My first suggestion to you is to compare the floor plan you have posted to the list of items you are asking us to evaluate.... very few of the items are actually on your plan, such as kitchen work triangle and laundry room. It is also impossible to evaluate a home's design without exterior elevations and a compass rose. A south facing window with no overhang or shade provided is far different than a North facing window with a deep roof overhang.

Did you create an imaginary family and lifestyle when brainstorming your design?

What type of site is it designed for? Roads? neighbors? topography?

Where is the front door?

Did the secondary bath haveto be Jack and Jill?

Is there a dining room? laundry?

It’s very hard to see the blue walls on the black background.

Dimensions are needed.

Are 'we' cheating by asking Houzz?

Are 'we' cheating by asking Houzz?

LOL. Probably. Or maybe doing primary research is part of the assignment.

What school?

What class?

Curved wall and glass are expensive.

Curved rooms are also a PITA to decorate.

^1000% - need more info to give feedback but all those curved walls would be hard to live in

What class is this for?

The picture is useless without measurements why on earth a round wall home ? They are at best a PITA to decorate and to design a kitchen will require a hefty custom cabinet design for no reason and bad function too. IMO this paln is a no go even in fairy land design project . This is done best when first you have an imaginary family to live there . Then function first and foremost . The area you are in requires a ton of heat and UVcontrol but also good heating . J&J bathrooms are horrible and the one you plan even worse since it has 3 entry spots . Yes it is cheating to ask for help from us .

I don’t think asking for help is cheating. This is a class. What better way to learn than to ask questions?

Sorry @bpath - but this is more than asking questions of Houzz. These questions are what's on paper for the students to answer about the design they've come up with - from what they have learned from the instructor.

Here are some questions we would like you to consider:

General Questions

• Does the layout feel functional and efficient? Why or why not?
• Are there any areas that feel too cramped or too spacious?
• Do the room placements make sense for daily activities?
• Do you see any potential issues with accessibility or convenience?

Room-Specific Questions

• Kitchen: Is the work triangle (sink, stove, fridge) efficient? Would you change anything?
• Living Room: Does the space feel open and inviting? Would furniture placement be easy?
• Bedrooms: Are they well-sized and positioned for privacy?
• Storage: Is there enough storage space in key areas (closets, pantry, garage)?
• Bathrooms: Are they conveniently located for all occupants?

Sustainability & Energy Efficiency

• How well do the windows and natural light placements optimize energy efficiency?
• Do you see any missed opportunities for passive heating/cooling?
• Are there additional sustainable features you’d recommend?

Flow

• Does the floor plan allow for easy movement between rooms?
• Are high-traffic areas placed logically (e.g., is the laundry room easily accessible)?

Etc...

It looks very interesting and challenging.

I think the questions are part of the assignment for the student to address, not feedback after the instructor has seen the design. That comes later, and should be iterative. It is about learning.

It is hard to say with out dimensions.

It is an interesting idea.

My initial thoughts:

- Yikes! to fitting furniture in the living room with curved walls - straighten the courtyard wall shared with the LR and have a nice fireplace or water feature on it. If the room is big enough, you could probably float a couch in front of the curve.

- Kitchen - move that mudroom door - it kills that wall from having cabinets all across.

- Dining space??

- The bedroom closets are too small.

- Don't see any other closet storage

- The jack and jill bath will be a disaster with 3 doors to lock when you are in there. Looks too long and narrow. Break it up to at least have a powder room and full bath.

- I would strongly urge students to always add representations of furniture TO SCALE into their plans. That will show issues right away.

Good luck!

Sorry but yes it is cheating this is the assignment to discuss the design by the studnts not picking our brains

OP - Where are you, Liliana?

I assume that reading books about design , or studying other architects’ work, is kosher.
Have you read Susanka’s books?
Or of course there is Frank Lloyd Wright, a house in NM though may have too unusual design for me.

If you are young students, I do think this can be a hard assignment in some ways, as many ( not necessarily you, of course), may have not focused on the logistics of cooking, cleaning , storing things, taking care of other people. I mean you’ve likely DONE some of it, but maybe not the same way as a homeowner, buyer, parent, or spent extended time in one apartment. But still you could tap into your experiences of getting ready for work or school ; getting groceries; having friends over, watching TV, making dinner, hosting friends; caring for a pet ( the activity, the “ stuff” associated, the views). What did you love , or what was annoying , about childhood homes? Or various apartments you’ve lived in ? Or friends homes, or vacation rentals? School buildings, other. Have you toured open houses of homes for sale?

