House entrance slanted in the corner of the house

  • Erstellt am 2012-05-21 15:43:14

Boergi

2012-05-21 15:43:14
  • #1
My wife and I would like the entrance of the house to be angled at a corner, roughly like this:



Now we have already visited several houses and model home exhibitions, driven through new housing developments, and browsed through quite a few catalogs, but nowhere have we found the front door in this position. Is it sensible to approach an architect with this criterion, or can nothing reasonable come of it? Do you perhaps know floor plans of houses with exactly this entrance situation?
We have also tried ourselves, but the results were only designs with miserably long and narrow hallways or many corners in the entrance area. The house is supposed to be about 11*13m in size; on the left (west) gable side there should be an open living and dining area, and you need to access it from the door.

Regards,

Sebastian
 

E.Curb

2012-05-21 18:21:54
  • #2
Hi,
of course, something meaningful can come out of it. But without experience in design, it is certainly difficult. That’s why the idea with the architect is quite good.
 

Thomas463

2012-05-22 16:22:31
  • #3
Hello, the slanted entrance door is not a problem for an (experienced) planner.

There is also nothing special about it from a construction perspective. There are just not many of them because it is usually better if the door opens straight into the house and lines up straight with a corridor or antechamber inside the building since it saves space, but that is all a matter of planning.

The best thing is if you make a list of rooms you definitely want to have and how big they should be (if available, also approximate shapes). Then you can draw them to a certain scale (e.g. 1:100) and cut them out and try around a bit to see how they fit together. This is usually the easiest way for inexperienced people to create a halfway decent floor plan. Details like your cut-off corner can then still be incorporated.

Best regards, Thomas
 

Boergi

2012-05-22 16:47:29
  • #4
Hello and thank you very much for your answers.

I am relieved We just didn’t want to approach the architect with requirements that can’t possibly lead to anything reasonable. I’m surprised that the entrance isn’t implemented like this more often, on the gable side, usually under a carport and obstructed, I don’t find the entrance particularly nice. On the long sides, you just have longer distances from the garage again.

Best regards,
Sebastian
 

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