ᐅ Floor Plan Optimization for Urban Villa + Considerations for Land Elevation

Created on: 31 Jan 2020 13:29

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?

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?

Floor plan of a single-family house: living/dining area, kitchen, hallway, storage room, cloakroom, WC.

Floor plan of a family home: CHILD 1, CHILD 2, PARENTS, WALK-IN CLOSET, BATHROOM, SHOWER/BATHROOM, HALLWAY.

Architectural drawing: two-story residential house with garage; southwest and northeast views.

Two facade views of a house: northwest and southeast with roof, windows, terrace, and garage.

Alessandro7 Apr 2020 16:32

#481

You are building a house costing several hundred thousand euros, only to clutter the entrance area with coats and shoes?
A desk with a docking station for a laptop and monitor can fit into almost any room.

11ant7 Apr 2020 16:57

#482

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chrisw817 Apr 2020 17:09

#483

Alessandro schrieb:

You’re building a house worth several hundred thousand euros, only to clutter the entrance area with coats and shoes?
You can fit a desk with a docking station for a laptop and monitor in almost any room.

I wouldn’t want to give up having an office. Even if I had enough options upstairs. It’s nice to have most things on one level. We even have a couch in there where you can sit down for a while. I would definitely do it again.

Shiny867 Apr 2020 19:10

#484

chrisw81 schrieb:

I wouldn’t want to do without a dedicated office anymore, even though I have enough options upstairs. It’s really nice to have most things on one level. We even have a sofa in there where you can sit down for a break. I would definitely do it again.

What are the dimensions of your office?

I can’t imagine having a desk in the living area myself. Also, it’s convenient to leave documents open without the living space looking messy, for example when doing taxes.
I think it’s a bit of a waste to spend so much money on a cloakroom. I plan to store only a few jackets and shoes in the hallway.
Replacing the office with a cloakroom is quite a change. It’s 4 meters (13 feet) long.
I also want to put a sofa bed in the office.

Bertram1007 Apr 2020 21:20

#485

As a layperson, I want to briefly add: having too little space in the entrance area for the coat rack is a huge source of frustration. I experienced this in my apartment. There was barely enough room for jackets and shoes, and no space to put them on right there. As a result, I often carried my jackets into the kitchen. That’s also where I took off my shoes, so my coats were basically spread throughout the entire apartment. Ideally, the coat area should also have enough space to sit down briefly or lean against something when putting on shoes.

Shiny868 Apr 2020 01:53

#486

Yes, you are absolutely right. Having no cloakroom or storage area at all is really inconvenient. Would you carve out a niche from the guest room/office, or do you think that would ruin the guest room/office?

ᐅ Floor Plan Optimization for Urban Villa + Considerations for Land Elevation

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