Floor plan single-family house, 230 sqm living area, east slope, Bauhaus style

Hello,

here is my first post. This has now prompted me to find a solution for the placement of the house. A 28% or 16° slope is not so dramatic if the house is positioned a bit deeper in the hillside. If the plot is retained towards the street and starts higher, then I would push the house a little forward and go deeper into the slope, and it should still fit.

The children have a nice area to play. It would be relatively easy to create a path from the garage into the house, should the possibility of an elevator be desired.
The stairs have no more than 18 steps, I have set the floor height at 320 cm, so with a 40 cm parapet it creates a 10x10x10 m cube. An interior staircase should be rather central and closer to the south side, so that an entrance area can be possible on the lower and middle floor.

Maybe I’ll still consider a floor plan with nice openings. A cube can look very nice with well-placed openings.

Best regards,
Jan

That is super super nice and helpful! Many heartfelt thanks for the effort! Just once again for me as a layperson: What speaks against making the west terrace at the ground floor level and not digging the house so deep? The slope to the street that needs to be bridged, or are there other reasons as well? Regardless, thank you for the detailed elaboration!

Fundamentally, there is nothing against it, personally I prefer it if there is an opportunity to go directly into the garden at the back. This is definitely nicer for the children's rooms and the upper area of the property is used more. The middle floor is bright enough that it does not bother me that the building is deeper in the terrain. One could even make a trench behind the house so that the children go into the garden with small bridges, then even a light shaft down to the lower floor would be possible.

1. The ground floor and upper floor are still 6 and 9 meters high. The basement with the terrace is not well visible and more private. The terrace on the south side is also not very visible. In your design, I find that one is much more exposed on a silver platter. 2. That is about 800 m³ of excavation. I measured once. A small part, about 1/6, can perhaps be used. 3. The basement becomes darker, but if the ancillary rooms are located at the back and 2-3 light wells are installed, that would not bother me. On the ground floor, one has to see how the floor plan turns out. Three sides have light.