ᐅ Floor Plan Design for a 180 m² Single-Family Home with South-Facing Driveway – Challenging Layouts
Created on: 16 Feb 2024 23:10
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Cubus3f
Development Plan/Restrictions
Plot size: 450m2 (4,844 sq ft)
Slope: No
Floor Area Ratio (FAR): 0.4
Gross Floor Area Ratio (GFAR): 0.8
Building envelope, building line, and boundary: Plot measures 18.36 x 24.49 meters (60.2 x 80.4 feet); building envelopes are set back 3 meters (10 feet) to the north, east, and west, and 5 meters (16.4 feet) to the south (street side)
Edge development: Yes
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of stories: 2
Roof type: Flat roof
Style: modern, open
Orientation: south/west
Maximum heights/limits:
Additional regulations: Moderately busy street to the south; a multi-family building is located to the north
Client Requirements
Style, roof type, building type: modern, open, flat roof
Basement, stories: No basement, 2 full stories
Number of occupants, ages: 2 middle-aged adults, 2 children (6 and 1 year old)
Space requirements ground floor, upper floor: Ground floor 100m² (1,076 sq ft), upper floor 80m² (861 sq ft)
Office: family use or home office? Home office
Guests per year: 2 persons, 3 times per year
Open or closed architecture: open
Conservative or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island
Number of dining seats: 8
Fireplace: no
Music/stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: both yes
Vegetable garden, greenhouse: no
Additional wishes/particulars/daily routine, including reasons for preferences:
Living and dining areas as much as possible facing south
Kitchen with freestanding island and partly open pantry around the corner
House Design
Designed by:
- Planner from a construction company
- Architect
What do you particularly like? Why? Workshop at the back, bicycle stand, size of children’s rooms, master bedroom area on the north side, staircase option 1
What do you dislike? Why? Very small garden, especially between the terrace and neighboring house
Option 1:
Ground floor:
Upper floor:
Option 2:
Ground floor:
Upper floor:
Price estimate according to architect/planner: 3,200 €/m2
Personal price limit for house including fixtures: 700,000 €
Preferred heating system: heat pump
If you had to give up some features/finishes, which ones?
- Can give up: open staircase
- Cannot give up: pantry, kitchen with island, utility room on upper floor, children’s bathroom, large dressing room
Why is the design like it is now? For example:
Standard design from the planner? Architect developed options 1 & 2 after consultation
Which of your wishes were implemented by the architect?
A mix of many examples from various magazines...
What do you think are the particular strengths or weaknesses of the design?
Do you have suggestions on how we should plan the living/dining/kitchen area to create an L-shaped layout? There should be space for a kitchen island (2.35m x 1.1m) (7.7 x 3.6 feet). The staircase should be placed centrally in the house to improve the layout of the upper floor rooms.
Any other improvement suggestions?
Many thanks
Cubus3f
Plot size: 450m2 (4,844 sq ft)
Slope: No
Floor Area Ratio (FAR): 0.4
Gross Floor Area Ratio (GFAR): 0.8
Building envelope, building line, and boundary: Plot measures 18.36 x 24.49 meters (60.2 x 80.4 feet); building envelopes are set back 3 meters (10 feet) to the north, east, and west, and 5 meters (16.4 feet) to the south (street side)
Edge development: Yes
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of stories: 2
Roof type: Flat roof
Style: modern, open
Orientation: south/west
Maximum heights/limits:
Additional regulations: Moderately busy street to the south; a multi-family building is located to the north
Client Requirements
Style, roof type, building type: modern, open, flat roof
Basement, stories: No basement, 2 full stories
Number of occupants, ages: 2 middle-aged adults, 2 children (6 and 1 year old)
Space requirements ground floor, upper floor: Ground floor 100m² (1,076 sq ft), upper floor 80m² (861 sq ft)
Office: family use or home office? Home office
Guests per year: 2 persons, 3 times per year
Open or closed architecture: open
Conservative or modern construction: modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island
Number of dining seats: 8
Fireplace: no
Music/stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: both yes
Vegetable garden, greenhouse: no
Additional wishes/particulars/daily routine, including reasons for preferences:
Living and dining areas as much as possible facing south
Kitchen with freestanding island and partly open pantry around the corner
House Design
Designed by:
- Planner from a construction company
- Architect
What do you particularly like? Why? Workshop at the back, bicycle stand, size of children’s rooms, master bedroom area on the north side, staircase option 1
What do you dislike? Why? Very small garden, especially between the terrace and neighboring house
Option 1:
Ground floor:
- Bad: Kitchen too small, freestanding kitchen island measuring 2.35m x 1.1m (7.7 x 3.6 feet) does not fit, entrance to living area too narrow
- Good: spacious hallway, open staircase with landing
Upper floor:
- Bad: Access to children’s bathroom through utility room, entrance to master bedroom through dressing room, makeup table in master bedroom instead of dressing room
- Good: spacious master bathroom, size of utility room and children’s bathroom
Option 2:
Ground floor:
- Bad: no staircase landing, small entrance/hallway, entrance to living area directly from the foyer
- Good: large kitchen
Upper floor:
- Bad: utility room too large, entrance to sleeping area awkward (one walks into a wall), makeup table in master bedroom, master bathroom too small
- Good: separate entrance to utility room
Price estimate according to architect/planner: 3,200 €/m2
Personal price limit for house including fixtures: 700,000 €
Preferred heating system: heat pump
If you had to give up some features/finishes, which ones?
