🏡 Planning suburban area: the idea of ​​zoning rules and layout

For each owner country residence important reasonable layout suburban area. Rules, the idea for the original design and the most interesting options - all this has become a subject of research for HouseChief edition of this material. As at relatively low cost to equip a plot of land so that he looked like on the covers of glossy magazines? Answers to these and other questions prepared practice and designers.

What happens if we neglect the design stage

It is the neglect of the design stage - the cause of most problems that you can expect in the future. And, unfortunately, many make the mistake of not giving proper values ​​planning and breakdown area to the functional area.

What is the result? Arbor is too far from home and communications, and you have to carry plates and refreshments through the entire area. Garden may be in a valley where ground water is often raised and place septic location too close to the neighbor fence, which will inevitably lead to a conflict situation.

Features of the site and their use

Before drawing up the plan is necessary to study the land. Pay attention to his relief, the shape, the level of groundwater, availability of water bodies or streams. Complex topography and proximity to water should not scare you, on the contrary, with the right approach all these nuances can be turned into advantages, which only accentuate your design work.

Sometimes to eliminate the shortcomings of the relief is necessary to remove or to pour part of the soil. Some sites need to organize the drainage system to drain excess moisture. All this is found out at the stage of preliminary investigation.

But you can do the job on its own, if we form for ourselves a small study plan, which will be the following items:

1. The nature of the terrain: Flat or hilly. The presence of the lower and upper ground point on the plot. All these parameters are important for the construction of communications networks.
2. soil Features: Sandy, clayey or humus. These characteristics are required for arrangement of the garden.
3. Geometry portion: Regular or irregular shape, the presence of difficult angles or curved and narrow sections. Knowledge of these features will help you properly zoned area.
4. Ground water level. An important parameter that affects not only the breakdown of the site, but also on the construction of residential and business premises.
5. Scheme illumination portion. It is important to identify the places where the shadow holds the most, and in which - sunny. This is important not only for gardening work, but also for the placement of residential and commercial buildings, places of recreation.
6. And finally - especially the climate in your region. This is also a natural feature of the site, which affects its layout, selection of plants for decoration and fruiting.

Note! Note the compass rose on the site. Determining the direction of the prevailing flow will consider competent windscreen for garden and recreation area.

The breakdown area to the functional area

Zoning - important stage of planning area. The convenient location of residential areas and recreational areas, good accommodation garden - all this has a significant impact on the successful outcome and comfortable use of the land allocated to you.

The living area includes not only the house itself, but also everything associated with it: garage, Terrace, summer kitchen and other similar buildings. For it to be adjacent or be in a separate seating area where you can place summerhouse, Deck chairs or hammocks, garden swings, benches.

Gardening does not have to be located close by. If desired, fruit trees can be placed around the perimeter to save space and to arrange a garden on the terraces on the slope.

These are the basic elements of the area, but you can not dwell on them. It should be available on site and an interesting place for special needs. For example, for a child's sandbox, sports, observation of the stars and cooking kebabs.

Tip! Remember, there is no need for a strict separation of functional areas. The transition can and should be smooth, decorated with small arches, walkways and flower beds.

Disposition suburban area: the ideas and rules for residential areas

Living sector - a place where your family will be spending the most time. This house and everything that surrounds it. For residential structure can abut terrace, Porch or pergola. They make out comfortable benches and chairs.

This palisade zone decorate with flowering plants, lawn and decorate tracks. When positioned near the intake zone of its concealed behind the decorative loach.

In most cases, the house is located near the entrance to the car. This is convenient, because then you will not need during a rain or snowstorm cross the whole yard. But parking for cars is unlikely to decorate the site, its purpose - purely utilitarian.

You should consider how the residential area will be fenced off from hozpostroek. It is better to think over the hedge, which will protect the eyes from the utility rooms, storage tanks and garbage outside shower.

Making recreation area

Recreation Area - a place for relaxation and tranquility. Here you can take a nap outdoors, read a book in silence. Sunbeds and comfortable garden chairs and benches - an indispensable attribute of the territory.

It is understood that this zone has a beautiful view of the portion, so that it Consider location so that the sight was not a fence or farm building, a garden and flower beds, even better - water.

