hampshire
2019-07-21 09:43:34
- #1
The draft shows unclear priorities of the builders. On the one hand, you want to integrate special design aspects like a gallery, on the other hand – as you have also noticed – the children's rooms are quite small.
Look at your draft from above under the aspect "who or what gets how much space." I find the ratio of the garage wing to the house incongruous; the house has a far too small share of the ensemble.
The idea of placing the residential building "top left" has something special. You have space. My preference would be an L-shaped bungalow with a living and a sleeping wing. I would place the garage / workshop etc. near the street on the property as a separate and visually corresponding building. The access path would be close to the edge of the property and would separate a strip of kitchen garden for vegetables etc. from the rest of the garden. There would be a beech hedge towards the street.
By the way: I fully understand people who want to integrate design aspects into their house. Good design is never detached from function and serves the whole.
Look at your draft from above under the aspect "who or what gets how much space." I find the ratio of the garage wing to the house incongruous; the house has a far too small share of the ensemble.
The idea of placing the residential building "top left" has something special. You have space. My preference would be an L-shaped bungalow with a living and a sleeping wing. I would place the garage / workshop etc. near the street on the property as a separate and visually corresponding building. The access path would be close to the edge of the property and would separate a strip of kitchen garden for vegetables etc. from the rest of the garden. There would be a beech hedge towards the street.
By the way: I fully understand people who want to integrate design aspects into their house. Good design is never detached from function and serves the whole.