ᐅ Single-family home with 250 sqm. Ideas for elevation and floor plan
Created on: 31 Aug 2021 20:15
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Querpasstoni
Hello everyone,
After reading many interesting floor plans and very sensible suggestions here for some time, I would like to know your opinion on our floor plan. Hopefully, you have some good ideas or critical points we should watch out for.
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 825 sqm (8870 sq ft)
Slope: flat plot
Floor area ratio 0.4
Site occupancy index 0.4
Building envelope, building line, and boundary: no requirements
Number of parking spaces: no requirements
Number of floors: 2 full stories
Roof type: no requirements
Style: no requirements
Orientation: no requirements
Maximum height/limits: eaves height 6.50 m (21 ft)
Requirements of the Homeowners
Style, roof type, building type: no flat roof, preferred hip roof, but we are basically open
Basement, stories: basement not possible due to soil report, 2 full stories
Number of occupants, age: 2 adults (34, 36), 1 child (1) + one more planned
Space requirement ground floor, upper floor: 200–220 sqm (2150–2370 sq ft)
Office: family use or home office? 1 office
Guests for sleeping very rare
Open or closed architecture: open architecture
Conservative or modern design: modern design
Open kitchen, kitchen island: open kitchen with island
Number of dining seats: 6–8
Fireplace: yes
Music / stereo wall
Balcony, roof terrace: balcony yes, no roof terrace
Garage, carport: large garage desired
Utility garden, greenhouse
Other wishes / special features / daily routine, also reasons why this or that should or should not be: 2 bathrooms
House Design
Planned by:
- Architect
What do you like most? Why? Protected terrace with southwest orientation. These are our unobstructed views.
What do you dislike? Why? North side elevation. Very large surface with few/small windows.
Price estimate according to architect/planner: 800,000 EUR
Personal budget for the house, including fittings: about 950,000 EUR
Preferred heating system: air-to-water heat pump
If you had to give up on which details/extensions
- You could give up:
- You cannot give up: separate children’s bathroom, large children’s bedrooms, covered terrace
Why has the design turned out this way?
Design by our architect, who considered our wishes but also contributed ideas (e.g., L-shape)
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters?
We are quite far in the planning phase and generally very happy with the layout. However, we find the north exterior view unattractive. Unfortunately, this is the side the public sees. Do you have ideas on how to improve it without completely changing the floor plan? The architect suggested placing artistic elements on the large wall surface or breaking it up with color bands. We are not fully convinced by this.
Thanks in advance for your ideas.
After reading many interesting floor plans and very sensible suggestions here for some time, I would like to know your opinion on our floor plan. Hopefully, you have some good ideas or critical points we should watch out for.
Development Plan / Restrictions
Plot size: 825 sqm (8870 sq ft)
Slope: flat plot
Floor area ratio 0.4
Site occupancy index 0.4
Building envelope, building line, and boundary: no requirements
Number of parking spaces: no requirements
Number of floors: 2 full stories
Roof type: no requirements
Style: no requirements
Orientation: no requirements
Maximum height/limits: eaves height 6.50 m (21 ft)
Requirements of the Homeowners
Style, roof type, building type: no flat roof, preferred hip roof, but we are basically open
Basement, stories: basement not possible due to soil report, 2 full stories
Number of occupants, age: 2 adults (34, 36), 1 child (1) + one more planned
Space requirement ground floor, upper floor: 200–220 sqm (2150–2370 sq ft)
Office: family use or home office? 1 office
Guests for sleeping very rare
Open or closed architecture: open architecture
Conservative or modern design: modern design
Open kitchen, kitchen island: open kitchen with island
Number of dining seats: 6–8
Fireplace: yes
Music / stereo wall
Balcony, roof terrace: balcony yes, no roof terrace
Garage, carport: large garage desired
Utility garden, greenhouse
Other wishes / special features / daily routine, also reasons why this or that should or should not be: 2 bathrooms
House Design
Planned by:
- Architect
What do you like most? Why? Protected terrace with southwest orientation. These are our unobstructed views.
What do you dislike? Why? North side elevation. Very large surface with few/small windows.
Price estimate according to architect/planner: 800,000 EUR
Personal budget for the house, including fittings: about 950,000 EUR
Preferred heating system: air-to-water heat pump
If you had to give up on which details/extensions
- You could give up:
- You cannot give up: separate children’s bathroom, large children’s bedrooms, covered terrace
Why has the design turned out this way?
