ᐅ Floor Plan Optimization Single-Family Home, Two Full Stories, Approximately 180 m²
Created on: 29 Oct 2021 11:47
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hansipansi
Hello dear community,
We are in the final stages of planning our floor plan and would like to hear your opinions on our design and any suggestions for improvement. When you look at a plan for the hundredth time, it’s easy to lose perspective...
Here is the questionnaire first:
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 776 sqm (8,356 sq ft)
Slope: no
Site coverage ratio: 0.3
Floor area ratio: 0.6
Building envelope, building line, and boundary: see blue line
Adjacent buildings: no
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: max. 2 full stories
Roof type: no specifications
Style: no specifications
Orientation: no specifications
Maximum heights / limits: eaves height 6.50 m (21.3 ft); building ridge height 10.50 m (34.4 ft)
Other specifications: none
Homeowner Requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: gable roof, 22 degrees
Basement, floors: 2 full stories, no basement
Number of people, age: currently 2, both around 30 (planning for 4)
Space requirements on ground and upper floors: as in the floor plan
Office: family use or home office: both
Guest bedrooms per year: not relevant
Open or closed layout: open
Conservative or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: yes
Number of dining seats: at least 6
Fireplace: yes, currently planned
Music / stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no, only garden terrace
Garage, carport: double garage
Utility garden, greenhouse: no
Additional wishes / special features / daily routine, also reasons why something should or should not be included
House Design
Who designed it: custom architect design based on our drawings
Preferred heating system: air-source heat pump with underfloor heating and photovoltaic system (KfW 40+)
What do you like most? What do you not like? Why?
Basically, we are satisfied with the floor plan. What I am still not completely happy with is the exterior appearance. I am concerned that it might look too much like a barrack.
If you absolutely have to give up on certain details / features,
- could you do without: possibly the fireplace (probably doesn’t make much sense with KfW 40+)?
- can you not do without: large upstairs hallway (because of the beautiful view), open living/dining area, walk-in closet
Why is the design the way it is now?
We had several wishes that influenced the design:
Thanks a lot in advance!
We are in the final stages of planning our floor plan and would like to hear your opinions on our design and any suggestions for improvement. When you look at a plan for the hundredth time, it’s easy to lose perspective...
Here is the questionnaire first:
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 776 sqm (8,356 sq ft)
Slope: no
Site coverage ratio: 0.3
Floor area ratio: 0.6
Building envelope, building line, and boundary: see blue line
Adjacent buildings: no
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: max. 2 full stories
Roof type: no specifications
Style: no specifications
Orientation: no specifications
Maximum heights / limits: eaves height 6.50 m (21.3 ft); building ridge height 10.50 m (34.4 ft)
Other specifications: none
Homeowner Requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: gable roof, 22 degrees
Basement, floors: 2 full stories, no basement
Number of people, age: currently 2, both around 30 (planning for 4)
Space requirements on ground and upper floors: as in the floor plan
Office: family use or home office: both
Guest bedrooms per year: not relevant
Open or closed layout: open
Conservative or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: yes
Number of dining seats: at least 6
Fireplace: yes, currently planned
Music / stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no, only garden terrace
Garage, carport: double garage
Utility garden, greenhouse: no
Additional wishes / special features / daily routine, also reasons why something should or should not be included
House Design
Who designed it: custom architect design based on our drawings
Preferred heating system: air-source heat pump with underfloor heating and photovoltaic system (KfW 40+)
What do you like most? What do you not like? Why?
Basically, we are satisfied with the floor plan. What I am still not completely happy with is the exterior appearance. I am concerned that it might look too much like a barrack.
If you absolutely have to give up on certain details / features,
- could you do without: possibly the fireplace (probably doesn’t make much sense with KfW 40+)?
- can you not do without: large upstairs hallway (because of the beautiful view), open living/dining area, walk-in closet
Why is the design the way it is now?
We had several wishes that influenced the design:
- Large hallway window upstairs
- Window seat in the kitchen (we don’t want a bar counter with stools)
- Hidden door from kitchen to pantry (not shown in the current plan but possible and already discussed with the kitchen planner)
- Garden should be as large as possible
- Is the living room big enough? (just the TV area)
- Will the hallway on the ground floor be too dark?
