Worried about the esthetics or the functionality? There are plenty of examples of maunufacturers developing modifications to suit - take the b737 with the CFM nacelle (flatened on the bottom edge), so that boeing didn't have to redesign their wing/pylon and specifically the landing gear.
keeping the nose gear as a common part was the point (as highlited in the FI artical). Lowering it keeps the parts common and the chin fairing is there to cope with the aerodynamics, so far not rocket sceince...design by panic-not likely; design for operations, most likely
The reason the nose gear was lowered was to keep the freight loading platform level, so someone's done their home work at Airbus. Ask the freight loaders and Ops guys what they think of the cargo loading and turn around advantages