Floor plan of a single-family house on a hillside with a basement

Hello dear house building community!

I have been a silent observer of this forum for a long time and would now like to present my project to you and would appreciate feedback and ideas.

The planning is from my architect but I am not completely satisfied yet. Unfortunately, I have the impression that my architect is a bit stubborn in his planning and does not fully implement our wishes. Maybe you have better ideas that I could then present to him as a solution.

Size of the plot: 387 sqm

Slope: Yes
Floor Area Ratio: 0.4

Floor Space Index: 0.8
Restrictions: Eaves height 7.50m
Requirements of the builders

Style, roof type, building type: Flat roof
Basement, floors: yes, 2 full floors
Number of people, age: 33, 33, 6 (another 2 to follow)
Room requirements on the ground floor: Cooking/eating/living, pantry, guest WC, vestibule, hallway
Room requirements on the upper floor: 2 children's rooms, master bedroom, dressing room, large family bathroom

Room requirements in the basement: Guest room, home office, utility room, laundry room, storage room
Number of overnight guests per year: 10
Open or closed architecture: Open
Conservative or modern construction: Modern
Open kitchen, kitchen island: Open with kitchen island (L-shape 4m x 2.8m) island 3.2m long
Number of dining seats: 6
Fireplace: Yes
Music/Stereo wall: TV wall
Balcony, roof terrace: Roof terrace
Garage, carport: Single garage as a boundary development

House design

Who is the planner: Architect

What do you not like? Why?

- Children's bedrooms too small
- Staircase shape

- Hallways too large?

- No master bathroom needed

- No utility room needed on the ground floor

- Dressing rooms in the children's rooms don't need to be that big, rather a small closet as usual in the USA.

In the basement we would like guest room and home office on the north side with floor-to-ceiling windows (garage would have to be shifted somewhat to the right according to plan)

If you have to do without, which details/extensions can you do without: Roof terrace

Why did the design turn out as it is now? Restriction due to plot size and orientation.

What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters: Do you perhaps have ideas on how to make it nicer?

I look forward to your feedback :-)

Unfortunately, I have the impression that my architect is a bit stubborn in his planning and does not fully implement our wishes.

Unfortunately, I have the impression that absolutely no brainpower was invested here. Are you sure that guy studied?

Is the plan actually from an architect?

Oh dear, a big house full of tiny rooms!

Especially the countless narrow corridors: dressing room/pantry/ HAR (2x, why?), which are completely unsuitable for their intended purpose due to lack of space, are a planning mistake.

How is one supposed to get dressed in a 1.20 meter wide corridor? Wardrobe depth 60-70cm, so that hangers can hang, then 50-60cm left in front to get dressed? My shoulder barely fits in there, how is one supposed to get their arms up?

How one can fit only 2 children's rooms of around 11 sqm each in an 11x11m house is a mystery to me. Every 120 sqm floor plan from Town & Country is more generously laid out.

What style is this supposed to be anyway? Bauhaus villa with Gründerzeit bay window? A bay window (the only highlight in the floor plan) that is then misused as a dressing room?

Top floor with a view of the underside of a photovoltaic installation, seriously?

The architect studied, but maybe this is his first project?

PS. Look for a new architect and if the old one sends an invoice, threaten to report him for refusal to work as well as violation of various regulations.

Uh yes, there are better own designs

What should go in the room in the attic?

Let's start on a positive note: the house is within the building window. But: building services on the ground floor despite a basement, a total of 90 sqm of hallways spread over three floors, this slanted bay window also doesn't work visually, three bathrooms plus a WC on the ground floor, children's room reduced to 10 sqm in favor of a walk-in closet, solar thermal system in front of the balcony door to the roof terrace? I would start from scratch again instead of making things worse now.