DreamHouse/Layout

Layout

OK, let's get some dodgy ascii-art underway... ;)

      +--------+
      |        |       0 - Above ground villa
 --------------------
   |              |    1 - machine level (a/c systems etc, "attic")
   +--------------+
   |              |    2 - Work level (eg, study, library)
   +--------------+
   |              |    3 - Living level (bedrooms, kitchen, etc)
   +--------------+
   |________|          4 - sublevel (eg, pool, "basement")

In a little more detail...

 +-+
 | |  = 1x1cm grid on original sketch paper...
 +-+    the scale makes this a square between between 2 and 3m per side

Level 3

Level 3, the living level, is what holds the normal "house" stuff. This level holds the five bedrooms, the lounge/dining (formal) room, the family room, the kitchen, laundy, toilets... it also contains the indoor pool, sauna, one level of the carport/workshop/storage area, and a medatative room. The pool extends down into level4.

Level 2

The level is sparsely populated, as many of the rooms from level3 are 2story high rooms. (in a fully enclosed house such as this, claustrophobia is a potential problem - large areas such as this try to counter that, to a degree). The pool area, and parts of the family room are 2story high. The formal room is in fact 3 stories. There is also a study and library on this level, as well as a "games" room. Bedrooms may also extend up into this level for their own "attic" space or similar. The water tank also is on this level as well as level1. This level has a small workshop/carport area.

 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |X X X X X X X X|   | |     |   X X X = no floor here (room below extends up)
 + X X X X X X X +   +T+     +       T = Toilets
 |X X X X X X X X|   | |     |
 + X X X X X X X +   +-+     +
 |X X X X X X X X| G   |     |       G = Games room
 + X X X X X X X +     +     +
 |X X X X X X X X|     |     |
 + X X X X X X ..+-+-+-+  C  +       C = Carport/storage/workshop
 |X X X X X X.X X|    #      |     ... = Upper area of division/partition
 + X X X X X.X X + +-+-+     +       # = Door positions in partition
 |X X X X X.X X X| | P \     |       P = Processing/recycling
 + X X X X#X X X + +-+-+\    +
 |X X X X.X X X X| |     |   |
 +-+-+-+-+ X X X + + H2O +-+-+     H20 = Water storage tank
 |   |Foy|X X X X| |     |L|       Foy = Foyer
 + T + +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+         L = Lifts
 |   | |L|           |               T = Toilets
 +-+-+-+-+    S      +               S = Study
 |X X X X|           |
 + X X X +-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |X X X X|           |
 + X X X +           +
 |X X X X|           |
 + X X X +    Lib    +             Lib = Library
 |X X X X|           |
 +-+-+-+-+           +
 |  LF   |           |              LF = Library Storage and/or Fish tank
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

Level 1

The Formal area extends into this level, as does a small area of the family room. The study and library are both 2 story rooms that extend up into level1. The water tank extends into this level, and there is a large carpark/workshop area. Also, there is a large area devoted to the machinery that runs the house. "pumps, controls, aircon, etc)

 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                 | T |     |       T = Toilets
 +                 +-+-+     +
 |                 .         |
 +       M         .         +       M = Machinery/systems
 |                 .    C    |       C = Carport/storage/workshop
 +                 .         +     ... = Division implied more than physical
 |                 .         |
 +                 +-+       +
 |                 |  \      |
 +                 + P +     +       P = Processing/recycling
 |                 |   \     |
 +       +-+-+-+-+ +-+-+\    +
 |       |X X X X| |     |   |     H20 = Water storage tank
 +-+-+-+-+ X X X + + H20 +-+ +       T = Toilets
 | T | |C|X X X X| |     |L| |       C = Cloak Room
 +-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+ +       L = Lifts
 | Foy |L|           |       |     Foy = Foyer
 +-+-+-+-+     S     +       +       S = Study
 |X X X X|           |       |
 + X X X +-+-+-+-+-+-+       +   X X X = no floor here (room below extends up)
 |X X X X|           |   C   |       C = Carport/storage/workshop
 + X X X +           +       +
 |X X X X|           |       |
 + X X X +    Lib    +       +     Lib = Library
 |X X X X|           |       |
 +-+-+-+-+           +       +
 |  LF   |           |       |      LF = Library Storage and/or Fish tank
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

Level 0

Above ground villa should be usable as a house alone. ie, bedrooms, kitchen, etc. Whether or not the lower levels should be capable of being hidden from the Villa is an un-yet undecided point.