Open plan residence, first floor.
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What about a half wall with a breakfast bar to separate the kitchen from the living space? still keeps the open feel, while giving separation from the two spaces.
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Nice rendering. The ceiling height looks low for such a large space.
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I think its just how we perceive the picture with no reference objects to go off of. If you try and imagine a person standing next to the counter it seems to help. I think because it is a WIP that without anything in the space it seems to feel cramped in there surprisingly.
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I'd agree on the ceiling height (low) if that is a counter height over on the right. But until the design is filled out more, who's to say for sure?
Good work! Looking forward to seeing more WIP!
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Thanks for the replies, the breakfast bar is taken car of and the ceiling height is 8' so not low at all. I think the large open space gives an illusion of a low ceiling. There will be a lower ceiling for the kitchen breakfast bar area which will have a fireproof screen. I am looking into the idea of a glass display case of some kind to break up the rest of the area so far undesignated.
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Mike, that is what I meant by the ceiling too low. Although 8' sounds like a decent ceiling height, and may work functionally, in such a large space it will FEEL lower.
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In the US, 9-10ft ceilings are now considered the norm because of the prevalence of open floor plan designs, with 8ft heights being used for 2nd (and sometimes even 1st floor) floor bedroom areas.
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Thanks guys, I missed the point you made earlier but thanks for the heads up. Being used to 7' or lower ceilings in the UK I sometimes miss things like that. I suppose the increase in general population height means I have to catch up a bit. A bit confusing to have to think of closing a single space down but open it up at the same time. I will get it in the end.
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7' in the UK really? Holy Crap, that would feel like living in a shoe box on side of road and eating cold gravel for breakfast! WOW!!!!
8' (2.4m) is minimum required here in Australia. There is a tendency toward 9' (2.7m) where costs permit. One trick I use a lot, as plasterboard sheets come as 1.2m (2.4m / 2) or 1.35m (2.7m / 2) I use a 1.2m plus a 1.35m sheet giving 2.55m. As the two standard heights are 2.4/2.7 the viewer / buyer assumes the ceiling is 2.7m yet the total cost saving over the building footprint is significant eg 2 brick courses across all walls.
One has to imagine when standing, the height of a room is perceived as that which is above eye height. Thus even a 6" increase is judged as visually significant.
For me anything beyond 9' (2.7m) is actually starting to lose intimacy and human scale (in a home). Easily felt when standing on a balcony. If the balcony is not covered it feels somewhat alien and uncomfortable. Once it has some sort of enclosure above, even if just false work (pergola) we feel more relaxed, secure, less intimidated.
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For me, it's about the proportions of the space and how it feels. My house is small, so the 8' ceilings seem normal, comfortable. But I have been in some large spaces with 8' ceilings, and it felt like the ceiling was pressing down on me.
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well SOMETIMES the gravel is warmed over, a bit.......
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Hello Mike, looking good
your modelling/renderings coming on in leaps and bounds.John
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Cheers John, getting some good textures helps a lot, limited otherwise.
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