Horticultural zone

A vegetable garden and a garden - optional attributes of a country homeownership, but rarely any cottager will refuse the pleasure to grow something with their own hands. This is not just a way to provide for his family of environmentally friendly products, but also a kind of therapy, allowing to abandon the city bustle and mental strain.

If you do not want to grow vegetables on a large scale, experts recommends that in the area of ​​garden beds high, behind which can be easily maintained.

With the right approach, these beds themselves can become an ornament to the site, especially if you choose the appropriate culture. For land with a slope can be set terraced beds that are not only saves space, but also to strengthen the walls slope from fraying.

As for the garden, the fruit trees can be placed throughout the site, without singling out for them some special zone, but if the area allows, you can arrange a garden with a shaded area, a secluded place and tracks.

Combining the area

Without hozpostroek can not do none of cottage. It needs a shed to store garden equipment, sauna, a chicken coop, if you decide to keep the bird, and many other objects. For them, better take a secluded place, which will not be visible.

If we are really to hide these objects is not possible, make sure you need to consider everything that they fit into the overall architecture of the ensemble.

Preparation portion plan diagrams

Even if you really want to ignore all the rules, there are some who still have to comply with. They mainly concern the distinction with their neighbors and the location of communications facilities. In all other respects you can give vent to their own imaginations.

There are only a few of the recommendations in the percentage of the main zones: the garden and the garden is given about 60% of the total, and the living area, seating area and a farm building is occupied by 10% respectively. But you can use your own proportions, depending on personal preference.

The plan itself is convenient to draw on the graph paper. Using this method it is easy to determine the dimensions and proportions. This is an exciting process, but if you have the opportunity, please consult with an expert who will help you with the preparation of the sketch.

Examples of such plans:

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Design ideas and decoration area

Making the site plan, you need to think in parallel and the budget that you are willing to lay under his clearance. So many things you can make with your own hands, but in any case, will have to spend on materials.

landscaping

Greening section arrangement would require beds and flower beds, planting of ornamental, fruit bushes and trees.

Beds should be planned in such a way that the plants bloom on them most of the year. And it needs to pick up the flora, which will change each other in every season.

For small areas, where the flower bed is difficult to remove enough space, you can use vertical gardening. For this useful special designs, which are installed in the pots with plants.

Track lighting portion and

Paving of the area - an important point in its decoration. Quite a lot of options: you can pour the concrete pad and track, you can use a variety of tile or even wood saw cut. But in any case, from the paving should not give up, and you will realize it after the first rain.

Today's manufacturers offer a wide range of paving tiles of various shapes and colors. Remember that you need to use a thick solid tiles, capable of supporting the machine for a parking space a large mechanical load, and for paving quite possible to manage and more subtle decorative options.

Paving tree looks very original. It can last for a long time if properly treated wood.

As for the lighting - it is now important to use LED devices, which consume a minimum of energy. At the same time, they allow the use of different colors. Garden it would be reasonable to apply lighting, powered by solar panels.

Distribution section according to the shape and size

If you got a site of regular shape - consider yourself lucky. Planning and zoning such allotments easiest. To plot a rectangular or square shape is most often useful this layout:

• house is located near the entrance and is separated from the road front garden or flower bed. Facade better to focus on the south side for maximum illumination;
• in the entrance area in front of the house or next to a garage or parking space of the machine;
• Combining hiding behind the house and hide behind the decorative plantings;
• recreation area include away from prying eyes in the street;
• a fruit and vegetable garden on the sunny side of the site.

Examples of site planning the correct form:

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If you got a site with a complex shape, do not despair. You can wrap this fact to your advantage and use even sharp corners. For this work you will need much more time and is likely to help professionals. For example, look at a few of these layouts:

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Finally, the plan depends on the size of the plot. The larger the area, the easier to place on it all the essentials. With small plots of the problem is complicated, but a literate approach can create real miracles. We offer three sites for comparing the size and layout of them:

At the end of the theme, we offer you a small video course on site planning:

If you have experience in zoning and planning of suburban areas, write about it in the comments.