ᐅ Single-family cube house without a roof, with a full storey

Created on: 25 Nov 2018 21:59
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JohannaK
Hello everyone,

I will probably start building a house with my family in the spring, but unfortunately, the floor plan is quite a difficult matter. I never would have thought so. Above all, it no longer fits our ideas at all. We have about 100m2 (1,076 sq ft) of green strip on the property, which unfortunately cannot be counted towards the floor area ratio. That's a long story...

Plot size 585m2 (6,298 sq ft)
Floor area ratio 0.4
Site coverage ratio 0.2

So, we are only allowed to build about 95.26m2 (1,025 sq ft) of footprint on the ground floor. Overall, we might end up with around 150m2 (1,615 sq ft) of living space. And now here are my floor plans.

The kitchen is sometimes shown with an integrated table at the kitchen island and sometimes without. Thanks for your opinions and tips.

Floor plan of an open space: kitchen on the left, staircase in the center, living room on the right with sofa.


Floor plan of a floor: staircase in the center, hallway, bedroom with bed, bathroom with shower and tub.
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ypg
29 Nov 2018 11:11
haydee schrieb:
Suddenly you find yourself in the kitchen.

Which is not a problem at all.
We do, but as mentioned: just the two of us, no children.
However, you might also want to be alone in the kitchen sometimes, for example to surprise someone on their birthday. In that case, I would prefer to centralize the dining area. The kitchen is spacious, but not designed as a thoroughfare.
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haydee
29 Nov 2018 11:40
Climbee schrieb:
So, how did it turn out? Different man or compromises???

More realistic kitchen adapted to budget, space, and body height
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haydee
29 Nov 2018 11:42
ypg schrieb:
That’s absolutely fine.
We have it too, but as I said: just the two of us, no children.
However, you might sometimes want to be alone in the kitchen, for example when preparing a surprise for a birthday, so I would prefer to place the dining area more centrally. The kitchen is spacious, but not designed as a thoroughfare.

It’s simply unusual. Might suit the original poster.
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JohannaK
29 Nov 2018 12:01
Putting small talk aside. Doesn’t this look funny? I have to go through the entire ground floor to get to the kitchen? How can I improve this? Is it possible in a simple cube-shaped design?

Okay, I’ll also take a look at the other floor plan from Fritz (?) right away.

Yes, Haydee, it matches my ideas and practical workflows, but somehow it just doesn’t feel right.
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haydee
29 Nov 2018 12:04
You only have a few extra steps to the kitchen, no doors, no narrow passages, nothing. I don’t find that problematic as long as everything else fits well.
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ypg
29 Nov 2018 12:19
JohannaK schrieb:
Yes haydee, it fits my ideas and practical workflows, but somehow it just doesn’t work out

The problem will be that you fixate on a specific shell and then try to force everything into it exactly as you previously imagined or as you are presenting it here now. That usually doesn’t work. You need to clear your mental hard drive and take a freer approach with your pencil.