ᐅ Single-family house design with a gable roof located at the edge of the development area
Created on: 25 Sep 2020 18:06
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RotorMotor
Dear Home Builders,
After extensive experimenting with paper and templates for various staircases, carports, and layouts, we would like to discuss our current favorite design with you.
To the north and east, there is forest.
To the south and west, the neighbors.
Therefore, the house opens towards the east to enjoy peace and a great view.
The building envelope is 13x13m (43x43 ft), which is fully utilized by the 4m (13 ft) carport and 9m (30 ft) wide house, leaving 1m (3 ft) depth at the front.
The plot is mostly level but sits consistently about 40cm (16 inches) above the street; however, building up to 50cm (20 inches) higher is allowed.
The floor plans are oriented north and hand-dimensioned.
Please note that the roof could not be properly designed with the software.
Also, the landing staircase could not be modeled correctly in the tool but is marked green in the stair portal.
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 750m² (8,073 sq ft)
Slope: No
Site coverage ratio: 0.4
Floor area ratio: 0.6
Building envelope, building line and boundary: 13x13m (43x43 ft)
Edge development
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: max 2
Roof type: Gable roof <45°
Style
Orientation: East-West ridge line specified
Maximum height / limits: Ridge height 6m (20 ft), eaves height 10.5m (34 ft)
Other requirements: Carports only on the sides or in front of the building; no basement replacement rooms in the front garden (5m (16 ft) wide strip between building and access road)
Client Requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: Single-family house with gable roof
Basement, floors: none, 1.5/2
Number of occupants, age: 2 (~30 years) + 2 children planned
Room needs ground floor / upper floor: Bedroom, dressing room, bathroom, 2x children’s rooms
Office: 1x family use (guest room) and 1x home office
Overnight guests per year: regularly
Open or closed architecture: open
Conservative or modern construction: calm, rather modern but not fixed on style
Open kitchen, kitchen island: open
Number of dining seats: 8 (at one table, no kitchen counter)
Fireplace: No
Music/sound wall: desired
Garage, carport: 1x carport, 1x parking space, bicycle shed
Other wishes / special features / daily routine, also explanations why certain things are preferred or avoided: Use of the beautiful view towards the east
House Design
Who designed it: Own design (of course a mix of ideas we have seen, etc.)
What do you especially like? Why? All rooms placed in the desired cardinal direction and size
What do you dislike? Why?
- Sofa orientation might create tight spots, but we would like the “music wall” facing the open-plan living/kitchen area.
- Few windows facing south, but since there is a neighbor’s house and carport to the west and the street to the south, we think the open living area is best located towards the east.
Price estimate by architect/planner: $400,000 (house only)
Personal budget limit for the house including fittings: Some flexibility left (but not required)
Preferred heating technology: Air-to-water heat pump + photovoltaic
If you have to compromise, which details/extensions
- can you give up:
- cannot give up:
Why is the design as it is now? e.g.
We created a list of requirements.
Looked at hundreds of floor plans and experimented until we decided we like this one.
What makes it particularly good or bad in your opinion?
It accommodates almost all requirements within the building limits.
What is the most important / fundamental question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
Is the open living area well laid out?
Is the staircase well chosen?
Can we fit the building services (air-to-water heat pump, central mechanical ventilation with heat recovery, photovoltaic) distributed between the attic and laundry room?
Any other comments?
After extensive experimenting with paper and templates for various staircases, carports, and layouts, we would like to discuss our current favorite design with you.
To the north and east, there is forest.
To the south and west, the neighbors.
Therefore, the house opens towards the east to enjoy peace and a great view.
The building envelope is 13x13m (43x43 ft), which is fully utilized by the 4m (13 ft) carport and 9m (30 ft) wide house, leaving 1m (3 ft) depth at the front.
The plot is mostly level but sits consistently about 40cm (16 inches) above the street; however, building up to 50cm (20 inches) higher is allowed.
The floor plans are oriented north and hand-dimensioned.
Please note that the roof could not be properly designed with the software.
Also, the landing staircase could not be modeled correctly in the tool but is marked green in the stair portal.
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 750m² (8,073 sq ft)
Slope: No
Site coverage ratio: 0.4
Floor area ratio: 0.6
Building envelope, building line and boundary: 13x13m (43x43 ft)
Edge development
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: max 2
Roof type: Gable roof <45°
Style
Orientation: East-West ridge line specified
Maximum height / limits: Ridge height 6m (20 ft), eaves height 10.5m (34 ft)
Other requirements: Carports only on the sides or in front of the building; no basement replacement rooms in the front garden (5m (16 ft) wide strip between building and access road)
Client Requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: Single-family house with gable roof
Basement, floors: none, 1.5/2
Number of occupants, age: 2 (~30 years) + 2 children planned
Room needs ground floor / upper floor: Bedroom, dressing room, bathroom, 2x children’s rooms
Office: 1x family use (guest room) and 1x home office
Overnight guests per year: regularly
Open or closed architecture: open
Conservative or modern construction: calm, rather modern but not fixed on style
Open kitchen, kitchen island: open
Number of dining seats: 8 (at one table, no kitchen counter)
Fireplace: No
Music/sound wall: desired
Garage, carport: 1x carport, 1x parking space, bicycle shed
Other wishes / special features / daily routine, also explanations why certain things are preferred or avoided: Use of the beautiful view towards the east
House Design
Who designed it: Own design (of course a mix of ideas we have seen, etc.)
What do you especially like? Why? All rooms placed in the desired cardinal direction and size
What do you dislike? Why?
- Sofa orientation might create tight spots, but we would like the “music wall” facing the open-plan living/kitchen area.
