ᐅ Modern Bauhaus-style house, extensive use of glass, 170 sqm on ground floor and upper floor, currently in Phase 3
Created on: 7 Feb 2021 19:03
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Lote1971
Hello dear building community,
we plan to start building our dream home in spring. The plot has already been purchased. A small single-family house including a basement from the 1930s was also demolished. Utility connections are ready.
We greatly welcome your opinions and suggestions!
Thank you very much!
Plot approx. 1100 sqm (11,840 sq ft)
North-south orientation
Rectangular, width approx. 25 m (82 ft)
Development according to §34, infill development
Surrounding buildings mostly with pitched roofs
My design parameters for the architect
Style: Bauhaus, cubic
Architecture: Ground floor and upper floor visually separated, attached/integrated garage with small utility/storage room
Simple, timeless, functional, and open layout on the ground floor
Generous glazing facing the garden, upper floor with 3 children’s bedrooms, bathroom
Roof type: Flat roof
Open transparent staircase, straight
Outdoor area for garden use, outdoor pool
We are now in design phase 3 and this is the current status:
170.86 m² (1,839 sq ft) living space ground floor/upper floor
39.47 m² (425 sq ft) usable area ground floor
938.27 m³ (33,137 cubic ft) gross volume
Exterior walls made of Poroton XP9, 36.5 cm (14 in)
Garage facade cladding in Resopal
Roof plumbing in aluminum, gutters, downspouts, flashings, wind boards, connections
Fine stoneware tiles, 100/100 cm (39/39 inches), throughout ground and upper floors
Wood-aluminum windows / patio doors, triple-glazed
Soltis / screen sunshade system, electrically operated
Insulated flat roof covering
Underfloor heating system
Central heating with heat pump
Geothermal energy use via deep borehole probe
Photovoltaic system on the roof as retrofit
Cooling for summer, possibly mechanical ventilation with heat recovery
Target KfW 55, preferably KfW 40
Cost calculation
we plan to start building our dream home in spring. The plot has already been purchased. A small single-family house including a basement from the 1930s was also demolished. Utility connections are ready.
We greatly welcome your opinions and suggestions!
Thank you very much!
Plot approx. 1100 sqm (11,840 sq ft)
North-south orientation
Rectangular, width approx. 25 m (82 ft)
Development according to §34, infill development
Surrounding buildings mostly with pitched roofs
My design parameters for the architect
Style: Bauhaus, cubic
Architecture: Ground floor and upper floor visually separated, attached/integrated garage with small utility/storage room
Simple, timeless, functional, and open layout on the ground floor
Generous glazing facing the garden, upper floor with 3 children’s bedrooms, bathroom
Roof type: Flat roof
Open transparent staircase, straight
Outdoor area for garden use, outdoor pool
We are now in design phase 3 and this is the current status:
170.86 m² (1,839 sq ft) living space ground floor/upper floor
39.47 m² (425 sq ft) usable area ground floor
938.27 m³ (33,137 cubic ft) gross volume
Exterior walls made of Poroton XP9, 36.5 cm (14 in)
Garage facade cladding in Resopal
Roof plumbing in aluminum, gutters, downspouts, flashings, wind boards, connections
Fine stoneware tiles, 100/100 cm (39/39 inches), throughout ground and upper floors
Wood-aluminum windows / patio doors, triple-glazed
Soltis / screen sunshade system, electrically operated
Insulated flat roof covering
Underfloor heating system
Central heating with heat pump
Geothermal energy use via deep borehole probe
Photovoltaic system on the roof as retrofit
Cooling for summer, possibly mechanical ventilation with heat recovery
Target KfW 55, preferably KfW 40
Cost calculation
| Trade | Gross |
| Waterproofing works | €8,444 |
| Construction site cleaning | €655 |
| Construction site facilities | €5,950 |
| Concrete works | €78,289 |
| Roofing | €36,265 |
| Electrical installations | €19,064 |
| Drainage sewer works | €7,811 |
| Earthworks | €14,691 |
| Screed works | €5,861 |
| Facade cladding | €18,564 |
| Windows, exterior doors | €51,836 |
| Tiling and slab works | €36,450 |
| Garage door | €5,355 |
| Building automation | – |
| Scaffolding works | €5,998 |
| Heating | €52,360 |
| Interior doors | €8,003 |
| Ventilation | – |
| Masonry works | €99,200 |
| Planning | €92,397 |
| Sanitary installations | €20,944 |
| Sun protection | €17,077 |
| Wallpapering | €4,834 |
| Drywall works | €2,695 |
| Total amount | €592,742 |
hampshire schrieb:
If the building authority doesn’t approve it – and there are plenty of reasons why they might not – that’s unfortunate. No, I’m actually afraid that the building authority won’t believe the original poster is making a genuine effort at moderation or decency.