Design by our architect, who considered our wishes but also contributed ideas (e.g., L-shape)
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters?
We are quite far in the planning phase and generally very happy with the layout. However, we find the north exterior view unattractive. Unfortunately, this is the side the public sees. Do you have ideas on how to improve it without completely changing the floor plan? The architect suggested placing artistic elements on the large wall surface or breaking it up with color bands. We are not fully convinced by this.
Thanks in advance for your ideas.
Gerddieter schrieb:
I find it unfortunate that you pay an architect (presumably) a significant amount of money, yet you have to seek advice and suggestions for the appearance/facade, which is an important part of your building, in an amateur forum....Architects owe their clients a design that is suitable for obtaining building permits/planning permission, nothing more. In theory, this design could even be pulled out of a drawer – although that raises the question of how well it actually aligns with the results of design phases 1 and 2.Considering that the opposite is usually the case, I find it impressive that this design looks as if a concept for an L-shaped bungalow with a basement for a sloped site was simply transferred onto a flat plot. The crazy retro mix of a 1960s house combined with a 2010s garage has the potential to become a fashion flop ;-)
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Gerddieter schrieb:
I find it unfortunate that you are paying (presumably) a lot of money to an architect and yet have to seek advice and suggestions about the appearance/facade, which is a significant part of your building, in a layperson’s forum.... Asking others for advice is nothing to be ashamed of!
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Gerddieter2 Sep 2021 00:07ypg schrieb:
There's no shame in asking others!Yes, absolutely, you're right – the forum is great, and there's really valuable input from everyone... The "tragic" part is that it's necessary to consult the forum because, in fact, it should be the architect's responsibility to design the façade to match the 1 million EUR, not the responsibility of the builder to do this with the help of the forum...I also find the floor plan successful, BUT as already mentioned, the rooms are not much larger than those in a comparably compact 160 m² (1,722 sq ft) house. The sense of spaciousness was created through large circulation areas.
My points would be the master suite, the kitchen, and overall the windows and roof.
- Master suite: I would place the entrance door in the wall between the bathroom and bedroom and move the bottom right closet to the left to allow separate access to the bedroom and dressing area.
- Attach the kitchen island on the south side to shorten the walking distance from the entrance; the window could either be a narrow one between the counters functioning as a door or removed entirely and replaced with another window above the counter to allow seeing the mail carrier approaching the front door.
The combination of the roof and fragmented "little windows" gives the elevations (probably also influenced by the colors) the impression of a somewhat rundown bungalow from the 1980s. Do you have any constraints regarding the roof? I would start structuring the windows based on that.
My points would be the master suite, the kitchen, and overall the windows and roof.
- Master suite: I would place the entrance door in the wall between the bathroom and bedroom and move the bottom right closet to the left to allow separate access to the bedroom and dressing area.
- Attach the kitchen island on the south side to shorten the walking distance from the entrance; the window could either be a narrow one between the counters functioning as a door or removed entirely and replaced with another window above the counter to allow seeing the mail carrier approaching the front door.
The combination of the roof and fragmented "little windows" gives the elevations (probably also influenced by the colors) the impression of a somewhat rundown bungalow from the 1980s. Do you have any constraints regarding the roof? I would start structuring the windows based on that.
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Bertram1002 Sep 2021 07:47I would also enlarge the kitchen (for example, by removing the pantry) and, if possible, redesign the peninsula into a full island. I used to have an island, now I have a peninsula, and it’s annoying every day that I can only walk in and out from one direction. To me, a peninsula looks like "there was no other option."
I don’t like the balcony upstairs; what purpose is it supposed to serve?
And if it has to be there, I would check if that unattractive support can be removed... or if the terrace is to be covered, consider building a modern pergola for shading.
It’s already a huge house, but there’s a lot of circulation space. For the cost, I would have expected it to be a bit more modern.
The floor plan is otherwise logical and quite attractive.
And if it has to be there, I would check if that unattractive support can be removed... or if the terrace is to be covered, consider building a modern pergola for shading.
It’s already a huge house, but there’s a lot of circulation space. For the cost, I would have expected it to be a bit more modern.
The floor plan is otherwise logical and quite attractive.
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