Align house and garage differently? Because of the evening sun?

  • Erstellt am 2020-05-11 16:01:47

s0nyHess

2020-05-11 16:01:47
  • #1
Hello,

together with my brother, we inherited a plot of land in beautiful Hessen and have now, in the truest sense of the word, shared it brotherly.
After the division, I am left with an approximately square plot of 32x32 m. My brother wanted the western one, which narrows a bit, but whatever. Back to mine. We are planning a single-family house with a hip roof and two floors. Additionally, a 50 sqm boundary garage is to be built on the eastern property boundary.
Would you always position your single-family house parallel to the boundary garage, or can it definitely be built at different angles on the property without looking completely stupid (we are not interested in Google Maps, only how it looks from the street)?
We have already given some thought to the floor plan (a large open kitchen + living room is to be on the south side of the house) and the bathroom is planned in the southeast on the upper floor. If I get around to it on the weekend, I might also create a floor plan topic.

But now first to the property planning. What would you do?
Parallel or slightly oriented to the west? By orienting west, we are hoping for longer evening sun on the terrace, which should be located south of the house. But do the rooms in the east, like the bathroom and the open kitchen, also get longer sun due to the rotation? Also the living room with the large window front on the southern house side has longer sun in the evening?

My wife’s main concern is that it might look strange from the street if the garage is aligned with the property boundary and the house is slightly (12-17°) oriented to the west. Are there any architects or other construction professionals here with experience who can assess this? Or what do the other users here say? Can you do that or does it look stupid and the few hours of sun are not worth the effort/optical no-go?
Or would you even perhaps suggest a completely different variant??

Please let us hear from you

PS: The property is fully oriented to north.
PSS: the street of the residential area runs south below the property and north of the property is a field. To the west my brother wants to build a house in a few years, not as early as me. And to the east there is already a semi-detached house.
 

Vicky Pedia

2020-05-11 16:12:37
  • #2
Presumably, the development plan has already made this decision for you. The ridge direction is usually specified there. What does it say?
 

s0nyHess

2020-05-11 16:34:50
  • #3
Hello Vicky Pedia, the development plan says nothing about the ridge orientation. My brother says that allows a lot of freedom. And I can't find anything about the orientation. Only the maximum ridge height.

What do you think. Does it look strange if it is not aligned the same way?
 

11ant

2020-05-11 17:04:12
  • #4
Without a specific house, it's hard to say. Tell me (without link) what the development plan is called.

I don't see any difference in the visual impact on the landscape.
 

s0nyHess

2020-05-11 20:16:25
  • #5
Unfortunately, I have not yet started a floor plan discussion. No, for me it is primarily about the aesthetics / the view from the street. Does it look bad if the two buildings are oriented differently? Are there any experiences with that?
 

PyneBite

2020-05-11 20:28:31
  • #6
I really say this very rarely, but Utility > Appearance I think it can look quite charming if you offset the whole thing a bit. Such a topic (especially the visualization) is, I think, exciting for an architect. The average ordinary neighbor might, of course, be triggered by such an object.
 

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