Floor plan for age-appropriate living (new construction) in an old courtyard complex

  • Erstellt am 2022-06-23 23:29:36

ypg

2022-06-24 08:45:04
  • #1
For me, there are too many doors and rooms for "age-appropriate." The [AR] could be combined. A bedroom where the terrace is planned - south - could be a barrier. Instead of 2 offices, I would rather plan a spare bedroom with bathroom access in case you need to separate spatially due to illness.
 

Myrna_Loy

2022-06-24 09:17:00
  • #2
I can only agree with the previous posts. The two bathrooms and the bedroom are not age-appropriate. This is not a barrier-free design. Has the architect ever seriously dealt with the topic? There are plenty of recommendations on how to implement the various steps and what is required. The doors block passages, the shower has no space for a seat or an assistant, the distances of the furniture to the walls or other furniture are too tight to move even with a walker, the same applies to the hallways, and the kitchen is also not favorably planned as a U-shape, etc. The floor plan can basically be furnished barrier-free, but this is not yet apparent from the design. If your wish is to enable barrier-free or barrier-free living only for later, then that's fine. Unfortunately, I find the façade articulation very uninspired unless extremely sophisticated materials are used. It reminds me of cheaply built, expensive semi-detached houses like those that are everywhere in the new development areas here in the south. Surely more is possible.
 

haydee

2022-06-24 09:30:16
  • #3
Is the other house already planned? That will be difficult with only 2 house walls allowing the windows.

How should the apartment on the upper floor be?
Just like downstairs?
 

karl.jonas

2022-06-25 00:28:37
  • #4
Thank you very much for the feedback.

So far there are no handicaps, so this is just precaution and takes into account what we have seen with relatives and friends. We mainly thought of the following:

    [*]no stairs;
    [*]walker-friendly doors;
    [*]if possible: care bed can be moved from the bedroom (through the dining area) to the terrace;
    [*]deep windows also in the bedroom;
    [*]no or very low thresholds at entrances and in the shower;
    [*]bathroom door opens outward;

The planned doors are not only "barrier-free" (80 cm clear width), but even "wheelchair accessible" (90 cm). The bedroom door would have to be a bit wider if a care bed is to fit through (at least 100 cm). Have we forgotten anything regarding the floor plan (light switches etc. will come later)?


I wanted to discuss the floor plan. The furnishings, e.g. in the bathroom, were "just sketched in" by the architect, that is still completely open (and could be addressed later).


Can you explain a bit what you mean here? I find the symmetry quite good. "Sophisticated materials" are not planned, but rather contrasting bricks (e.g. between floors and around the windows), as is often seen on brick buildings. I am attaching a picture of a (foreign) facade that I like very much.


Yes, the apartment on the upper floor looks almost the same. The second house is also already planned. But I do not want a discussion about multiple apartments at the same time here, so I am not posting that yet. But the window problem is certainly correct.
 

haydee

2022-06-25 08:12:14
  • #5
I find the floor plan too convoluted for the requirements. Actually, it would be good to build like in many castles. Large, wide doors in a straight line. Every corner is difficult. Furnish the floor plan with all the furniture you have and want at scale, then see if everywhere has a turning circle of at least 1.5 m. I don’t know about the care bed, check at Nullbarriere. Google Hanse Haus Bungalow 133. It is wheelchair accessible; bedroom and bathroom are really good. Sockets high, reinforce the facade at the toilet for holders, plan a socket at the toilet. The deep windows are difficult to furnish. I wouldn’t make them all that deep. Why not give terrace doors in the bedroom and living room? For the size, I find the apartment convoluted. Swap entrance and WC so it is near the guest rooms. Remove at least 2 doors in the living room and definitely furnish realistically and then try pushing a wheelchair through. It could be difficult as planned despite the size. Dining doesn’t work with a wheelchair, let alone pushing a care bed through. I would remove walls and doors. I would have planned the other house first. It is difficult. The size and 2 walls without light. It might be helpful to shave off 2 or 3 m from your apartment.
 

allstar83

2022-06-25 08:23:37
  • #6
Also check "Leitfaden Barrierefreies Bauen" on Google or other official standards. You don't always have to reinvent the wheel.
 

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