Possibility to open windows with controlled residential ventilation - planning ideas

I find opening French doors more aesthetically pleasing, but that doesn't have to be the most important thing. Right now, I imagine what it's like to sit in your beautiful, bright open-plan room when all the French doors are open, so you can not only "look" outside but also be connected with the outside. In a way that, in my opinion, is not possible through closed glass panes. Of course, you can also sit on the terrace then, but maybe you don't always want to do that.

....not only can "look" outside but is also connected with the outside.

....that describes it very well!

But keep in mind: Out of 365 days a year, it is rarely warm/fresh/nicely scented enough to want to sit at the dining table with the window open. Because most of the time you either sit a) in the warm or b) right on the terrace. Therefore, I would rather use fixed glazing in the dining area. The view through such a large window is simply much more amazing when there are no divisions in it. Outside in front of the window/on the terrace, then a few pretty plants and decorations that are illuminated in the evening. That way you get a really seamless transition from inside to outside – especially or even in bad weather. I have quite a lot of fixed glazing (with roller shutters), but can still ventilate very well crosswise in the open space. But I only do that after raclette, frying meat, or something like that. Otherwise, the controlled residential ventilation takes care of airing. In summer, I usually keep the windows closed to keep out the heat, pollen, and flies/mosquitoes. The exception is the bedroom; there I love open windows at night.

No.

Very short and simple: no!

We often sit inside at our dining table with the windows open. Simply because, for example, the terrace table doesn't offer as many seats or because it is the blue hour, which is atmospherically beautiful but unfortunately often filled with mosquitoes. So we prefer to sit behind the open, but mosquito-protected windows.

Since we have a large sliding window in front of the dining table and at a 90° angle, it almost feels like being outdoors - just without annoying bites.

And sitting by open windows during a warm summer rain and being able to breathe the air - incomparable!!!

Factor 4-6. Depending on which "normal" aluminum ones you use.

But you could have said that a bit more sensitively.

in the end, there were just too many subdivisions for us

....in the end, every advantage always has a disadvantage; you just have to find out for yourself what suits you better. I'm still working on that.....

Mosquito protection

That still needs to be clarified. We live by a beautiful pond right now but the mosquitoes.......

Pagoni: For me, as it is planned now, it would be too closed off at your place!

You are right, currently it is still too closed off in the plan. Small adjustments have already been made, especially regarding ventilation; in the end, it is now about these 3 window blocks with the advantages and disadvantages mentioned here so far.

But keep in mind: out of 365 days a year, it is rarely so warm/fresh/nicely scented that you want to sit at the dining table with the window open.

Our architect at the time once told us that sometimes you can tell by looking at houses whether they were planned by the owners in winter or summer :D

The view through such a large window is simply much more amazing when there are no subdivisions in it.

That is indeed the appeal I feel on the other hand. We were recently in several houses and I partially liked THAT very much, although of course it was always just a snapshot.

we have 2 fixed glazing units (1 in the kitchen, 1 in the living room) and I find that very nice, it feels different without a division, "outside" feels bigger. Otherwise, we have a double patio door that opens inward because there is no space outside on the front terrace (a second terrace is further back in the garden where we sit more). I prefer it when the door opens outward, and you also wouldn’t see the door hinges inside the house then.

Flies are a problem, so we need fly screens everywhere.

We don’t have controlled residential ventilation, for us "cross-ventilation" is the most important. The wind comes from the sea (to the west) in the late afternoon, then everything is thrown open. That’s why we only have fixed glazing in the corner window in the living room, the other one can be opened, it just doesn’t look as nice.