As you might have read, the architects are busy preparing a first sketch (mock-up of the site, modeling of the site, study of the program we’ve sent, …)
They would like to present this to us, probably in 2 - 3 weeks. To have as much full members present, i am already launching a poll to see your availabilities.
The aim would be to meet them face-to-face in Brutopia.
Richard or I will be there, so for instance please take my options as orientative. It does not necessarily mean that we cannot make it the other days. We can adapt.
hi all,
i am meeting francois tomorrow (friday 20/09) at 11 to discuss some things. I’ll bring up the presentation of the sketche, so normally i should have an idea in which week they would be ready and hopefully we can fix a date … but i guess everthing with less than 4 votes right now, can already be freed from your agendas…
@reef-full
I had a meeting with the architects this morning and i raised the point of the presentation of the sketches.
Francois was going to discuss with Serge today around which period they could present, he would let Team Building know…
My feeling: next week will be too early so you can free all above dates in September, i guess it will be in two-three weeks.
@reef-full
The architects came back with a proposal to present the sketch on either the 9th or 10th of october at 17:30.
Can you give your availabilities.
Personally i would like to have it on the 9 th so that with team building we can meet on the 10th to prepare something for the 12th.
I can make it on October 9th from 17:30 till 19:00 (brutopia)
i can make it on October 10th from 17:30 till 19:00 (brutopia)
I can not make it on October 9th but can make it on October 10th from 17:30 till 19:00 and really would like to be present
I cannot make it on October 9th and ok to get later feedback
you are very welcome to join us and share this exciting and important moment. Just one little request: to use our limited time with the architects as good as possible, can you keep your questions for after the meeting? (contact your budy, tag team building on ER or just talk to any full member)
the presentation is based on ‘Le programme v3 of our common spaces and private units’ that we’ve send them mid august. More info can be found in this post.
If you cannot make it, a timeslot about this topic is foreseen on the plenary of October 12th …
Hello @reeflings, please find the minutes of tonight’s meeting to browse through if you couldn’t make it or to add to them if you were there and took more extensive notes
But I also want to add my main takeaway, which is this:
We agreed to an approach where we asked for everything (Oak Tree, elevators, etc.) without the price per square meter going up, and it appears as is if that has been achieved. But the cost has been a significant decrease to the size of the garden. I can’t find the exact size in the files, but last night they said 900 and something. Plus there is more of the garden in the space behind Edifix, and there are now three bike storage units taking up some space. For perspective, we’ll have a garden not much bigger the one at Brutopia (which is apparently 750 square meters), but in a U shape.
Maybe this is a sacrifice that most people are willing to make. But as we move forward with fine-tuning of the plan, it’s important to know what the cost of ‘having it all’ is.
Also, one thing I’m hoping that someone will enlighten me about at some point is how the cave space fits into all this. Is it included in the price, and if so, how big can it be? Or would this be something extra to pay for?
hi chris, looking at the new price calculation (giving a price per m2 of 4438 euro) and the old one (giving a price per m2 of 4370 euro), the cave space has stayed exactly the same, and amounts to 212 m2.
This 212 m2 consists of
private cellar space (105 m2)
common cellar space (technical space, …).
This is foreseen in the price.
I’ve understood they still can make it bigger according to the wishes of the later members joining, or if we would want a common atelier.
Extra private cellar space should not come as an extra cost for the group, as it will be financed by the later members wanting a private cellar.
A common atelier will be an extra cost (but very limited)
The things that are not clear to me:
how big can the cellar space go , it cannot grow unlimited (but maybe not a question for now as there is no need known and i have the impression this topic is not one important for the commune as long as we stick to the surface of the front building)
they were talking about having no place yet for the ‘bins’ which they - my understanding- would have liked to foresee above ground for practical reasons but as the bikes are put in those ‘possible’ places, their idea is to put them on the -1 level. I don’t know if this will increase the m2 of common cellar place. Maybe, maybe not, but if needed, the increase of price will be very limited
I agree with Alberto, and with Chris (the garden looks smaller indeed).
I have a question about the “sunlight sketches”. Could we ask the architects if they could provide the same images but from a different view, i.e. street view?
And about the bike spots in the garden: it is unclear to me whether they are covered?
Could you please elaborate how you got to that assessment? Because in the cout esquisse file, “cave privatives” are an option you actually have to pay for (bottom section - Ventes Option). Accordingly, only 62m² are available, i.e. roughly 3m² per household. Also the “Exemple coût pour 1 logement” suggests that a private cellar is not included in the price.
Yes, you are right, i expressed myself badly.
Like it has been indicated from the beginning, and how it is calculated in the JET-14 simulation file: if you want a parking space, a terrace or a private storage place in the cave , this comes as an extra cost on top of it, it is not included in the price per m2 ‘espace vendable’
What i meant is that the cave space will not - at a later point- lead to a big increase of the price per m2 of espace vendable, because no budget (for the common cave space) has been foreseen in the current price per m2 of espace vendable. That is how I interpreted @ChrisM question.
You have a point about the 62 m2 (under bottom section - ventes option) which is a bit in contradiction/creates confusion with the 105 m2 of cave under ‘Programme’.
What is clear is that the price calculation that leads to 4438 euro/m2, has taken into account 212 m2 of underground space of which
62 m2 of this space is now foreseen to be funded by individuals (choosing for a private cellar space at an extra cost of 1350 euro per m2 cave space)
the rest of the space (212 m2 - 62 m2) is funded by the 4438 euro per m2 of espace vendable
There is indeed only 62m2 of private cave space foreseen right now and i have no view up untill how much m2 of private space we can go. If we want to add a big amount of private cave space, we might need to have to go towards a cave space underneath the middle building, and this would - if i understood well- lead to an increase of the price. Not clear to me if we would raise the price /m2 of cave space or if we would put this cost in the price/m2 of espace vendable. I personally would stick with the cave space under the front building to avoid this cost and just make it work with the space we have there.
But this is a discussion the architects indicated to push to a later moment, so I would not tackle this now, unless you do see a need for this?
the architects worked on a different simulation/proposal, where they tried to reduce the surface of the 3 buildings. Their goal with this different simulation is to propose surfaces that are more according to the surfaces we demand (for the 2 bedroom apartments surfaces of more or less 93 m2 instead of 100 m2, and studios of 45 m2 instead of 50 m2). This leads to a higher price per m2 as we reduce the total number of m2 espaces vendable, but if you calculate the price of these 2 bedroom appartments or studios, they will be cheaper.
They call this the MINI version. On the plans going with this simulation the white zones are the traces of the proposition that was presented on wednesday (maxi version), which will illustrate the difference in surface of the buildings and garden.
front building
the depth is reduced to 12 m (as is autorised by the PPAS, which will thus higher the chance to get the permit)
they eliminate the outside hallway and add this surface to the surfaces of the apartments.
the multipurpose room is a little bit smaller
In this building, for now, the central apartment (1 bedroom) is reduced (they can still explore to better divide the surfaces and reduce a bit the bigger apartments to make the 1 bedroom a bit bigger)
middle building
The depth of this building is reduced which leads to 15m2 less per level
The 2 bedrooms end up to be 93 and 95 m2 (instead of 97 and 105 m2)
This also leads to smaller studios on level 0, which is more in lign with the surfaces Oak tree wants (45 m2)
back building
The length and a bit the depth of the building are reduced (and we further ourselves a bit more from the closest neighbour)
The studios and other apartments in this building are reduced
The advantage of this proposal is that the distance between the buildings becomes bigger, and thus the garden as well, which leads to a better sunshine exposure.
the final cost of this proposal is 56 euros more expensive than the previous version (meaning 4494 euro/m2)
When we then take a 2 bedroom apartment and make the price calculation.
Maxi version : 101 m2 at a price of 4438 euro/m2 = 448 238 euro
mini version : 93,75 m2 at a price of 4494 euro/m2 = 421 312 euro
=> difference of 27 000 euro
When we take an Oaktree studio and do the same comparison
maxi version: 50,5 m2 * 4438 euro = 224 119 euro
mini version: 46,87 m2 * 4494 euro = 210 656 euro
=> difference of 14 000 euro
The mini version has the problem that several units “degrade”: they go below the minimum surface for their category. For example, O1 goes from 66 to 39 m2: with the minimum surface for a 1-bedroom at 69, it degrades from a slightly small 1-bedroom to a very large studio. I3 goes from 110 (a slightly small 3-bedroom) to 102 (a 2-bedroom – minimum surface stands at 113).
Looking at this table, it seems to be me that the concern about having enough studios (8 in total: Alberto, Dave, Marcel + 5 for Oak Tree) should be easy to solve by converting one big two-bedroom into two studios. I trust the architects will figure something out, so I’m gonna stop worrying about that.
hi @reeflings
I had a closer look at the calculation files and some things i want to share:
there is now a post ‘auvents vélos’ (my understanding is that for the bikes in the garden, please frenchspeakers correct me if you would interpret this differently) for a total budget of 30 000 euro => so i guess this will mean decent ‘roofs’ or bike sheds (so budget foreseen for that)
there is an extra post for the coursives (which are not optional), which are at a cost of 950 euro/m2. In the front building, all leftside and right side units (3 bedrooms and 2 bedrooms) have a private coursive. Special attention for the 3 bedroom on the 3 floor with a private coursive of 22 m2 meaning a cost of 20,900 euro on top of the price of the unit (i guess). On the other floors, for the other apartments, these surfaces are
10,5 m2(9975 euro) for the 3 bedroom and
9,5 m2 (9025 euro) for the 2 bedrooms on level 1 and 2 and
14 m2 (13300) for the 2 bedroom on level 3.
there are 135m2 of terrasses. If i count i don’t come to 135 m2 of obligatory terrasses, so @sarah: could you add 2 questions to the list of question for architects:
how do they come to 135 m2 of obligatory terrasses
in the ‘cout’ section (where they calculate the total of all costs), they don’t seem to foresee the cost of the 135 m2 of obligatory terrasses , while in the ‘ventes options’ section they mention them as an income. It seems like an error which - in case it is - make the price/m2 rise
