ᐅ Single-family hillside house with basement for 2 people, including a home office and hobby rooms

Created on: 15 Apr 2020 07:48
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wibble
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot Size
Slope: see attachment. Quite steep near the street at the bottom, fairly flat at the "garden" area at the top
Floor Area Ratio 0.4
Building Coverage Ratio 0.8
Building envelope, building line, and boundary: irregular building envelope, see attachment, 18 meters
Edge development: not permitted except for ancillary buildings
Number of parking spaces: 2
Number of floors: not specified
Roof shape: not specified
Architectural style: not specified
Orientation: not specified
Maximum heights / limits: eaves height (section from exterior wall to roof covering at street level) 7.5 meters (24.6 feet), ridge height not specified.
Other requirements

Homeowners’ Requirements
Architectural style, roof shape, building type: gable or hip roof, preferably with dormers to add variation to the large roof
Basement, floors: basement, then ground floor, then upper floor with 1.40-meter (55 inches) knee wall
Number of occupants, age: 2 adults around 30 years old, 3 cats, no children planned but 2 rooms on the upper floor specifically desired for hobbies
Space requirements on ground and upper floors: see floor plan
Office: family use or home office? Both working from home, so office needed on upper floor and a partially finished basement for a second office (this layout is desired)
Guest stays per year: about 6 nights per year
Open or closed layout: ?
Conservative or modern construction: ?
Open kitchen, island: no kitchen island, closed kitchen
Number of dining seats: 4
Fireplace: yes
Music / stereo wall: no
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: garage for 2 cars with a wide door
Utility garden, greenhouse: no
Further wishes / special features / daily routine, including reasons: garage access to basement is important because of frequent off-site appointments, so I don’t want to walk through wind and rain. This elongated room is the sports room and must be kept as is.

House Design
Who designed it:
- Do-it-yourself
What do you particularly like? Why? Laundry room next to the bathroom, as I want a laundry chute for dirty clothes here.
What don’t you like? Why? After about 100 redesigns, everything is now satisfactory.
Price estimate according to architect/planner: no cost estimate yet for this floor plan.
Personal budget limit for the house, including fittings: 500,000
Preferred heating technology: air-to-water heat pump with underfloor heating

If you had to give up, which details / extensions
- could you do without: second hobby room on upper floor, guest room on ground floor, instead use rooms in the basement.
- cannot give up: everything else

Why did the design end up as it is?
It’s a mix of many examples from various magazines… then tailored to our needs and the required functions of each room. Considerations included whether a room should be on the ground or upper floor, orientation, adjoining rooms, and traffic flows. Bedroom next to dressing room and bathroom, facing the garden, not above the living room, because my partner often has visitors in the evenings when I want to sleep. Office with no morning sun because sunlight disturbs me when working on screens, and I usually work early in the morning. Bathroom facing the garden.

What do you think makes it particularly good or bad?

What is the most important / fundamental question about the floor plan in 130 characters?

Do you have any suggestions for improvement?

The garage is planned on the left side of the house. The street is on the south side, and the garden extends to the northeast. The terrace should wrap around the corner near the living and dining area to get evening sun, but also provide shade during the summer midday heat. It is a south-facing slope. The neighboring houses are only bungalows built into the slope, so they do not block the light.

Technical sketch: rectangular table box with FAR and BCR values 0.4 and 0.8 as well as a triangle.


Top view technical diagram with dimension lines, angle (20–35°), and circular triangles; area.


Floor plan of open living and dining area with kitchen, sofa, dining table, stairs, and bedroom


Apartment floor plan: kitchen, bathroom, sleeping area; hallway and stairway; measurements in cm.


Architectural plan: curved pink area with blue edge, green spaces and dimension lines.
opalau17 Apr 2020 16:29
Chris2511 schrieb:

The climbing scene is just as bad
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Alex Honnold sees it differently:
According to Honnold, Cruise and the “Mission: Impossible” stunt team did a fairly accurate job depicting the basics of climbing. Using the knee to rest on a small rock ledge, for example, is exactly what a professional rock climber would do. Honnold said the scene is “totally over the top” but accurate nonetheless.
Climbee17 Apr 2020 16:33
Well, climbers don’t earn that much, even if they get good money to sugarcoat a scene...
And I may not be a professional climber, but my knees bother me less.
Maybe it’s really worth taking a closer look...
Climbee17 Apr 2020 16:39
He definitely got paid for it – I’m sure of that. I just watched it on YouTube. What nonsense, completely unrealistic... (but that might be because it’s an action movie and I’m a woman. Anyone who knows Michael Mittermeier will understand why)
11ant17 Apr 2020 17:02
Climbee schrieb:

Maybe it’s because it’s an action movie and I’m a woman. Those who know Michael Mittermeier will understand why.
I have heard of Mittermeier, and personally I’m not very into action movies – but why would being a woman make that gender-related? I guess I have a gap in my knowledge (?)
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Chris2511
17 Apr 2020 17:19
Climbee schrieb:

He definitely got paid for that – I’m sure of it. I just watched it on YouTube. What nonsense, totally unrealistic... (but that might be because it’s an action movie and I’m a woman. Anyone who knows Michael Mittermeier will understand why)

Exactly, like when he glides 3–4m (10–13 feet) horizontally to another ledge... Or casually hangs from one hand while looking around. It always makes me think of bath salts (here, with the little finger...).
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wibble
18 Apr 2020 21:57
Interesting. I’d say I got a bit sidetracked. But I’ll check out the scene as well.

At the moment, I can’t do much with the criticism except wait for my appointment with the architect.
I’m seeing him tomorrow, but it’s for a private matter.