ᐅ Optimize the upper floor of the townhouse. Install floor-to-ceiling windows.
Created on: 5 May 2020 18:37
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Coletrickle_7808
Hi, attached is a floor plan for a townhouse (142sqm (1,527 sq ft)).
What can be improved here? How can the upper floor be optimized in relation to Child 2’s room?
All windows on the upper floor are floor-to-ceiling and located in the same positions as on the ground floor.
On the ground floor, for example, I would create an opening from the kitchen to the hallway opposite the floor-to-ceiling window.
1. This would save having to go through the living room.
2. It would allow natural light into the hallway through that window.
Additionally, I might consider moving the fireplace closer to the living room.
- This would make the walk-in closet more usable; it would probably not disturb Child 1’s room.
Regarding Child 2’s room, the only idea I have is to incorporate the hallway space. Child 2 would then have the wide floor-to-ceiling window, but the hallway would lose its window entirely...
I’m really at a loss here.
What can be improved here? How can the upper floor be optimized in relation to Child 2’s room?
All windows on the upper floor are floor-to-ceiling and located in the same positions as on the ground floor.
On the ground floor, for example, I would create an opening from the kitchen to the hallway opposite the floor-to-ceiling window.
1. This would save having to go through the living room.
2. It would allow natural light into the hallway through that window.
Additionally, I might consider moving the fireplace closer to the living room.
- This would make the walk-in closet more usable; it would probably not disturb Child 1’s room.
Regarding Child 2’s room, the only idea I have is to incorporate the hallway space. Child 2 would then have the wide floor-to-ceiling window, but the hallway would lose its window entirely...
I’m really at a loss here.
hausnrplus256 May 2020 15:44Where exactly is north?
It seems to me that the floor plan is being designed around the windows, rather than creating a floor plan first and then positioning the windows based on their purpose. Would that be an option for you?
It seems to me that the floor plan is being designed around the windows, rather than creating a floor plan first and then positioning the windows based on their purpose. Would that be an option for you?
By the way, I interpret the wall thicknesses on the upper floor as a composite construction method, meaning the interior walls are made of aerated concrete.
That is an accurate description of the essential approach behind the failed recipe of the Instead-Villa.
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hausnrplus25 schrieb:
To me, it seems as if the floor plan is designed around the windows rather than first establishing a floor plan and then placing windows according to their function?!
That is an accurate description of the essential approach behind the failed recipe of the Instead-Villa.
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
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Coletrickle_78086 May 2020 15:52He just left it out like that... it’s like in the first version (#26), where it fits at the top as well.
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Coletrickle_78086 May 2020 15:56So... the load-bearing walls are made of aerated concrete, the non-load-bearing ones are standard drywall.
In the bedroom, there will be a bed and two nightstands, a TV stand including the TV placed against the wall, and behind that, the dressing table… we don’t want more than that, just like now.
In the bedroom, there will be a bed and two nightstands, a TV stand including the TV placed against the wall, and behind that, the dressing table… we don’t want more than that, just like now.
Coletrickle_7808 schrieb:
So...load-bearing walls are aerated concrete, non-load-bearing ones are standard drywall. The latter may be true; 15 cm (6 inches) aerated concrete is not load-bearing (though this is not needed on the upper floor here anyway).
Coletrickle_7808 schrieb:
In the bedroom there will be a bed and 2 bedside tables, a TV stand with TV in front of the wall, and behind it a dressing table...we don’t want more than that. Just like now. Too many cooks spoil the broth – a similar idea applies to “too many wishes per square meter.”
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
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