Execution as a wooden house, timber frame construction, closed beam ceiling, insulation between rafters, only purlins visible
Development plan/restrictions
Size of the plot: 1700sqm
Slope of the plot slopes down 1.2m from the street towards the middle over the entire length. Behind the stream towards the field, slope of about 2.5m
Floor area ratio 0.4
Plot ratio 0.7
Building window, building line and boundary building limit:
are the property boundaries on both sides of the piped creek. Boundary construction allowed or at least 3m distance
Edge development: yes
Number of parking spaces: 2 in front of the garage and 2 at the boundary to the left neighbor adjacent to the neighbor’s garage
Number of floors: 2 full floors allowed
Roof shape: everything allowed
Style: everything allowed
Orientation: everything allowed, also angled to the street
Maximum heights/limits: none
Other requirements
Client requirements
Style, roof shape, building type: style:
Modern Swedish house (New England style, model: Eksjöhus Rosenhill, Fjorborg Stockholm
Room layout very much liked in the Keitel-Haus Bad Vilbel
No basement, floors 1 1/2 to 2, knee wall 1.4m
Number of persons: currently 2, ages 30/26, two children planned
Space requirements on the ground floor (GF), upper floor (UF):
GF (living room, dining room, kitchen, utility room, woman’s office, guest bathroom);
UF (parents’ bedroom, dressing room, child 1, child 2, hobby room/private office, bathroom)
Office:
Office downstairs only for woman, since self-employed (no visitors) but may only be used for work, hobby room upstairs as family office
Overnight guests per year:
2-3
Open or closed architecture: open
Open kitchen, cooking island: yes
Number of dining seats: 6-8
Fireplace: yes
Music/stereo wall: living room home cinema with projector, subwoofer, surround system
Balcony, roof terrace: on garage if possible
Garage, carport: yes for 2 cars plus storage room and workshop
Other wishes/special features/daily routine, also reasons why this or that should or should not be
Access from utility room to garage and hallway and kitchen for storage location
House design
Who designed it:
Preliminary sketch by us, design by architect
What do you particularly like? Why?
Open living area, staircase not in living area, bedroom upstairs due to view, bright rooms, children’s rooms not adjacent to parents’ bedroom, garage attached to the house so you are always dry in winter, we live in a snowy area at 600m
What do you not like? Why?
Currently utility room, guest bathroom area is not well integrated, wardrobe too small (maybe omit), orientation of terrace, front side due to veranda roof too close to house roof (considering dormer on front side)
Cost estimate according to architect/planner: large house 450,000; small house 360,000 but without considering own work which is very high
Preferred heating technology: heat pump geothermal and underfloor heating; controlled residential ventilation with recirculated heat recovery
If you have to do without, on which details/extensions
-you can do without:
Fireplace, children’s bathroom upstairs if family bathroom is spacious
-you cannot do without:
Open living area, living room large enough for home cinema (approx. 5x5m), woman’s office, woman’s dressing room or sufficient wardrobe, children’s rooms not directly adjacent to parents’ bedroom
Why is the design as it is now? For example:
Standard design from planner? Own design submitted to architect and received design as in picture
Which wishes were implemented by the architect?
Open living dining cooking area, hallway area, veranda
What is the most important/basic question about the floor plan summarized in 130 characters?
Is the orientation or the house construction well integrated on the plot or can it be used better? There is space after all.