Floor plan design for a new single-family house with double garage (city villa)

Can you please explain that? [...] You seem to know quite a bit about it.

So, dear children, pay close attention, uncle is raising his finger: once upon a time at a shooting gallery, I wanted to have the huge plush bear, but I pulled the rifle very unsymmetrically and instead got a diploma as a symmetrologist. Nah, just joking, it’s quite simple: symmetry means that however wide something is on the right, it needs to be just as wide on the left and vice versa. If plot, building envelope, and money were infinite, that would not be a problem, but this triple condition is rarely fulfilled. Then you have a house width limit and have to “fairly distribute” the room widths, unfortunately still enough for the purpose of one room, but already too narrow for the other. Then a wall or a window is a blessed idea and can relieve layout pains. You really wouldn’t have come up with that on your own, would you??? Your bad luck: now I’ve explained it to you, but for that you only have two wishes left for the next fairy. Tel Aviv, as the French say. “Knowledge” in matters of taste really doesn’t exist. My taste says: before I squeeze through between bed and wardrobe to have dancing space on the other corridor side between sink and toilet, I’d rather try the bold plan of not basing aesthetics on symmetry.

Reading that was actually entertaining, 11ant I am currently struggling with the compromise between good interior room layout and a somewhat decent exterior appearance of the windows. At the end of the day, the windows will probably look like a mess from the outside...

At the end of the day, the windows will probably look like a complete mess from the outside...

I might do a facade structuring tutorial next year, now that I'm out of the window industry

... I am currently struggling with the compromise between a good interior room layout and a reasonably attractive exterior appearance of the windows. At the end of the day, the windows will probably look like a mess from the outside...

Finally someone who shares my passion in this regard. Please don’t let it look like a "mess," even though the "non-symmetrists" are currently in the majority. Since I seem to already have a relatively critical reputation here as a thread starter and therefore had my "symmetry thread" closed again immediately, could you maybe start one? We would certainly learn something or maybe get an idea of how to successfully combine inside and outside. My husband and I are currently at the same point as you, we are thinking about layouts where the windows/patio doors outside are symmetrically distributed and almost all the same size. Please share all your challenges with us; that is surely enriching.

I might do a facade structuring tutorial next year, now that I'm out of the window industry

That would be great. I would participate and even pay something for it. If every house wall is designed with several different window sizes and formats, I would like to understand the backgrounds or principles. There are currently many examples of "façades with several different window sizes and formats" among home builders; I just can’t understand it due to lack of expertise. So far, I assumed it was intentional because it corresponds to the spirit of the times and is supposed to bring tension, liveliness, and variety to the facade. I did not assume there was a practical aspect behind it. Although you have helped me somewhat. If I understood you correctly, the bigger the house, the easier it is to design a symmetrical facade, if desired.

Finally someone who shares my passion in this regard. Please don't let it look like "Kraut und Rüben," even though the "non-symmetrists" currently outnumber us.

yes, symmetry or at least a clear design language (flush window edges or at least centered alignment with each other) would be great. I'm an absolute fan of that... For us, the architect initially made quite decent proposals from the outside view, but we changed quite a bit inside due to space reasons. The more we tinkered ourselves, the worse the exterior appearance of the windows became. A classic conflict of objectives, either practical inside or nice from the outside – at least for the untrained layperson. Maybe architects still have a few tricks up their sleeves.

Fortunately, our house can only be seen from the front and back in a frontal view; on the sides, the neighboring houses are quite close (7 and 9 meters respectively). Will your house be visible freely from all sides?