ᐅ Single-family home, approximately 160 m², Bauhaus style; first design draft based on our requirements
Created on: 23 Aug 2019 22:03
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Notstrom
Hello everyone,
we've been looking forward to this for a long time, and now we can finally share our first draft floor plan/design for discussion. We’re very curious to hear your feedback.
Those of you who have seen my thread before (https://www.hausbau-forum.de/threads/efh-Bauhausstil-Wohnfläche-180m-mit-Doppelgarage.31853/) know what to expect, and here comes the gem.
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 530m² (about 5,700 sq ft)
Slope: No
Site coverage ratio (Grundflächenzahl): see screenshot
Floor area ratio (Geschossflächenzahl): see screenshot
Building envelope, building line, and boundaries: see screenshot
Edge development: see screenshot
Number of parking spaces: double garage
Number of floors: 2
Roof style: flat roof
Architectural style: Bauhaus
Orientation
Maximum height/limitations
Other requirements
The green highlighted area represents our plot => Parcel 8479
Homeowner Requirements
Style, roof type, building type: Bauhaus style, flat roof
Basement, floors: Basement yes, ground floor, upper floor
Number of residents, ages: 3 people, potentially 4: 33, 30, 2 years old
Space requirements on ground and upper floors: Initially planned 180 m² (about 1,940 sq ft) on two stories, now reduced to 160 m² (about 1,720 sq ft) after feedback, with the ground floor slightly larger than the upper floor, around 75–85 m² (810–915 sq ft)
Office: Family use or home office? Yes, in the basement (guest room <-> office)
Overnight guests per year: Hard to say, probably about 10 times per year with 2–5 guests each time
Open or closed architecture: Rather open
Conservative or modern construction: Rather modern
Open kitchen, cooking island: Island
Number of dining spaces: 1
Fireplace: Yes
Music/sound system wall: Our soundbar is sufficient
Balcony, roof terrace: Maybe, undecided (Architect’s comment: How often do you really go out for a beer on the balcony/roof terrace instead of the nice terrace on the ground floor?)
Garage, carport: Double garage, possibly single garage with carport
Kitchen garden, greenhouse: Small but nice (a few tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchinis…)
House Design
Planning by: Architect
What do you particularly like? Why? We like the architecture with the two offset rectangles, though we wonder if the extra cost (no price estimate yet) justifies this. We believe it is structurally more challenging than a simple "cube."
What don’t you like? Why? The size of the bedroom/walk-in closet/children’s room. It feels like the bedroom is missing 2–5 m² (about 20–55 sq ft), as is the second children’s room.
Price estimate according to architect/planner: The initial draft was around 550,000 EUR
Personal price limit for the house, including fixtures: 620,000 EUR
Preferred heating technology: Indifferent, but tendency toward heat pump.
If you had to give up something, which details/finishes
- You can give up: the current shape (nice but a cube would also do)
- You cannot give up: space
Why is the design the way it is now? For example:
Standard design from the planner? This is the second design resulting from last week’s discussion with us, and we find it very successful.
Which wishes were implemented by the architect? Absolutely, plus the idea he had to move the kitchen during development. The guest room has now moved to the basement, allowing more space on the ground floor (beforehand, it felt quite cramped and “squeezed”).
What makes it especially good or bad in your opinion? The architecture
...and now I’ll leave you alone with our house
Upper floor plan:
Basement:
we've been looking forward to this for a long time, and now we can finally share our first draft floor plan/design for discussion. We’re very curious to hear your feedback.
Those of you who have seen my thread before (https://www.hausbau-forum.de/threads/efh-Bauhausstil-Wohnfläche-180m-mit-Doppelgarage.31853/) know what to expect, and here comes the gem.
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 530m² (about 5,700 sq ft)
Slope: No
Site coverage ratio (Grundflächenzahl): see screenshot
Floor area ratio (Geschossflächenzahl): see screenshot
Building envelope, building line, and boundaries: see screenshot
Edge development: see screenshot
Number of parking spaces: double garage
Number of floors: 2
Roof style: flat roof
Architectural style: Bauhaus
Orientation
Maximum height/limitations
Other requirements
The green highlighted area represents our plot => Parcel 8479
Homeowner Requirements
Style, roof type, building type: Bauhaus style, flat roof
Basement, floors: Basement yes, ground floor, upper floor
Number of residents, ages: 3 people, potentially 4: 33, 30, 2 years old
Space requirements on ground and upper floors: Initially planned 180 m² (about 1,940 sq ft) on two stories, now reduced to 160 m² (about 1,720 sq ft) after feedback, with the ground floor slightly larger than the upper floor, around 75–85 m² (810–915 sq ft)
Office: Family use or home office? Yes, in the basement (guest room <-> office)
Overnight guests per year: Hard to say, probably about 10 times per year with 2–5 guests each time
Open or closed architecture: Rather open
Conservative or modern construction: Rather modern
Open kitchen, cooking island: Island
Number of dining spaces: 1
Fireplace: Yes
Music/sound system wall: Our soundbar is sufficient
Balcony, roof terrace: Maybe, undecided (Architect’s comment: How often do you really go out for a beer on the balcony/roof terrace instead of the nice terrace on the ground floor?)