- Is 51 cm (20 inches) depth enough for a wardrobe?
- Any other general suggestions for improvement? What do you think is bad or would you do differently?
Thanks a lot in advance!
hanghaus2000 schrieb:
We had a two-story site office. The resemblance is striking, of course without a window seat and floor-to-ceiling patio doors. When I look at the view with the window seat, I stick to my opinion.And what would that be? Your site office is a barrack despite being two stories? Do you consider it a barrack because of the resemblance? Or does your opinion only refer to the resemblance? So, what do you mean? 😀The bay window is still the lesser "evil." If the client wants it that way, then it should be implemented. There are many more aspects to change or improve, all of which have already been mentioned.
Who actually did the planning? 🙄
hansipansi schrieb:
individual architectural design based on our drawing
Who actually did the planning? 🙄
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hanghaus200030 Oct 2021 11:23ypg schrieb:
And what would that be? Your construction office is a temporary building despite having two floors? Do you think it's a temporary building because of the similarity? Or is your opinion only based on the resemblance? So, what do you mean? 😀As mentioned in post 2 already: "Does the seating window in the kitchen really add any value?"Yes, the design really does resemble our construction site office very closely. I can confirm the original poster’s opinion here.
Architecturally, I don’t see any outstanding achievement.
hanghaus2000 schrieb:
Architecturally, I don’t see a masterpiece here.From an architectural perspective, I suspect that up to design 8, it still looked appealing, but then someone seemed to have desperately tried to make it more boring – at least the horizontal grooves that don’t match both window heights support this suspicion ;-)https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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hansipansi8 Nov 2021 14:13So, we had the design revised again and would like to ask for further suggestions.
Some preliminary notes on the design:
Regarding the ground floor:
- We have swapped the kitchen and living room here as well. I am not sure whether the kitchen storage space is now sufficient.
- The window seat should no longer remain in the kitchen as in the original design but shift eastward between the living room and dining area.
- The guest toilet and utility room have been exchanged.
- The utility room has become slightly larger; however, the pantry has been eliminated. I am still bothered by the wall projection that this creates in the living room. I need to clarify whether this was specified by the structural engineer.
- The staircase has been moved to the other side.
- The wardrobe niche has become deeper. Additionally, due to the changed entrance area, there is still space for placing furniture.
- The staircase will also serve as additional storage space for coats and shoes with the help of a built-in cabinet.
- The fireplace will not be installed in this location.
Regarding the upper floor:
- We specifically requested the large hallway, and it will be implemented accordingly. Therefore, no further "criticism" is needed here.
- The staircase has been moved to the other side so that the awkward small hallway near the office disappears.
- We are still considering whether to give up the office and allocate the space to the two children’s rooms. However, this would leave no room for a possible third child.
Some preliminary notes on the design:
Regarding the ground floor:
- We have swapped the kitchen and living room here as well. I am not sure whether the kitchen storage space is now sufficient.
- The window seat should no longer remain in the kitchen as in the original design but shift eastward between the living room and dining area.
- The guest toilet and utility room have been exchanged.
- The utility room has become slightly larger; however, the pantry has been eliminated. I am still bothered by the wall projection that this creates in the living room. I need to clarify whether this was specified by the structural engineer.
- The staircase has been moved to the other side.
- The wardrobe niche has become deeper. Additionally, due to the changed entrance area, there is still space for placing furniture.
- The staircase will also serve as additional storage space for coats and shoes with the help of a built-in cabinet.
- The fireplace will not be installed in this location.
Regarding the upper floor:
- We specifically requested the large hallway, and it will be implemented accordingly. Therefore, no further "criticism" is needed here.
- The staircase has been moved to the other side so that the awkward small hallway near the office disappears.
- We are still considering whether to give up the office and allocate the space to the two children’s rooms. However, this would leave no room for a possible third child.
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Alessandro8 Nov 2021 14:47Do you always have that many guests, or is that why you have both a guest room and an office?
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