Log cabin with a clipped gable roof by the forest - improve planning?

I think your draft actually went through yesterday.. thanks again for the note!

I believe the devil is in the details. When I draw in the necessary support posts on your draft, they always stand in the way in passages, and the load-bearing beams rest on them. That’s why we can’t just plan the rooms on the ground floor, which you made narrower - that’s the reason why the staircase, with its 5.22 meters, doesn’t fit. We have to discuss with the architect if we can handle that differently.
We don’t want the roof terrace you planned; we have a large garden and would prefer to have the open roof structure on the ground floor as a detail - I don’t think I have a mockup at hand right now of how that should look, but in imagination it’s great.

Upstairs it’s like you noted with our bathroom: We have quite different sleeping times, so the one who gets up first doesn’t want to move multiple times through the bedroom. So far, I’m quite satisfied with the construction, and if the bathtub goes to the kids, we’ll have a lot of space for a double shower and ambiance.

We’ll reach out to the architect again today and see what we can implement. No matter how much it ends up being, I feel our last draft is already a significant improvement - and maybe she still has one or two ideas.

you are absolutely right, the ventilation system does not reduce the window area to be opened, architects do - they have planned many fixed glazing instead of openable windows in our plans. I do not want that. If I have all windows openable, I can save myself the complexity of the ventilation system, but I have had dry air in the office for half a year now. I have been following along for a year and know that they have their justification for existence, but some comfort/saving functions are omitted for personal reasons

On the topic of ventilation systems:

definitely get one with humidity recovery, because those do exist.
In large houses, it can quickly happen that the moisture input with a relatively low number of occupants is not sufficient through showers, etc.
In extreme cases, parquet flooring can "crack" or something similar. You intend to build a lot with wood, so...
Zehnder, for example, offers such ventilation systems.
Heat and humidity recovery.
The extreme solution is ventilation systems where you can set the humidity in % – that is also possible with a suitably filled [Brieftasche].

On the topic of statics: I would definitely not let the floor plan be too limited because of an additional cost of 5 or 10,000 euros.

Sure, everything is a matter of price somewhere, but in your place, I wouldn’t make compromises.
The architect should calculate and consider that – possibly that is the key to your desired staircase solution?

As I said: even north of the staircase, sliding doors (room-high) could be installed if needed – then, of course, you cannot leave the front side of the staircase open and it would run between two walls.
With sliding doors, you open "walls" – they have a completely different visual and space-connecting effect if needed than normal doors.
Thus, you suddenly make two rooms into one large one – or an open floor plan out of previously separated rooms.
Of course, it has to fit conceptually with the rest.

For bathroom access, in my floor plan idea above, one could still connect the bathroom with the hallway.
The toilet would just have to be placed somewhere else.

Many greetings

Maybe you should ask the architect again. The door under the stairs then looks something like this:



In such a huge house and luxury fancy place, I think that ruins the overall impression. You would do that at most in tiny houses where every millimeter counts.

Really? Our architect did not plan any reduced or fixed elements. We have one window that does not open and it is next to the front door. Also, with friends, nothing is reduced or fixed.

Regarding the staircase, I have to agree with Kaho. The door under the stairs does not fit the project.
I think the proposal from Hausaufgrund is quite good. He is also right, concerning 5 or 10,000 euros in this project, I would not make any compromises.
Does your architect often design large houses or more "normal" single-family homes up to 190 sqm?

How about a beautiful gallery?


Of course, this is only possible if the drains above the living room are really unproblematic.