The resulting ideas might be good, not good, right/ wrong, but would at least be, here’s what I was thinking about when I did this that way. Which would like need lots of revising, but would seldom if ever be possible , for someone learning , to hit the ball out of the park to begin with, nor might learning be as effective if it were handed to you / copied without your somehow really “ seeing” why one thing is better than another. Your own aha’s, lived experiences ( sorry, I hate that term!) or walking through spaces and really seeing how they are constructed to achieve something.

I imagine many first home buyers learn a lot about what they wish they had looked for, or bought, only after actually living adult lives in a house.

I think asking for feedback is not cheating. Out in the "real world", the most successful people are the ones who know how and who to ask for help.

About this design: dimensions are important. Your long rectangular bedrooms are awkward. The living room is practically the smallest room in the house - not counting the massive hallway, which can't even be used as a gallery because of the curved wall and all the doors. I can see kids absolutely loving this house - I envisions roller skating round and round that big circle.

Double doors are a pain in the neck in real life.

If I lived there, I would want to actually use the courtyard, more than just look at it. That means having multiple entrances - from the kitchen (I would eat out there when it wasn't too hot), living room, possibly hallway.

Does the courtyard have to be enclosed? A u-shaped house, with bedrooms on the legs and kitchen/living room at the bottom, might suit the assignment.

Hi, Liliana,

I applaud you seeking feedback on your design. If I were designing a spec house, I'd want to get feedback from the folks in the local area who will be tasked with selling it. Tastes and preferences can vary a lot from one region to another. Show the design to a couple of local Realtors who sell spec homes and see what their take is.

I can tell you one thing.......round does not work and could never be considered "spec" which implies a home that is likely to sell to a wide audience. Things like this, and trust me with a Google if you do not? Round? No, it does not fit the "spec" definition. Not even in a classroom.

...No matter how artisan finishes, treatments and how wildly wild your imagination.: )

Such a grand enormous circular entry hall, it and the courtyard that take up most the square footage of the house are just oddly wasted spaces.

We are working on an architectural project for the school and looking for feedback on our floorplan.

- As you work on this project, do you have a budget? Are you aware that this courtyard design will be considerably more expensive than a traditional build? The curved walls will also be very expensive.

-Consider that a huge amount of square footage is going into the circular hallway around the courtyard. Must you have this massive hallway, or could some of the rooms "touch" the courtyard?

- If you're going with a circular courtyard, it should be a circle -- the two "indents" throw things off".

- Have you considered a square /rectangular courtyard, which would be considerably cheaper and easier to build?

- I like that the doors are laid out to emphasize the courtyard, but you only have one entrance to the courtyard -- given that it's the central focal point of the house, I'd think you'd want another door on the opposite side.

- I presume the 10:00 door is the main door? So when guests enter, they must walk around the circular hallway to reach the living room? And people in the living room will have a nice view of the car's parking area? No, this is a misstep.

- Neither of the three entrances (front door, back door, mud room door) is covered -- this means residents and guests are subjected to the weather as they fiddle with the keys or wait to be admitted.

- The layout feels cramped to me -- you'll have to walk through the living room furniture layout to get to other rooms, and the two secondary bedrooms look small /lacking in function.

- I see a kitchen but no dining area.

- I see a mudroom, so I presume parking is outside this door -- I'd like to see it identified.

- I don't see the kitchen layout, but it's going to have to be small. As such, I'd like to see a good-sized pantry combined with the mudroom.

- The plan lacks in storage. Every house should have (even if they're small) a pantry, a coat closet, a broom closet and a linen closet.

- I don't see laundry.

- Lots of windows is a positive, but these appear to be shoved in without much thought. You also want space for artwork, and -- with so many windows you need to consider window treatments, as all these windows will turn into big dark squares after dark.

No, I don't think this is cheating -- if the OP listens, edits and learns.

Did the assignment give a hypothetical family ? Or are you ( student, or student team) allowed/ encouraged to set out your intended family?
I get that a “ spec house” may be a sort of 3/2 Every Buyer plan, but at some level one had to have the buyer or range of buyers in mind, or you actually do even if at a subconscious level, or even, who it is NOT for.
I note that Spector teams, rake each person might have underlying motivations for this or that design but not be able to combine them all.

Have you had any “ basics” of home dimensions-doorways, hallways, closets, bathrooms, & so on?

Take the courtyard and move it northwest to intersect with the south wall of the master bedroom and the west wall adjoining.