Hello everyone,
We plan to build next year. Together with an architect, we have created an initial rough draft. Since then, we have made several changes that have not yet been discussed with the architect. Attached is the current version. Before going into the next round with the architect, I would like to hear your opinions. I appreciate any suggestions.
Intended use:
Thanks and regards,
Jim
We plan to build next year. Together with an architect, we have created an initial rough draft. Since then, we have made several changes that have not yet been discussed with the architect. Attached is the current version. Before going into the next round with the architect, I would like to hear your opinions. I appreciate any suggestions.
Intended use:
- The ground floor will be occupied by the parents, later rented out, and possibly lived in by us in old age.
- The parents want two adjacent single bedrooms, which has already proven to work well.
- The upper floors will be occupied by us and should form a separate living unit from the ground floor.
- Two full stories are allowed.
- On top, a recessed story with a flat roof and at least 25% open terrace area is permitted; all sides must be set back 40cm (16 inches), with the front set back at least 1m (39 inches).
- The house is located in the second row, connected by a small access road from the southeast.
- Garages must be on the northeast side of the house; access is necessarily from the southeast.
- Downhill corresponds to south.
- The terrain rises slightly towards the north.
- There is a school to the northwest; no neighbors to the north and west.
- It is very quiet towards the northeast.
- The best views are towards the southwest and northeast.
Thanks and regards,
Jim
Thank you all for the suggestions! OK, you’ve convinced me, we’ll start over from scratch. I’ve already picked up a few things that we want to pay better attention to this time.
However, I’m still interested in your thoughts on the current entrance area for the upper residential unit, starting with the front door, then the stairs, landing, and cloakroom on the first upper floor (OG1). Are the dimensions like this generally sufficient, or is it too tight?
Also, do you think the bathroom on the second upper floor (OG2) and the dining area are really too close to each other?
@Naddl: The OG2 bathroom was originally even larger because a sauna was planned there – which would have been perfect in combination with the roof terrace. But we’ll see, maybe a small storage room makes more sense after all.
@Musketier: Yes, I also expected a landing staircase. I was very surprised that the architect came up with a solution close to the one shown here. However, placing a landing staircase necessarily moves the ground floor entrance to one of the edges, which would probably increase the circulation area.
@ypg: A completely separate staircase connection between OG1 and OG2 also leads to poorer space utilization on OG1, since the area above the ground floor to OG1 staircase is then lost on OG1.
Still, none of these are necessarily dealbreakers – we’ll see...
However, I’m still interested in your thoughts on the current entrance area for the upper residential unit, starting with the front door, then the stairs, landing, and cloakroom on the first upper floor (OG1). Are the dimensions like this generally sufficient, or is it too tight?
Also, do you think the bathroom on the second upper floor (OG2) and the dining area are really too close to each other?
@Naddl: The OG2 bathroom was originally even larger because a sauna was planned there – which would have been perfect in combination with the roof terrace. But we’ll see, maybe a small storage room makes more sense after all.
@Musketier: Yes, I also expected a landing staircase. I was very surprised that the architect came up with a solution close to the one shown here. However, placing a landing staircase necessarily moves the ground floor entrance to one of the edges, which would probably increase the circulation area.
@ypg: A completely separate staircase connection between OG1 and OG2 also leads to poorer space utilization on OG1, since the area above the ground floor to OG1 staircase is then lost on OG1.
Still, none of these are necessarily dealbreakers – we’ll see...
Better space utilization does not always mean: the more square meters, the better.
To be honest, I can hardly imagine having to walk through a multi-family house hallway to quickly use the bathroom or carry something upstairs or downstairs in a single residential unit. That would mean having to be properly dressed just to fetch water from the kitchen late at night.
Architects are usually more familiar with standard measurements.
To be honest, I can hardly imagine having to walk through a multi-family house hallway to quickly use the bathroom or carry something upstairs or downstairs in a single residential unit. That would mean having to be properly dressed just to fetch water from the kitchen late at night.
Architects are usually more familiar with standard measurements.
Jim888 schrieb:
Hello everyone,
We plan to build next year. Together with an architect, we have created an initial rough draft. Sorry, but these are not architectural drawings – the layout, dimensions, and so on would look different then........
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