Mertha257
2020-07-15 12:10:32
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Hello everyone,
we are approaching the completion of the approval planning and received the almost final floor plan from our architect yesterday. I really appreciate this forum and especially the opinions and suggestions expressed here. Therefore, I would be very happy to receive your comments, improvement suggestions, ideas, and critiques on our floor plan!
Thank you very much!
Mertha
Development Plan/Restrictions
Client Requirements
House Design
If you had to give up, on which details/extensions
Why did the design turn out the way it is now?
We gathered inspiration in model home parks and new development areas, obtained offers from some companies, consulted with friends & acquaintances, and ultimately designed this floor plan with a recommended architect.
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters?
- Is the room layout overall coherent and/or sensible?
- Do we have blind spots, is something missing or wrongly planned?
- Are there good, complementary ideas that make living better?





we are approaching the completion of the approval planning and received the almost final floor plan from our architect yesterday. I really appreciate this forum and especially the opinions and suggestions expressed here. Therefore, I would be very happy to receive your comments, improvement suggestions, ideas, and critiques on our floor plan!
Thank you very much!
Mertha
Development Plan/Restrictions
[*]Size of the plot: 1,000 sqm
[*]Slope: no
[*]Floor area ratio: no development plan, §34 Building Code
[*]Plot ratio: no development plan, §34 Building Code
[*]Building window, building line and boundary: Building lines aligned with neighboring buildings, see site plan
[*]Edge development: Planned on the eastern property boundary, with garage
[*]Number of parking spaces: 2
[*]Number of storeys: see floor plans
[*]Roof shape: see floor plans
[*]Maximum heights/limitations: Max. height of building structures 9m
Client Requirements
[*]Style, roof shape, building type: classic single-family house with bay window
[*]Basement, storeys: no basement, 2 storeys
[*]Number of people, age: 2 adults + 3 children (1.5 + 4 + 7 years)
[*]Office: guest room is used as a study
[*]Open kitchen, cooking island: kitchen planning not yet done, see floor plan.
[*]Number of dining seats: 6-8
[*]Fireplace: yes, outside to save interior space and as a style element
[*]Garage, carport: double garage with adjacent storage room
House Design
[*]Planning source: sample floor plan from a construction company, adapted/optimized by architects
[*]What do you particularly like? Why? Orientation of the living area to the south/west, lots of light in the house, large children's rooms, connection of garage/storage/utility room, etc. our floor plan ideas have been largely implemented
[*]What do you not like? Why? Sufficient storage space for laundry/food etc.? Does the dressing room upstairs make sense or rather in the upper floor parents' and children's bathroom? Is the living room large enough?
[*]Preferred heating technology: probably gas condensing boiler with photovoltaics (initially a heat pump was planned), central ventilation system
If you had to give up, on which details/extensions
[*]could you do without: dressing room (we have already given up the children's bathroom)
[*]could you not do without: as much light as possible!
Why did the design turn out the way it is now?
We gathered inspiration in model home parks and new development areas, obtained offers from some companies, consulted with friends & acquaintances, and ultimately designed this floor plan with a recommended architect.
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters?
- Is the room layout overall coherent and/or sensible?
- Do we have blind spots, is something missing or wrongly planned?
- Are there good, complementary ideas that make living better?