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?
Aaaaahhh @Shiny86, please stop counting centimeters!!! Whether the door opening is 150 or 151cm (59 or 59.4 inches) doesn’t really matter. If it’s that important to you, just look up standard door sizes (DIN 18100) or discuss it with your general contractor. The same goes for the windows. They are measured on site, and that’s how you get them.
The construction workers don’t even use a tape measure in centimeters and sometimes don’t mind a 5cm (2 inch) difference.
The construction workers don’t even use a tape measure in centimeters and sometimes don’t mind a 5cm (2 inch) difference.
Yes, you’re right. But I’m already deciding the window sizes now. For example, 1.01 x 1.26 meters (3.3 x 4.1 feet) or floor-to-ceiling 1.01 x 2.13 meters (3.3 x 4.7 feet). This is already included in the building permit / planning permission application.
I’m interested in whether 2.13 meters (7.0 feet) is a common height. Here in my apartment, I have 2.20 meters (7.2 feet), and the ceilings are not particularly high.
I’m interested in whether 2.13 meters (7.0 feet) is a common height. Here in my apartment, I have 2.20 meters (7.2 feet), and the ceilings are not particularly high.
Shiny86 schrieb:
So 150 and 151cm (59 and 60 inches) are not the same. Could it be that you have never actually seen a shell construction in your life, and even less the profile of a masonry unit with interlocking joints? We are talking about BRM six blocks, where the nominal rough opening dimension is 151cm (60 inches), and I will not repeat it again: there is not a single centimeter in the shell construction, for heaven’s sake!
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Shiny86 schrieb:
Yes, you’re right. But I’m already deciding on the window sizes. For example, 1.01/1.26 meters (3 ft 4 in/4 ft 2 in) or floor-to-ceiling 1.01/2.13 meters (3 ft 4 in/7 ft) — these dimensions are already included in the building permit / planning permission.
I’m interested in whether 2.13 meters (7 ft) is a common size. Here in my apartment, I have 2.20 meters (7 ft 3 in) and the ceilings aren’t particularly high.Why don’t you just make them as tall as possible? During the shell construction phase, the floor buildup under the floor-to-ceiling window still needs to be added, so you can’t determine the exact height of the window down to the centimeter yet. How high are your ceilings? Then you can figure out how much space is left for the window. Your windows will be custom-made for you anyway; they won’t be pre-manufactured stock sizes. For us, two windows that were supposed to be exactly the same size according to the building plan differed by 5 millimeters (0.2 inches) and were made that way.
Best regards,
Sabine
@Curly It’s not always like your situation (but mostly). Especially with frameless all-glass systems, components are often prefabricated. In these cases, the rough construction must fit within +/- 0.5 cm (0.2 inches).
The floor level and ceiling height can also be precisely planned...
Certainly, this is not standard practice for general contractors.
We will also have floor-to-ceiling glazing. The glass height is 2890 mm (114 inches). The floor level matches the bottom rail, and the ceiling aligns with the top rail. This way, only the glass is visible. The various interior and exterior floor finishes are also at the same height.
It just needs to be planned. It won’t work if key decisions are made only during the construction phase.
The floor level and ceiling height can also be precisely planned...
Certainly, this is not standard practice for general contractors.
We will also have floor-to-ceiling glazing. The glass height is 2890 mm (114 inches). The floor level matches the bottom rail, and the ceiling aligns with the top rail. This way, only the glass is visible. The various interior and exterior floor finishes are also at the same height.
It just needs to be planned. It won’t work if key decisions are made only during the construction phase.
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