- Can give up: open staircase
- Cannot give up: pantry, kitchen with island, utility room on upper floor, children’s bathroom, large dressing room
Why is the design like it is now? For example:
Standard design from the planner? Architect developed options 1 & 2 after consultation
Which of your wishes were implemented by the architect?
A mix of many examples from various magazines...
What do you think are the particular strengths or weaknesses of the design?
Do you have suggestions on how we should plan the living/dining/kitchen area to create an L-shaped layout? There should be space for a kitchen island (2.35m x 1.1m) (7.7 x 3.6 feet). The staircase should be placed centrally in the house to improve the layout of the upper floor rooms.
Any other improvement suggestions?
Many thanks
Cubus3f
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hanghaus202314 Mar 2024 22:17Cubus3f schrieb:
Access to the pantry should be designed as follows. So, no hidden door.
Irony on: But the handle doesn’t fit the architecture. Does the architect know your preferences? Irony off.hanghaus2023 schrieb:
Sarcasm on: The handle doesn't match the architecture. Does the architect know your preferences? Sarcasm off.Yes, I’m a bit confused now too… I imagined a more modern version, so something straight-lined.hanghaus2023 schrieb:
That’s called a "backup kitchen." A pantry is out of fashion.A backup kitchen should have a proper entrance. Anything else just leads to frustration 😎Quick & Dirty, Part 2
Staircase at 4.20 meters (14 feet), slightly shifted towards the top of the plan (north), wardrobe rotated, WC adjusted. Check.
Upper floor: Parent’s area in the north, walk-in closet fits, bedroom has to manage with a smaller window and roller shutters. You will cope with that.
Bathrooms still need some refinement. I would have preferred the toilets to be together in the north, but it doesn’t fit. You can’t put everything into the dark corner.
WC soil pipe is located in the kitchen. This is common in many row houses.
Utility room should have the riser in the technical closet. Check.
For the stairway with one or two steps underneath, the architect will handle that.
Ah, these preliminary drafts from professionals are enjoyable and fun because they still allow for ideas. Everything is possible, nothing is mandatory. Check check.
Staircase at 4.20 meters (14 feet), slightly shifted towards the top of the plan (north), wardrobe rotated, WC adjusted. Check.
Upper floor: Parent’s area in the north, walk-in closet fits, bedroom has to manage with a smaller window and roller shutters. You will cope with that.
Bathrooms still need some refinement. I would have preferred the toilets to be together in the north, but it doesn’t fit. You can’t put everything into the dark corner.
WC soil pipe is located in the kitchen. This is common in many row houses.
Utility room should have the riser in the technical closet. Check.
For the stairway with one or two steps underneath, the architect will handle that.
Ah, these preliminary drafts from professionals are enjoyable and fun because they still allow for ideas. Everything is possible, nothing is mandatory. Check check.
Cubus3f schrieb:
Take a look, these are the old plans and you can see the floor-to-ceiling heights here. However, we will ask for more detailed information tomorrow. Uh... yes, and I already mentioned this in post #30:
11ant schrieb:
The drawing is unreliable not only due to the poor resolution: on the upper floor there is a floor structure listed as 15cm (6 inches) thick; on the ground floor the floor structure height is unknown and, based on "subtract only the sums of...", cannot be deducted accordingly from the data given. The floor-to-ceiling height is apparently "335cm (132 inches) from top of the ground floor structural slab to top of the upper floor structural slab"—likely around 320cm (126 inches) if the ground floor construction height matches that of the upper floor. Double the inputs from the accompanying expert! https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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ypg schrieb:
Yes, now I’m a bit confused too... I was thinking of a more modern design, meaning straight lines.
What would you do differently if you wanted this American style?
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