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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hanghaus202316 Mar 2024 11:35I am still unsure how the OP plans to arrange the furniture in the living/dining area and kitchen.
Regarding heating in the southern regions, I would recommend integrating cooling into the underfloor heating system. Our experience with this has been entirely positive. Additionally, outside shading should be possible. Personally, I am not a fan of floor-to-ceiling windows on the upper floor, but that is a matter of taste. This way, the children's rooms become the nicest rooms on the upper floor – bright and pleasant – ideal for playing or learning to write.
Alternatively, there is this option with a master bathroom, though the utility room would then be located above the living room. However, this pipe is not quite as thick. I could imagine it being concealed behind a stud wall.
Alternatively, there is this option with a master bathroom, though the utility room would then be located above the living room. However, this pipe is not quite as thick. I could imagine it being concealed behind a stud wall.
K a t j a schrieb:
Unfortunately, the 2.75 m (9 ft) is not enough information for the staircase. We need the floor-to-floor height. That is the height the stairs have to cover, from one finished floor to the next.
Did you specify the 2.75 m (9 ft)? The floor-to-floor height on the ground floor is planned to be 3.15 m (10 ft 4 in). We did not explicitly specify 2.75 m (9 ft), but we wanted higher ceilings on the ground floor.
K a t j a schrieb:
Regarding heating in the south, I would definitely recommend integrating cooling into the underfloor heating system. We can only report positive experiences with it. Additionally, external shading should be possible. Personally, I am not a fan of floor-to-ceiling windows on the upper floor, but that is a matter of taste. This way, the children's rooms are the nicest rooms upstairs – bright and friendly – ideal for playing or learning to write.
Alternatively, I have this version with a master bathroom, although the utility room would then be above the living room. However, this pipe run is not quite as large. I could imagine it being concealed behind a false wall.
[ATTACH alt="Cubus OG Altern2.jpg"]84857[/ATTACH] Thank you very much for the design, Katja!
We are still leaning towards placing both children's rooms in the south. What would external shading look like in this case? We want to install blinds in both children’s rooms. A flat roof without an overhang is planned.
Is there a way to include a walk-in closet of about 3m (10 feet) each and space for a vanity table in your first version (with the children’s rooms in the south)? The architect’s design solved this very well for the parents’ area.
It’s really great to get so much input from all of you! Fantastic community 🙂
Cubus3f schrieb:
Is there a way to do it with your first option (with the kids’ rooms facing south)? But you did notice that Katja planned with a shortened staircase in order to fit two kids’ rooms with that width at all, right?
Cubus3f schrieb:
The floor-to-ceiling height on the ground floor is supposed to be 3.15 m (10.3 ft). Cubus3f schrieb:
We are still leaning toward putting both kids’ rooms on the south side. That won’t work!
Cubus3f schrieb:
It is a flat roof without eaves planned. Oh, playful American style… I think I’m out 🙁
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