ᐅ Single-family home plot purchased – opinions on architect’s design
Created on: 15 Jul 2020 22:45
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maleba89
We have purchased our building plot and have just received the drawings from our architect.
I wanted to gather some opinions and suggestions. Perhaps you have some ideas or feedback.
We also received another version of the plans with the same layout, but 1 meter (3 feet) shorter in length and 0.5 meter (20 inches) less in depth, although the floor plan remains the same.
We are considering positioning the house angled toward the street and orienting it more toward the south. The zoning plan / building permit allows this.
The stream on the property is piped underground, and building is permitted up to the stream boundary, provided no structural loads are placed over it. A terrace is allowed in that area.
I wanted to gather some opinions and suggestions. Perhaps you have some ideas or feedback.
We also received another version of the plans with the same layout, but 1 meter (3 feet) shorter in length and 0.5 meter (20 inches) less in depth, although the floor plan remains the same.
We are considering positioning the house angled toward the street and orienting it more toward the south. The zoning plan / building permit allows this.
The stream on the property is piped underground, and building is permitted up to the stream boundary, provided no structural loads are placed over it. A terrace is allowed in that area.
pagoni2020 schrieb:
,,,,,,and this is exactly where I think it starts to get problematic, when a somewhat coherently designed (if you like this house) plan begins to be changed here and there, including alterations to the facade. Even a few modified details are enough to visually harm the overall look.According to this logic, it is indeed good and correct to eliminate the McMansion Hell bay window. Climbee schrieb:
Even then, it is still completely pointless and just costs money. Save your money on the bay window and invest it in skilled craftsmanship instead of energy-saving measures.Fully agree – but I find the less conspicuous of the two bay windows – namely the utility room, awkwardly extended with a pitched roof for secondary use – just as pointless as the "Gelsenkirchen" one. Climbee schrieb:
Somewhere I read about a modern wooden house, but now it’s a traditional Swedish cottage (which suits the existing design better). What still leaves me with the feeling that you yourselves are not quite sure which direction you want to take. By the way, there is also a modern interpretation of the Swedish house. Just Google "trivselhus."Thanks for the reference to Trivselhus. But I don’t find anything traditionally Swedish about the design presented by the OP, which is why I called it "Scandimerican." Somewhere on the journey from Sweden to the USA it seems to have landed in Rose Nylund’s St. Olaf – so the design is as stylistically inconsistent as the shared apartment of Blanche, Rose, Dorothy, and Sophia. hampshire schrieb:
I think that statement is not universally valid.I only wanted to point out that what is now viewed as smart and forward-looking, like “thinking about a walker already at thirty,” will also not remain universally true. There is a strong trend to take a different path before reaching this stage of life by building new homes tailored to aging needs. Against this background, it is often a mistake to assume someone will still be living in the house that was just built today. This used to be “common” when most people passed away in their first marriage around the age of eighty – times are changing.https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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maleba89 schrieb:
The bay window will no longer have 45-degree corners but now 90 degrees. Let it be. It doesn’t have to please me. But you asked for opinions... I don’t see a questionnaire as a basis for discussion, so the angled bay window matches the slanted side view... And even a tilt of the entire house? The windows are back to 90 degrees... or 80 degrees?! And inside, I would find that far too dull.
I don’t see any consistent theme or style.
maleba89 schrieb:
I wanted to gather some opinions and suggestions. Maybe you have ideas or recommendations. Maybe this can serve as a suggestion.
I have now revised the floor plan of the ground floor to include a wardrobe area. I am still working on the upper floor but have tried a different approach to better orient the house towards the garden. What do you think?
The first two images show the new design, and the last one is the adjusted ground floor with the wardrobe.
The first two images show the new design, and the last one is the adjusted ground floor with the wardrobe.
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pagoni20203 Aug 2020 20:18I didn’t calculate it exactly, but there should be about 250 sqm (2,690 sq ft) of living space over two floors, plus a garage and storage room, as well as almost 100 sqm (1,075 sq ft) of terrace!
Your living room, on the other hand, has 24.88 sqm, is framed by three closed walls, and is therefore exactly the same size as your hallway!
Even with my untrained eyes, I can see that you still seem to be playing Tetris, sorry. Huge floor area with rooms pushed together and built in tightly, some even dark.
With this kind of floor area, an experienced architect could design a real paradise. Even your utility room is almost as large as the living room.
The bathroom upstairs is quite something. You can immediately tell who sat on the toilet, because that person probably has a kneecap fracture from someone else opening the door too hastily. That this location for the toilet is probably the worst possible spot ever doesn’t require an architecture degree to recognize.
Upstairs, the hallway is again one of the largest rooms, and the bathroom and other rooms have no windows, so they rely on artificial lighting? The master bedroom next to the guest toilet is almost the smallest room in the entire, huge house...??? Child 2 wouldn’t be envied if they had to get through the space between the closet and the bed at all.
You should enter exact measurements for windows, doors, furniture, etc. Despite the already numerous criticisms, it seems you have remained true to your original, self-made approach, and picture 3 with the other version doesn’t improve things. Here again, the hallway is just slapped in and is almost the largest room of all.
Please don’t take this the wrong way, but you are planning such a massive house and apparently doing the planning yourself with a computer program? This surely wasn’t designed by the architect mentioned at the beginning, or if so, they wouldn’t deserve that title.
I really can’t believe it: almost 100 sqm (1,075 sq ft) of terrace and a 24 sqm (258 sq ft) living room with almost no windows, and wherever I look I see hallways...
Just by looking at the bathroom layout upstairs, it should be clear that a qualified professional needs to address this design idea.
I’m certainly no floor plan expert, but after all your efforts since last time, there is no visible improvement, so that’s my honest assessment.
Your living room, on the other hand, has 24.88 sqm, is framed by three closed walls, and is therefore exactly the same size as your hallway!
Even with my untrained eyes, I can see that you still seem to be playing Tetris, sorry. Huge floor area with rooms pushed together and built in tightly, some even dark.
With this kind of floor area, an experienced architect could design a real paradise. Even your utility room is almost as large as the living room.
The bathroom upstairs is quite something. You can immediately tell who sat on the toilet, because that person probably has a kneecap fracture from someone else opening the door too hastily. That this location for the toilet is probably the worst possible spot ever doesn’t require an architecture degree to recognize.
Upstairs, the hallway is again one of the largest rooms, and the bathroom and other rooms have no windows, so they rely on artificial lighting? The master bedroom next to the guest toilet is almost the smallest room in the entire, huge house...??? Child 2 wouldn’t be envied if they had to get through the space between the closet and the bed at all.
You should enter exact measurements for windows, doors, furniture, etc. Despite the already numerous criticisms, it seems you have remained true to your original, self-made approach, and picture 3 with the other version doesn’t improve things. Here again, the hallway is just slapped in and is almost the largest room of all.
Please don’t take this the wrong way, but you are planning such a massive house and apparently doing the planning yourself with a computer program? This surely wasn’t designed by the architect mentioned at the beginning, or if so, they wouldn’t deserve that title.
I really can’t believe it: almost 100 sqm (1,075 sq ft) of terrace and a 24 sqm (258 sq ft) living room with almost no windows, and wherever I look I see hallways...
Just by looking at the bathroom layout upstairs, it should be clear that a qualified professional needs to address this design idea.
I’m certainly no floor plan expert, but after all your efforts since last time, there is no visible improvement, so that’s my honest assessment.
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