Garage, carport: Double garage, possibly single garage with carport
Kitchen garden, greenhouse: Small but nice (a few tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchinis…)
House Design
Planning by: Architect
What do you particularly like? Why? We like the architecture with the two offset rectangles, though we wonder if the extra cost (no price estimate yet) justifies this. We believe it is structurally more challenging than a simple "cube."
What don’t you like? Why? The size of the bedroom/walk-in closet/children’s room. It feels like the bedroom is missing 2–5 m² (about 20–55 sq ft), as is the second children’s room.
Price estimate according to architect/planner: The initial draft was around 550,000 EUR
Personal price limit for the house, including fixtures: 620,000 EUR
Preferred heating technology: Indifferent, but tendency toward heat pump.
If you had to give up something, which details/finishes
- You can give up: the current shape (nice but a cube would also do)
- You cannot give up: space
Why is the design the way it is now? For example:
Standard design from the planner? This is the second design resulting from last week’s discussion with us, and we find it very successful.
Which wishes were implemented by the architect? Absolutely, plus the idea he had to move the kitchen during development. The guest room has now moved to the basement, allowing more space on the ground floor (beforehand, it felt quite cramped and “squeezed”).
What makes it especially good or bad in your opinion? The architecture
...and now I’ll leave you alone with our house
Upper floor plan:
Basement:
Notstrom schrieb:
Can you recommend floor plans or houses in Bauhaus design that make you say, “Wow! This is a benchmark”? In my opinion, you can’t really say that in such an abstract way, because good architecture always takes into account the needs of the plot and the specific homeowners (in my view, also in that order).
Similar to your style, I’m reminded of Gnosa Architects’ SB 16 (plans published in Cube Magazine Hamburg). Just as an idea, not necessarily a “wow” reference. It’s missing the garage, and the plot and footprint are somewhat larger there. Too much “wow!” isn’t always good for everyday living, either.
Personally, I’m not very fond of the white flat-roof boxes (I like to look at them but wouldn’t want to live in one, and as someone from northern Germany, I’d probably get annoyed by the green algae that forms on the façades after a few years). I prefer a visually clean edge and the texture of brickwork with a pitched roof without overhangs. But that’s highly subjective.
For a nice visual effect, for example, there’s the Blankenese House by Bub Architects (plans available with Schöner Wohnen). Of course, the price tag probably reflects that. We ourselves took inspiration from Baurmann Dürr’s Kirchfeld residential house, with its staggered corner levels, and adapted it by adding brick veneer, mirroring, rotating it, and adjusting it to our needs and simplifying it, as mentioned above.
For inspiration, browse through popular architecture magazines online—you’ll find plenty to marvel at (along with plenty of staged presentations). In Bavaria, there is also the BR Traumhäuser series available online in the media library, which is very entertaining.
For inspiration, I can recommend the Bauhaus series from Rensch-Haus. However, only a few models are available online. The best ones can be found in the catalogs. Unfortunately, so far I have only found designs starting from 200m² (2,153 sq ft) and up. But they are still good for gathering ideas. Just request the catalogs.
I’m sure other providers will also be happy to send you something.
I’m sure other providers will also be happy to send you something.
Hmm... even though I like the exterior and generally find the floor plan quite usable in many areas, the main issue seems to be that 160m² (1,722 sq ft) is not enough for a centrally located, straight staircase.
Too much space is taken up by it on both floors.
I don’t think the living room is too small; it’s probably around 15m² (160 sq ft) or so.
However, as has been mentioned several times, it is too open and probably feels uncomfortable because of that.
The dining area is really disproportionately large.
The upper floor generally works in my opinion, and the small children’s room is big enough, as is the bathroom.
Of course, both could be larger if less space was used for the hallway.
The bathroom furnishing really doesn’t fit; it will need a complete redesign.
Is the architect providing you with another design featuring a different (non-straight) staircase?
Too much space is taken up by it on both floors.
I don’t think the living room is too small; it’s probably around 15m² (160 sq ft) or so.
However, as has been mentioned several times, it is too open and probably feels uncomfortable because of that.
The dining area is really disproportionately large.
The upper floor generally works in my opinion, and the small children’s room is big enough, as is the bathroom.
Of course, both could be larger if less space was used for the hallway.
The bathroom furnishing really doesn’t fit; it will need a complete redesign.
Is the architect providing you with another design featuring a different (non-straight) staircase?
Notstrom schrieb:
Hi,
We are from Baden-Württemberg, so North Rhine-Westphalia is rather difficult for us. Offsets, bay windows, etc. only add cost according to the architect but bring little benefit?!That is true. Based on the current design, I thought this was accepted? Otherwise, the current shape cannot be explained. It is neither affordable nor practical. A projecting upper floor set back. Who would do that if not for aesthetic preference?
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