Help with planning

Hello,
I’m not quite sure if this is the right place for my concern, if not, then I apologize for that. However, if I can get help here, then I am all the happier.

My concern is the following: I am still a student and have received a project for one of my final subjects, everyone in my class got one, all with different parameters.

Mine looks like this: I am supposed to design a representative house in the Bauhaus style for a billionaire businessman and his family (wife and son).

The house is basically finished, meaning the floor plan is on paper. But the project includes much more. I am also supposed to specify the wall and ceiling colors, the flooring, etc., which must also fit the assignment. In other words, only the best materials will be used for such a client. That brings us to the biggest problem I have. I have no idea about materials.

For the color scheme inside and outside the house, I thought of black and white. So dark doors and frames, white walls, and finally a dark floor. Colorful accents will then be set with decorative objects.

Now to the problem I already mentioned. I almost want to have black parquet flooring installed in the house, but which one? It should be light-resistant. (Everything as realistic as possible) It should also be resistant to high heels. In the kitchen and bathroom, I have even fewer ideas. A matte black/dark floor should be used here as well. Also resistant to falling plates and flying saucers. ;-P

I hope I was able to present my concern so that no one has to say: “Huh?!? What does he want from me?”
I look forward to your answers.

Best regards, C.

PS: To really secure a top grade, I would like to present the whole thing as a computer model. Are there good programs I can use for something like this? Can you recommend any?

Edit: If it bothers you that this is "only" a school project, you might consider it from the perspective that I would quite like to build the house myself someday, or at least something along those lines, and that I would then be thinking along similar lines. See it as a kind of construction consultation for the future. +^^+

Hello,
it doesn't bother me that it is "only" a school project, I think it’s great when someone really engages with their topic. (Maybe it’s also job-related :-) )

Regarding your question: It’s primarily about the choice of wood for the floor? You can achieve a nice dark floor with stained or smoked oak flooring. Alternatively, the wood species Wenge could be used, but since it fades strongly, it also needs to be treated. The door frames and door leaves can be made from the same wood.

Alternatively, a mineral floor could of course also be used. Naturally: slate floors, artificially: a dark tinted and sealed design screed.

The door leaves should be flush-fitting for the Bauhaus style.

Unfortunately, I can’t say anything about the drawing program, but there are some here who post their self-created floor plans, elevations, and isometrics, and they surely know a program. Nevertheless, I would submit the floor plans and elevations as hand drawings, possibly traced with ink on tracing paper, then your teacher is sure that you didn’t copy everything.

I hope I could help.

Have fun with it.

I wouldn't choose parquet, rather the natural stone option, at least in the bathroom, if not everywhere. Brazilian slate in multicolor, for example, is very special – "billionaire" clients who want to show this always choose something that stands out from others; parquet in my opinion is not unique, almost too cheap ;) Also, in the bathroom or guest WC, the glass mosaic from Bisazza is recommended (around 500 per sqm – timeless and chic). Natural stone slabs in XXL sizes are also gladly taken for flooring in the living area – the installation and production are so expensive and therefore something special. These are installed without joints and polished… amazing. To get a feel, at least for ceramic and stone coverings, I advise you as a Hamburger to visit Harry’s tile market in Schützenstr. Nearby there should also be Raab Karcher (bath world). Additionally, there is the tile center in Moorfleet. Through my side job in real estate photography, I have been able to stroll through some high-priced villas in and around Hamburg, unfortunately Bauhaus style has not yet been represented. It was always about "a bit of shine" there. Parquet was rather laid in mid-priced (around 350,000 to 1 million) Hamburg apartments :) Good luck and have fun, regards Yvonne

Edit: If it bothers you that this is "only" a school project, you could perhaps consider it from the perspective that I would also like to build the house myself someday, or at least something along those lines, and that I would then be thinking along similar lines. See it as a kind of building consultation for the future. +^^+

Hey, thank you for the quick and detailed responses. Those were great tips and ideas. I took a look at some oak parquet, and that’s definitely going in the direction I want. Regarding the natural stone, I think it’s a great idea, especially for the kitchen and bathroom; the entrance area/hall can surely be nicely covered with it as well. In the bedrooms and living rooms, I find stone not quite as nice, regardless of the price, because personally it doesn’t give me a cozy feeling, at least not up here in the North. For villas in Italy or Spain, it’s different, natural stone floors look pretty brilliant everywhere there.

So right now, I’m leaning toward doing the entrance area, the kitchen, and the wet areas, meaning the indoor pool and spa as well as the bathrooms, in various dark natural stones. The cladding for the walls was also very interesting, I wouldn’t have thought of it on my own, thanks for that. I think I’ll sketch it in like that for now and see if I like it.

Thanks again. Oh, one more thing. For the terrace and the roof terrace, I’m still not quite sure whether stone or wood. For the roof terrace, I’m leaning toward wood, mainly because of weight and structural engineering. What do you think?

PS: Just ignore the edit above, I pressed the wrong button there.