Room Layout - Condominium - 180 m²

Technically yes, but a residential complex also has to be managed. The shafts are also there to simplify maintenance. If then someone steps out of line and in an emergency everything has to be opened up again, that is not liked at all. Planners of such facilities know this and adopt this attitude.

That's right!

There will be shafts. They must be used. No one will be able to step out of line there.
For the facade, the windows will be prescribed. No one can step out of line there either – at least not regarding the width and position of the windows that determine the visual appearance of the house.

And some things simply cannot be changed... I can't hear/read anymore when internal bathrooms without windows are criticized. That's just how it is in residential construction. You can accept it, and I don't see the quality of life impaired by it. A bathroom without a window is at least better than a bedroom without a window.
Similarly, I see a slight independence of some rooms or a double-wing window as more advantageous than always children's rooms must be in the south and bedrooms must not be next to each other and no bed against the wall of a water pipe.
Sometimes you can also respond to the conditions and personal wishes instead of just working through a phrasebook.


clarify this with the facade as well as the supply shafts – then we'll see :)

And some things just can't be changed... I can't stand hearing/reading criticism of interior bathrooms without windows anymore. That's just how it is in apartment construction. You can accept it, and I don't see the quality of life affected by it.

I see it exactly the opposite - but I guess everyone is entitled to their own preferences.

A bathroom without a window is still better than a bedroom without a window.

Yes, we used to live in the basement. But that was out of necessity. I don't think there's that much necessity in a 180m² luxury apartment now. ;) The fact is, without a window plan and water pipes, it makes little sense to continue here.

Yes, we used to live in the basement. But that was out of necessity. I don't think there is much need in a 180m² luxury apartment now. ;)

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I'm not talking about the past [emoji23]
It's about compact housing construction, where some rooms are automatically located inside or by the staircase, so windows can't be installed everywhere due to lack of exterior walls. It doesn't matter whether it's comfort apartments or social housing.
There is always criticism – you just have to make arrangements with the circumstances and make the best of it.
I favor, for example, skylights (ribbon windows) that can lead into the hallway to capture light from there. And there are also options regarding odors.

I can’t hear/read any more when people criticize windowless bathrooms inside. That’s just how it is in residential construction. You can accept that, and I don’t see the quality of life impaired by it.

I don’t think there’s much need in a 180m² luxury apartment now.

Exactly. Windowless bathrooms don’t belong in a 180 sqm apartment, even if that is still considered social housing by common cliché in Switzerland ;-) For my quality of life, it is a central point for a bathroom to give me a feedback of daylight. I would miss a window there, just as a passionate bathtub user would if the space only allows a shower.

There is always criticism – you just have to come to terms with the circumstances and make the best of it.

If I had a 180 sqm apartment, then 120 sqm would be for living and 60 sqm for no compromises.

Hello everyone

Thank you for the many ideas. We will clarify the issue regarding the shafts again. According to the plans I currently have, the shaft at the top right by the bathroom is "fixed," but it could still be minimally shifted to different corners of the room, as the bathroom has not yet been finally planned.

Regarding the window front, the front on the left side is fixed, and at the seating area, the upper window is also planned to be floor-level (this is not yet marked as such in the plan).

For the other windows, the client's statement was that we are allowed to make changes to the windows, but we must bear the building permit costs. We will discuss this point again.

Exactly. Bathrooms without windows do not belong in a 180 sqm apartment, even if according to common cliché in Switzerland it is still a social housing ;-)

:) This cliché about the Swiss :) No, 180m2 is actually rather large for a condominium here in Switzerland... Normally they are mostly between 140-160 m2
But we would also like to have a window in the bathroom, but then we would probably have to build a single-family house ;)

Best regards
Marc

at the seat, the upper window is also planned to be at floor level

In the full width? How is the access to the seat there? I consider that rather impractical.