Plan Attack® Terrible Much Better: Washington D.C. Studio/ One Bedroom
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- čas přidán 3. 12. 2022
- Watch and learn as a badly designed 726 sq ft/ 67 sq m studio/ one bedroom unit in Washington D.C. is transformed into a much better floor plan. This floor plan was submitted by a follower from Washington D.C.
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I wish developers would care about building great, functional, comfortable, livable interiors rather than stacking us in shoe boxes
an idea: why not switch the space of the desk and the walk in closet. this way the office space/nook could be open to the bed room and have some day light and the walk in could be accessible from the bedroom or from the entrance?
These narrow units really are a challenge huh? In the first place i'm really surprised about the size of the overall floorplan; i'm only used to seing that kind of structure for studio apartments about the size of up to 30 sqm. Maybe this would be a chance to rethink this kind of condo more radically (i know, i know, jurisdictions, but hear me out). Maybe the plan actually would function a lot better if one would really embrace the lofty one-room-does-all. I could imagine setting the kitchen far back in the space you put the "study space" and dividing the spaces between the structural column and the wall (looked about the same depth as a counter, maybe a tad deeper). You could have a view between counter and upper storage through to the living (and i guess also sleeping) area. I think you would a: create a lot of qualities for a lofty one purpose room (let's be real: this apartment is made for singles or young childless couples) and b: create a convenient installation zone for kitchen and bathroom. Also maybe there is a third point to be made: Of course you can't get natural light through the hole unit only by the means of the small window front, but you could at least produce views through the apartment and create different zones at different proportions of natural light. Just some thoughts, would love to hear yours about it! Greetings from Germany :)
You are bringing up a good point - this is a very large floor plan for a "studio". At 700 sq ft, this is more typically a two bedroom in cities like Vancouver and Toronto. Maybe it should be a giant open space.....a live/ work art studio loft?
@@PlanAttack i also thought the same, less walls = less cost + light and ventilation
Oh you came back with videos, I found your channnel like 2/3 months ago and was so frustrated the videos were all 9 + months old. I thought you were not going to post again. I just love these puzzles of reorganizing floorplans, thanks for the content!
Impressive work as always!! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Thank you for watching!
tbh best version ! in case u moving kitchen from another to opposite how do you manage the water and plumbing systems in reality
Yay! You're back!
I am happy to be back....I fell off the wagon to be honest and it's taken me a while to dust myself off and get up the nerve to get back into it. Thanks for following along.
@@PlanAttack Of course. Hope you can upload again soon. Thank you for sharing your ideas to us.
I wonder about how difficult moving the plumbing for the kitchen would be. Depending on construction material it might be impossible.
That's my question I posed! I am thinking it could be possible to build out the entire right hand wall and run the drain and water lines back to the original bath location.....
@@PlanAttack I suppose if you are just talking about draining a sink/dishwasher that might work. You wouldn't want to have to use some sort of pump. Just thinking about drainage, cleanouts and traps ... yikes.
Nailed it!
What about a vertical wood slat wall partition as a room divider for the bedroom or flex space?
I love your idea of a wood slat wall. The more I read everyone's comments I think that the partition wall between the bedroom and living space needs to be more ethereal and less about enclosure.
Hey, are you taking on clients to go through their plans?
This is about the best you can do with a badly-designed building.
It's a challenging layout to start with - I agree! These long narrow single window sided units are becoming more and more typical and I think we need to keep trying to come up with ideas to optimize them.
What apps do you use ?, its so simple, i want to learn it
I use Morpholio Trace on my iPad Pro. I love it.
The placement of the fridge is not ideal. I have a narrow kitchen in my house that connects to the balcony and my father smokes. Whenever my mother is cooking or I'm grabbing something from the fridge it becomes a hindrance. IMO egress should be as unobstructed as possible. Other than that I think that is a great design.
Where do you think the fridge should go in this scenario?
@@PlanAttack That's the thing, after posting the comment I went to your design and tried to do that. But I couldn't think of a better place. I should have edited the comment to add that. Maybe the only place would be near the varanda door? But that would still disrupt the varanda, and even if you have a window next to the door I doubt any local government would allow you to change the placement of the door. (without some grease). In theory people would use the varanda less than the living space. Still not ideal. Moving the fridge c little closer to the varanda would work, but the balcony space would be tiny and you would end up with a weirdly large balcony space you probably wouldn't use.
@@PlanAttack Maybe if the sofa isn't L-shaped it might not be that much of a problem.