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Dream Homes from the Past Century

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Re: Dream Homes from the Past Century

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Post by fullito »

My biggest worry is, when i finaly have the money and the ground to build my dream, that i'm not allowed to due to building restrictions :(...

Germany is densily populated and you can get a house + ground with 2-5 acres for 200-500.000k but they are all in the so called 'outter area' and apparently we don't want that. You have strict building restrictions. you can't just tear it down and rebiuld it (what you often need to to be able to build their at all. Your dream house will not be the original 0815 building)

Anyway, while i have a ton of ideas, my main motivation is to create spaces and design a house around it.

That spot where you gonna watch movies, the wind and rain protected outdoor place to watch the rain, the office which allows me to look out, feel the wind and having enough shade that my screen is usefull, the gaming room, they day bedroom, bright, with a great view and the tea room. Something like when Dr. Strange was finding that teacher there was a very beautiful japanese style empty square room with openings to every side and curtains.

Aaaand a Workshop, hobby room with big window to the north, solar power, additional water reserve and a storehouse for gworing your own food.

All of that should be in a layout with optimizes sun exposure. And it has either stacks of wood outside the window with slits high enough that you can look out but the sun doesn't annoy you or other high quality automatic blindes.

Modern, pratical, sustainable (also cheap to maintain).

Basically to build my dream house, i just need luck, time and money. Luck for the location and building regulations, Time to think that through and money.

I think i watched too much BBCs Grand Designs

Re: Dream Homes from the Past Century

#42

Post by teruakohatu »

nullc wrote: post #18
mjevans wrote: post #5

I dislike how much glass is used in many of these houses. I imagine they let a LOT of ambient noise and heat inside.

You can build windows that have sound attenuation greater than common wall construction. My office at home has a series of 62"x80" windows effectively forming the walls on two sides of four sides, and smaller windows covering on one side. I had the windows built as 3/16"-PVB_laminate-1/4"-1/2"_gap-1/4". The lamination and the different thicknesses detune the panes, and the large mass provides a lot of attenuation. Yo…

Can you explain what "3/16"-PVB_laminate-1/4"-1/2"_gap-1/4" means? Is that four layers of glass?

Re: Dream Homes from the Past Century

#43

Post by ido »

fullito wrote: post #41

My biggest worry is, when i finaly have the money and the ground to build my dream, that i'm not allowed to due to building restrictions :(... Germany is densily populated and you can get a house + ground with 2-5 acres for 200-500.000k but they are all in the so called 'outter area' and apparently we don't want that. You have strict building restrictions. you can't just tear it down and rebiuld it (what you often ne…

google is telling me an acre is a bit more than 4000 square meter...You need 8000-20,000 square meter plot for your house & yard or am I reading something wrongly?

The house my father was born in (& my grandmother still lived in till shortly before she died) was on a ~2500 square meter plot that seemed huge to me, so much that when my father & uncle sold the property 4 more houses were built on the same plot.

From what you wrote above your house would comfortably fit in a 1000 square meter plot with enough room for a yard around it.

Re: Dream Homes from the Past Century

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Post by switch11 »

082349872349872 wrote: post #16
symmitchry wrote: post #7

Part of me loves architecture and seeing these amazing homes. Sadly, a bigger part of me cannot afford a 1 bedroom condo. In my old age, my lower middle class 'lot in life' prevents me from really enjoying luxurious things.

Brits in the Austen period distinguished between attributes, acquisitions, and accomplishments. The first are things one is born with and keep until death, such as eye colour. The second are things one has bought and may sell. The last are things one has done, or has learned how to do. You may not be able to acquire instances of 'architecture porn', but you can enjoy them (and may even be able to rent them), and very…

this is so true

Re: Dream Homes from the Past Century

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Post by TylerE »

ido wrote: post #43
fullito wrote: post #41

My biggest worry is, when i finaly have the money and the ground to build my dream, that i'm not allowed to due to building restrictions :(... Germany is densily populated and you can get a house + ground with 2-5 acres for 200-500.000k but they are all in the so called 'outter area' and apparently we don't want that. You have strict building restrictions. you can't just tear it down and rebiuld it (what you often ne…

google is telling me an acre is a bit more than 4000 square meter...You need 8000-20,000 square meter plot for your house & yard or am I reading something wrongly? The house my father was born in (& my grandmother still lived in till shortly before she died) was on a ~2500 square meter plot that seemed huge to me, so much that when my father & uncle sold the property 4 more houses were built on the same plot. From wh…

Very large yards make for good neighbors.

Re: Dream Homes from the Past Century

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Post by dafoex »

A lot of these are too form over function for my tastes. They are very interesting to look at for the most part, but I'm not sure I'd like to live in a glass cube with everything on show, or in a brutalist mountain of concrete. The one I would pick, however, is the "teletubby house" at the bottom of the article. It looks small, but strikes a good balance between art and practicality, to my mind.

Re: Dream Homes from the Past Century

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Post by astrobe_ »

082349872349872 wrote: post #29
seanmcdirmid wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A lot of those homes are difficult to retrofit with decent heating and insulation. I had a friend thattried this with an old Beijing hutong whose bones simply weren’t designed for central heating. You can put in something, but it will be expensive and/or ineffective.

炬燵 are a thing

For those too lazy to copy/paste into an online translator: it's "kotatsu" [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotatsu

Re: Dream Homes from the Past Century

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Post by the-dude »

fullito wrote: post #41

My biggest worry is, when i finaly have the money and the ground to build my dream, that i'm not allowed to due to building restrictions :(... Germany is densily populated and you can get a house + ground with 2-5 acres for 200-500.000k but they are all in the so called 'outter area' and apparently we don't want that. You have strict building restrictions. you can't just tear it down and rebiuld it (what you often ne…

Germany is not densily populated. Neighbor speaking up here.

Re: Dream Homes from the Past Century

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Post by Multicomp »

teruakohatu wrote: post #42
nullc wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can build windows that have sound attenuation greater than common wall construction. My office at home has a series of 62"x80" windows effectively forming the walls on two sides of four sides, and smaller windows covering on one side. I had the windows built as 3/16"-PVB_laminate-1/4"-1/2"_gap-1/4". The lamination and the different thicknesses detune the panes, and the large mass provides a lot of attenuation. Yo…

Can you explain what "3/16"-PVB_laminate-1/4"-1/2"_gap-1/4" means? Is that four layers of glass?

Not the go but will try.

IIReadC this is a window made up of two 3/16" PVB laminate coatings over 1/4" glass, with a 1/2" gap between them.

Not confident over there coatings part frankly but it's the best I got.

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