Pre-planning with the architect - is having your own floor plan sensible?

  • Erstellt am 2013-12-14 20:56:44

Ben1000

2013-12-14 20:56:44
  • #1
Good evening dear forum community,

Next week we will start the preliminary design planning with the architect. My mind has been working on the topic of the house for months, meaning, of course, that I have many ideas and naturally also my own vision of the house. I have played around with my own hand sketches of the exterior appearance and have also thought about the room layout.

Now, of course, I know that many architects here in the forum see the attempts of clients to plan floor plans, let’s say mildly, very critically. But I couldn’t keep my hands off the planning programs after all. I put all my ideas into a draft. Whether it is total nonsense or perhaps contains something useful for the planning, I cannot assess.

The question that arises for me now is: Should I better leave the floor plan in the drawer or should I confront the architect with it? Would it be better to let the architect find a solution without preconceived notions? Or is it better to show the architect my (our) ideas using the self-made floor plan and then have him make something out of it (possibly something completely different)?

What do you think?

Many thanks and best regards

Ben
 

lastdrop

2013-12-14 21:22:25
  • #2
Show him here.
 

ypg

2013-12-15 00:42:45
  • #3
Plan a larger opening for a staircase (length).

Regarding the budget:
- Roof terrace costs and won’t be used anyway (maybe by the smoking teenager, but what about the other child... sulking in the room without access?!)
- Beams for a very open room design also cost money, consider planning a load-bearing wall
- Freezer room is a bit too convoluted -> restricts the layout
- Planning a dining area requires a wider table (yours just has the depth of the kitchen work surfaces)
- Extension also costs (insulation)...
- I don’t understand the window in the study, maybe assign it to the bedroom after all?!
- Kitchen is unsuitable and too large in the circulation area

A good basis for an architect anyway... at least they recognize your ideas, which I think can be realized with modifications
 

Wanderdüne

2013-12-15 10:57:54
  • #4
You should only make a list for the architect of what is important to you.
I consider drawing your own floor plans useful to find out for yourself what is important.

When you show the floor plan to the architect, they will infer among other things the following:

outside:
- a long, complicated path to the building is desired

ground floor:
- living room should be as uncomfortable as possible and designed as a walkthrough room, under no circumstances directly face the garden
- TV and home cinema should be planned as badly as possible; it will not be important to any later buyer of the house either
- absolutely enable a view from the dining table and living area of the entire path and the door to the guest WC
- we are control freaks, therefore please allow a view from the living room to all doors and the stairs
- the kitchen must be designed dysfunctional, please no practical usability or comfort, also plan it as far away from the entrance as possible
- if possible, waste as much space as possible through poor planning

upper floor:
- please plan children’s rooms with uneven sizes, one children’s room may well adjoin the bedroom
- 45-degree corners are not a last resort for us
- the bedroom should be as small as possible, sufficient storage space for clothes is not needed, proper usability in case of disability in old age is explicitly not desired
- in the bathroom, please squeeze the bathtub in somewhere, absolutely no wellness, definitely enable a view from the entrance to the throne, and everything nice and cramped

... Such houses can also be desired, so feel free to show your plan to the architect...

Best regards
WD
 

Ben1000

2013-12-15 11:11:25
  • #5
So, please pay attention to my initial question once again. I know that the floor plan is certainly not perfect or even successful, and I have already noticed some of your criticism myself. The architect is responsible for the solutions anyway. For me, it’s rather about describing what we like about the floor plan.

So is your consensus not to go with the floor plan...? I understand Wanderdüne’s tip as irony, right?
 

kaho674

2013-12-15 11:20:52
  • #6
Hi, I would advise you to try it without the drawing. Better that you formulate your wishes and let him do it. You are the one spending the money, so he should be the one to rack his brain. If you give him a specification, he will always follow it and think less for himself. And if you don't like it, you can always pull the sketch out of your pocket. But I don't think it will come to that.

@Wanderdüne: Criticism is okay, but this unfounded sarcasm is completely inappropriate. Ben only asked politely what we would recommend...
 

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