Alessandro schrieb:
This house (whatever style you want to call it) definitely enhances the residential area. In fact, every new house does. In my opinion, this house would be a precedent here in that sense; it would provoke without actually adding any value in return. I mean this completely separate from the question of whether someone can distinguish between Bauhaus and Hornbach or even spell Stiehl correctly. Someone wants to put my namesake in a china shop; the naive people shouldn’t be so xenophobic, the fox is so cute. Even if it were a pure Bauhaus design – it wouldn’t fit into this neighborhood any better than a McMansion from hell (because in combination with the surroundings it still forms something like that).
Alessandro schrieb:
What’s so preachy about it? As always, it’s a matter of personal taste, and it’s obvious that tastes can vary completely over several decades. You’re right, “preachy” is the wrong word for such a demonstration of the most brutal possible contrast. Your house, on the other hand, is a modern interpretation in white of what your neighbors built five decades earlier in yellow-gray. That’s why it’s not an oddity, even with not-so-perfectly aligned garbage bins 🙂
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
Alessandro schrieb:
This house (whatever style you might call it) definitely enhances the residential area. By the way, every new house does. That may certainly be true, that a new and modern house can enhance a neighborhood here and there. But unfortunately, the opposite is often the case as well, meaning the surroundings can diminish the value of a new house.
I think there’s no need to argue here: either it gets approved or it doesn’t, period.
Personally, I find the upper floor’s exterior color quite well matched to gable roof houses – this could be a good approach for approval, especially the adaptation to gable roofs.
That said, you live inside, and you’re not building a house model that looks great from the outside (subjective, of course) but offers little practical functionality inside.
What’s missing are the utility rooms -> storage, closet, laundry room... and if you have belongings for five people (we don’t know the ages of the others), I would voluntarily choose the gable roof version.
However, the original poster seems quite resistant to advice when it comes to functionality.
Personally, I find the upper floor’s exterior color quite well matched to gable roof houses – this could be a good approach for approval, especially the adaptation to gable roofs.
That said, you live inside, and you’re not building a house model that looks great from the outside (subjective, of course) but offers little practical functionality inside.
What’s missing are the utility rooms -> storage, closet, laundry room... and if you have belongings for five people (we don’t know the ages of the others), I would voluntarily choose the gable roof version.
However, the original poster seems quite resistant to advice when it comes to functionality.
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pagoni20208 Feb 2021 16:13Alessandro schrieb:
This house(.....) definitely enhances the neighborhood. By the way, every new house does. So does that mean every homeowner can consider themselves a kind of missionary who has simply painted over the previous dull gray misery...? I see – I guess I still need to learn that kind of confidence.
I have traveled a lot, and for many years I have spent time in the East, where in the 70s to 90s people either didn’t have the money or didn’t value certain things.
However, when I drive around now, here or in my former home region, I’m no longer sure whether this style of building truly improves the areas. When I see neighborhoods that have neither been disturbed by excavators nor improved by style-conscious homeowners with better incomes, I feel happy about that – until I turn a corner and see the same patterns again.
So far, I haven’t thought that my own house could add value to the area. On the contrary, there was usually just a meadow before, but now there are hundreds of retaining wall blocks, trampolines, and metal fences standing around. That really stands out to me... the enthusiasm for fencing!
Come on, everyone, it sometimes sounds here as if the only reason for building the house is to really show off to the neighbors :-) and not because someone actually likes the style. The original poster hasn’t responded anymore either. As mentioned, I assume the preliminary building inquiry has been submitted and will be approved. But maybe I’m wrong and the family will fail :-) I’m afraid we won’t find out anymore.
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pagoni20208 Feb 2021 18:35Ysop*** schrieb:
Oh, come on, everyone, some people here are acting as if the only reason to build a house is just to show off to the neighbors 🙂 Well, if that were truly the main motivation for building your own house, then medication alone might not be enough to address that.
Still, you live in a community and therefore should not only pursue your own benefits to the fullest or even force them… that’s been discussed here.