the entrance hallway bring any advantage?
It’s important for us to have a spacious living area in an L-shape. In the living/dining area, we have a width of 4.50m (15 feet), which we consider necessary. Upstairs, we definitely want a separate master bathroom accessible only to us. The children’s rooms should be the same size and face south. They don’t need to be that large, of course. Right now, they ended up quite big because the large living area is very important to us. A walk-in closet would be nice to have but is not an absolute requirement.
Do you have any other ideas?
Would you place the staircase differently on the ground floor? Does having the staircase near the entrance hallway bring any advantage?
It’s important for us to have a spacious living area in an L-shape. In the living/dining area, we have a width of 4.50m (15 feet), which we consider necessary. Upstairs, we definitely want a separate master bathroom accessible only to us. The children’s rooms should be the same size and face south. They don’t need to be that large, of course. Right now, they ended up quite big because the large living area is very important to us. A walk-in closet would be nice to have but is not an absolute requirement.
Hmm, you could probably try a few more options. For that, however, you would need the complete site plan including the exact building plot with access routes, distances, and ideally also the neighboring buildings – so everything.
Also: How far would you be willing to go? Would a house measuring, for example, 9.5m x 11.5m (31ft 2in x 37ft 9in) be possible? Or does it have to be a perfect square?
Also: How far would you be willing to go? Would a house measuring, for example, 9.5m x 11.5m (31ft 2in x 37ft 9in) be possible? Or does it have to be a perfect square?
Regarding your upstairs post no. 37
I don’t like the two bathrooms. The kids’ bathroom is okay (if the drainage works), but I find the main bathroom too cramped. There should still be room for a bathtub, shower, two sinks, a toilet, and a cabinet for toiletries.
The children’s rooms are large. They could be somewhat smaller. Rooms are more often compromised by a poor layout than by their size. For example, when you open the door, you feel like you’re walking straight into the wardrobe. (That’s why it’s important here that a wardrobe of that depth can still fit behind the door.)
I don’t like the two bathrooms. The kids’ bathroom is okay (if the drainage works), but I find the main bathroom too cramped. There should still be room for a bathtub, shower, two sinks, a toilet, and a cabinet for toiletries.
The children’s rooms are large. They could be somewhat smaller. Rooms are more often compromised by a poor layout than by their size. For example, when you open the door, you feel like you’re walking straight into the wardrobe. (That’s why it’s important here that a wardrobe of that depth can still fit behind the door.)
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