Single-family house, approximately 160m², Bauhaus style; first draft according to our wishes

Personally, I would move the kitchen door further forward toward the entrance, want only one door in the bedroom, and swap the bathtub and the sink in the bathroom. I would place the sink on the wall facing the bedroom and stretch it nicely long.

Even further forward? You have already moved it further forward today. If we move it even further, we won’t be able to realize the kitchen built-in cabinets the way we want.

Regarding swapping bathtub and sink: Then we would have to install the water pipes into the wall bordering the bedroom – isn't that noisy? The architect also said today that he wouldn’t implement it because of this problem.

Why don’t you access the bedroom from the dressing room? That’s much more practical...

I’m bothered by the imaginary bad view of entering a wardrobe when I want to go into the bedroom… Of course, it could be just my imagination.

I like the ground floor; on the upper floor, I would actually consider giving the second child some balcony space. That could cause trouble If a second child is planned at all and you do not use the room otherwise. I would swap the sink and bathtub because of the light incidence. Light at the wash basin is really useful and more necessary than at the bathtub. Access to the dressing room has already been discussed. I would also prefer that over access through the bedroom. But that is probably a matter of taste. Otherwise, I really like the design.

We also considered the idea of a balcony on the second child's room – since it borders the garage, that might be a possible idea. However, we wouldn’t want to extend the balcony over the terrace – then there would be even less light.

I see the need for light at the wash basin similarly: Is the issue of acoustics/noise level in the wall to the bedroom negligible?

We will revisit the dressing room topic. That also seems valid regarding walking distances.

I seem to have missed some things. By now, you have also switched to a gable roof?

I find it rather impractical to access through the dressing room and would probably have done it like the OP. I also quite like the room layout and sizes on the upper floor. However, as already mentioned several times, I would have left the corridor open on the ground floor if possible.

What I also don’t quite understand is that you are saving on ceiling height with just under 2.5 m on the ground floor and 2.23 m in the basement? If I read it correctly, you would still have 1.1 m of space upwards according to the development plan?

We actually switched from a flat roof to a hipped roof.

We don’t want an open corridor because of the acoustics. With visitors, etc., it would be massively noisy in that corridor.

We have fully utilized the room heights (eaves height max. 154.34, project eaves height: 154.34)

Ground floor: 2.52
Upper floor: 2.55

So, briefly marked the routes in both variants:
blue = coming in in the evening
purple = after undressing going to bed
red = getting clothes in the morning
pink = leaving in the morning
hope you can clearly see the routes and how often you disturb a partner who is already or still sleeping in one or the other variant

Thanks, that is memorable!

Too bad that you are now locking the dressing room...was our input here not clear or a conscious decision regardless of arguments? Then we don’t need to discuss it anymore.

I think a mixture…

Even further forward? They have already moved it forward today.

Yes! Leave out the corner of the kitchen and put the door right there. The kitchen is often the first point of contact; only after that do you take off your jacket.

If we move it further forward, we cannot realize the built-in kitchen cabinets the way we want.

They can connect it.

The architect also said today that he wouldn’t implement it because of this issue.

Oh... okay.

Yes! Omit the corner of the kitchen and put the door right there. The kitchen is often the first point of contact, only then does the jacket come off. They can connect afterwards. Ah... okay.

Not like that? I don't know and will first rely on the expert's assessment. For me it sounded plausible, but from your comment I do read irony.

We are currently very satisfied... we will try to gain some distance and possibly take another look at it repeatedly over the weekend.

Distance is always good – ideally from all three: a) your own infatuation with the design, b) encouraging comments, c) frightening comments. Because a) you don’t have to live there in a dream, but in reality, and b/c) not us, but you. Before taking distance, take a deep breath of constructive comments (like the circulation path presentation by ), then it will succeed!

Why does even one of the children's rooms have a balcony?

Why does even one of the children's rooms have a balcony?

Well, as an idea to make use of the roof of the balcony.