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DIDDEN VILLAGE

MVRDV, 2002-2007, Beatrijsstraat 71, Rotterdam

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
MVRDV

PROJECT ARCHITECT:
Winy Maas
Nathalie de Vries
Jacob van Rijs

BUILDING TYPE:
Freestanding houses
Reuse

This rooftop extension to a solid brick building consists of a startling blue 'village' of two tiny houses with bedrooms for parents and children. Each 'house' is reached up a spiral stair suspended just above the living room floor below. Their position on the large rectangular roof plane generates a small sequence of outdoor spaces. A wall along the edge of the project has windows in it giving views of the street. Trees, tables, benches and open-air showers complete the roofscape. All elements - houses, surrounding wall, floors, 'street furniture' - have a sky blue polyurethane finish.