Personally, I also quite like the second Schwörerhaus, but in our household, I am the more open-minded one; my better half has found a strong preference for the two full stories. We discussed the details today, and we both like the proportions of the rectangular city villa. Yesterday and today, as suggested, I experimented with elongated floor plans; today we discussed the situation within the building plot.
Despite the understandable weakness in the middle of the building, the rectangle is the best combination of aesthetics and placement on the building plot for us (even if one might wonder how this can be with the size of the plot, this is indeed a point worth considering in the overall context).
Today I tried to incorporate the feedback into a new draft. I will also look for a variant with natural light in the upper floor, but this is not a particular priority for us (we are aware that we might not be part of the majority there). Regarding the statics, I found out that spans of up to just over 7 meters can be covered with standard ceilings.
