Single-family house with staggered floor, southwest location in Bonn

I simply cannot understand the whole criticism for the life of me. The ground floor works wonderfully, the open space with the large window front is very nice, and the kitchen is perfectly positioned. I would have even kept the original angled door between the kitchen and the open space, because that gives you a direct view to the dining table. The dressing room/bathroom/bedroom would not be really my taste now, and can certainly still be optimized. Otherwise, some people here who are loudly calling out would be over the moon if they had a house like this.

Isn't a forum there to shed light on different sides and to discuss from various perspectives? You’ve now expressed your opinion, good and right. But you don't have to discredit the other opinions because of that; they have the same right to exist as yours. Above all, many arguments were backed up with factual reasoning, especially very extensively by . That is more useful than a "I like it/don't like it."

Your last sentence is disrespectful, it’s a pity that you say something like that.

And "working" is one thing, but that was by no means the main point in this context.

Yes, I completely agree and I have absolutely nothing against the opinion of others. Some, and it’s usually the same ones, always project their own views onto others, even though they follow a completely different style. We probably have a different understanding of disrespect, because I don’t see any in my last sentence.

Sorry, Alessandro. The long corridors aren’t really nice as they are, someone tried to make the best of it and there are certainly some good possibilities.

But that is making the best use of what already exists and renovating it.

Here, however, is new construction. I’m not going to build something that I later desperately have to beautify because it’s basically not great.
I’m building the hit – and nothing else. Especially if I have such a budget.

I don’t think the style is bad either, but so many corners are thoughtless and time and again I read: well, I can just place the furniture so it fits, it’s not that important right now – and, oh yes!!!, I forgot: a little grand piano is supposed to go in there too, woohoo and yeah!

So then: such a grand piano needs space, even if no one is using it intensively right now. With the current furnishing, I don’t see it.

And then a huge dining table. I think it’s cool, we have one too – but for me it doesn’t fit together with the statement that you will probably eat in the kitchen anyway. So here we have a huge table that is rarely used and a grand piano that you put awkwardly in the corner, then angle the table so it fits – and that’s supposed to be good?
Sorry, I can’t agree with that.

For me, so many things don’t fit together. Apart from the fact that I don’t see the architect as a credit to his profession (but maybe I’m wrong and he simply wasn’t given any creative freedom, and then this is what you get). But overall, I have the impression that the OP has seen a few things, liked many, and has a vision.
That’s not bad at all. What I massively miss, however, is bringing those visions and wishes to life. Sitting down and figuring out how much space I need for a grand piano, how much for a chair at the table, etc.
I didn’t know that either – but Google is a real treasure trove. I’ve walked through model home parks to find out if I liked the dimensions for my living room or found them too tight. How much freedom behind the chair at the table do I find comfortable, how much do I find too cramped?
That is also a very personal feeling (I found many dining tables in many model homes so squeezed in – I wanted more space!).

That’s what I miss here. A casual “well, you can just adjust the furniture” says a lot. I simply don’t want to hear that anymore.

Here are people with very different tastes when it comes to architecture and interior design. You would criticize their houses just as much as they do yours!

If someone says in essence that a considerable amount of excess square meters is simply an unavoidable consequence of the full floor definition applicable in their case, then that is a misunderstanding. It is a matter of taste when someone, like , "asphalts" their living spaces ;-) and puts a yellow TV console in it (but has weighed the planning aspects very thoroughly).

I still consider the section issue, for example, to be a smokescreen and pseudo-argument that was not justified in any way. The program can set them arbitrarily

Section positions are set—regardless of whether by hand or suggested by CAD software—firstly at sensible positions and secondly, as a consequence of the first point, only to the necessary extent. That from a significantly above-average number of sections an indicator for an increased complexity of the building structure can be derived (which is confirmed here upon closer examination) I had very much explained. Section "16" could of course also have been called "R2D2" or "Carl Maria," there is no DIN EN 11ant for that—only: the fact that there are six of them instead of two makes every construction cost-sensitive plan critic’s alarm bells ring.

Thanks for a positive point

The conciliatory words from also made me very happy for you, since apparently the impression that the criticism is meant to attack you blinds you to the content of the criticism (otherwise it is hardly explainable why you say that the explanations given multiple times from several sides and by everyone with different wording remained without justification). Slamming would be done differently; no one would put so much effort into explaining their criticism in a differentiated manner. No one here begrudges anyone building a light version of "Fallingwater" near Bonn. But if the difference between critics and haters is not seen by the "recipient," the willingness for this effort will soon cease.

I don't see anything here that has been desperately beautified, especially not on the ground floor. It is open and works perfectly! And I, for example, love long hallways, even in new buildings.



To loosen up the hallway on the ground floor, you can also install a window to the dining room or even a passage:



I won't say anything about the wing now; I agree with you there. However, if it played such an important role, the architect would certainly have been informed. I don't think the floor plan revolves around the wing, even if it is an heirloom. It surely looks good when it's placed in the upper right corner of the living room.

To create more space in the entrance area, I would omit the recessed wall and instead make a covering from the garage to the entrance: