By Revital Reich – Architecture and Interior Design
Private Home Architecture – The Difference Between a Detached House and a Semi-Detached House
Private home architecture focuses on architectural planning (both functional and design-oriented) of a private residence. Unlike planning multi-story residential buildings, this involves a plot where a single family lives in one structure (either detached or attached), with unique needs both as a group and as individuals.
When the planner translates the family’s needs and design dreams into their new home, they must also consider the given plot and its surroundings, which naturally influence the planning process.
There is a different approach to planning a detached private home versus a semi-detached home.
This is reflected in several aspects and constraints depending on the type of property being designed—for example, consideration of the number of façades and air directions (four in a detached house versus two to three in a semi-detached home), garden planning, special emphasis on acoustic insulation in semi-detached homes (to reduce noise through shared walls), local building regulations that may require uniform façades, or design considerations to match an existing façade (again, in the case of semi-detached homes), and more.
All of these factors require experience, professional knowledge, creativity, familiarity with local laws and regulations, and, of course, a strong understanding of the clients’ needs and vision for their new home.
What Is Private Home Architecture Tailored to Needs?
Almost everyone carries the dream of a private home—their own home. The COVID-19 period only emphasized the need for a house with a yard, where people can spend long days and create activities for everyone.
However, in today’s Israel, this dream can be challenging, mainly due to the high costs involved at every stage of the project. Still, like any “dream,” many will manage to achieve it, while for others it may remain just that—a dream.
For those who decide they want to live in a private home, there are two main options: purchasing an existing home or building a new one from scratch. Each option comes with its own advantages and disadvantages.
Building a new private home requires proper professional planning—private home architecture—and, of course, an experienced professional who will take responsibility for the professional aspects of this exciting and complex project.
Private Home Architecture – How Is It Different from Other Architectural Fields?
As is well known, “architecture” is a broad field. When referring to building architecture (as opposed to landscape or garden architecture, for example), each type of structure—residential buildings, industrial structures, office buildings, and more—requires not only expertise in dividing interior spaces according to their purpose, but also specialization in everything related to constructing that specific type of structure.
As a result, private home architecture, for example, combines the desires and needs of the homeowners with municipal regulations, city appearance guidelines, and additional factors—some shared across different types of buildings, and others unique to private home projects. Therefore, private home architecture is a specific area of expertise required from the professional designing them.
Chemistry – No Less Important
A major part of planning a private home is the close and collaborative work between the architect and the future residents of the house.
In fact, this is a professional relationship in which the homeowners present their dreams, aspirations, desires, and needs to the architect. The architect, through imagination, creativity, and professional skills, translates them into plans and creates their dream home—the place they will call “home.” Outside of private home architecture, it is hard to find another architectural field so deeply focused on fulfilling people’s dreams.
Revital Reich – Private Home Architecture
Architectural planning of a private home is an extraordinary outcome of creativity (including thinking outside the box) combined with the challenging task of meeting goals within defined budgets and timelines. By listening to needs and maintaining close collaboration with the client, I create modern functional architecture tailored to the client’s needs, lifestyle, and dreams—along with unique and precise architectural planning and interior design.