- Few windows facing south, but since there is a neighbor’s house and carport to the west and the street to the south, we think the open living area is best located towards the east.
Price estimate by architect/planner: $400,000 (house only)
Personal budget limit for the house including fittings: Some flexibility left (but not required)
Preferred heating technology: Air-to-water heat pump + photovoltaic
If you have to compromise, which details/extensions
- can you give up:
- cannot give up:
Why is the design as it is now? e.g.
We created a list of requirements.
Looked at hundreds of floor plans and experimented until we decided we like this one.
What makes it particularly good or bad in your opinion?
It accommodates almost all requirements within the building limits.
What is the most important / fundamental question about the floor plan in 130 characters?
Is the open living area well laid out?
Is the staircase well chosen?
Can we fit the building services (air-to-water heat pump, central mechanical ventilation with heat recovery, photovoltaic) distributed between the attic and laundry room?
Any other comments?
I am more familiar with the situation where, as soon as sunlight comes through the window, the blinds are lowered to protect against heat and to prevent furniture damage. Therefore, I think windows that, due to their orientation, let in daylight but no direct sunlight would actually be quite beneficial.
Windows are great and not uncomfortable at all. I feel trapped without a lot of window area.
Sunlight is a burden for six months of the year and welcome for the other six.
Our main terrace faces northwest, toward the play area and close to the coffee machine.
In spring or late autumn, the garden chair sometimes moves toward the south.
The courtyard was never used as a ride-on car track. The skateboarding area was and still is more popular. It even started with riding O-ball cars there.
I find option 1 from @RomeoZwo quite charming. There isn’t much traffic, a hedge on the south side for privacy, and you have a protected south-facing area. Even with your plan, I would have moved the bicycles from that spot, added privacy screening in the south, so a few sun rays still reach the terrace.
Did you draw in your actual furniture for the open-plan space? I find the sofa rather small. 4m (13 feet) is narrow. I might try an L-shaped arrangement like @RomeoZwo suggested.
A coatroom is missing. With children, everything needs a bit more space.
The bathroom upstairs is problematic.
Sunlight is a burden for six months of the year and welcome for the other six.
Our main terrace faces northwest, toward the play area and close to the coffee machine.
In spring or late autumn, the garden chair sometimes moves toward the south.
The courtyard was never used as a ride-on car track. The skateboarding area was and still is more popular. It even started with riding O-ball cars there.
I find option 1 from @RomeoZwo quite charming. There isn’t much traffic, a hedge on the south side for privacy, and you have a protected south-facing area. Even with your plan, I would have moved the bicycles from that spot, added privacy screening in the south, so a few sun rays still reach the terrace.
Did you draw in your actual furniture for the open-plan space? I find the sofa rather small. 4m (13 feet) is narrow. I might try an L-shaped arrangement like @RomeoZwo suggested.
A coatroom is missing. With children, everything needs a bit more space.
The bathroom upstairs is problematic.
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RotorMotor27 Sep 2020 12:07ypg schrieb:
What height did you plan for the knee wall?Currently, we have planned for 1.5 meters (5 feet).My wife would like it as high as possible, while the preferred main contractor wants it as low as possible.
We haven’t fully decided on this yet.
I just didn’t really like the look of it as a two-story.
ypg schrieb:
Have you planned dormers on both sides?For now, only on the south side to provide proper windows for the children.The main contractor already sent us a draft with two dormers, but in that version the walk-in closet was on the north side and would have had insufficient height and light without a dormer.
But here too, we are pretty open.
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RotorMotor27 Sep 2020 14:29haydee schrieb:
I find option 1 from @RomeoZwo quite charming. There isn’t much traffic, a hedge to the south for privacy, and you get a protected south-facing area. Even with your plan, I would have removed the bikes from there, placing the privacy screen to the south so that a few sun rays can still reach the terrace. The bikes were meant as a privacy screen for the terrace and for storage as well.
We don’t have a garage or basement. Would it be better to place the shed somewhere else?
haydee schrieb:
Did you insert your actual furniture in the open-plan room? Yes, those are our current pieces that we would like to continue using for a while, but of course we don’t want to distort the floor plan for that. After all, 1m² (11 sq ft) of living space is more expensive than a new sofa.
So we are definitely open to improvements here as well.
haydee schrieb:
I find the sofa quite small. 4m (13 ft) is narrow.
Maybe try an L-shape arrangement with @RomeoZwo’s layout? An L-shape would probably move the kitchen away from the main garden.
Even though we don’t have it like that currently, we really like the idea of, for example, integrating the grill with the cooking area or simply being able to step outside from the kitchen quickly with something in hand.
But of course, it is always a compromise, and the question is which compromise we are willing to accept in the end.
At the moment, everything is aligned to “straight meters.”
Often 4m (13 ft) — living area, dining area, carport, etc.
Would moving things around a bit gain anything?
You can enjoy the southern sun on the terrace. Place privacy screens as close to the property boundary as possible.
I would try it like this, moving clockwise starting from the current guest room: it becomes the utility room, the guest bathroom remains, the living room becomes the guest room, the dining area becomes the kitchen, the kitchen becomes the dining area, the utility room and WC become the living area.
I would also extend the terrace a bit more towards the south.
Place the privacy screen right on the boundary so that the front yard turns into a more secluded garden with western sun.
I would try it like this, moving clockwise starting from the current guest room: it becomes the utility room, the guest bathroom remains, the living room becomes the guest room, the dining area becomes the kitchen, the kitchen becomes the dining area, the utility room and WC become the living area.
I would also extend the terrace a bit more towards the south.
Place the privacy screen right on the boundary so that the front yard turns into a more secluded garden with western sun.
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