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Didden Village in urban context
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Roof terrace
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Floating double spiral staircase in the main living room
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The two floating spiral staircases in the main living room
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Windows in the children s bedrooms open in the opposite slope and facilitate play and communication
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Master bedroom
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Rooftop Extension Floor Plan
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Rooftop Extension Section
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Didden Village
MVRDV. Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Name of work in English
Didden Village
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Name of work in original language
Didden Village
Prize year
EUmies Awards 2009
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Work Location
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Studio
MVRDV
EUmies Awards 2009 Shortlisted
This rooftop house extension was MVRDV first project in Rotterdam. Situated on top of an existing house and atelier, the bedrooms are conceived as separate houses, optimizing the privacy of every member of the family. The houses are distributed in such a way that a series of plazas, streets and alleys appear as a mini-village.
Collaborators
Collaborator (office): Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs, Nathalie de Vries, Anet Schurink, Marc Joubert, Fokke Moerel, Ivo van Cappelleveen; Construction company: Formaat Bouw; Structural engineering: Pieters Bouwtechniek; Interiors: Verheul Trappen; Others: Kunststof Coatings Nederland B.V.
Program
Single house
Completion
2007
In keeping with MVRDV's ideas about densification over the last 20 years, the first realised building in its hometown of Rotterdam is a rooftop house extension. On top of an existing historic house and atelier, the bedrooms are positioned as separate volumes, small houses in a rooftop village, creating privacy for every member of the family. The houses are distributed in such a way that a series of plazas, streets and alleys increase the feeling of a village on top of a building. Parapet walls with windows surround the new village. Trees, tables, openair showers and benches are added, optimizing the rooftop lifestyle. By finishing all elements with a blue polyurethane coating a new "heaven" is formed. It creates a crown on top of the house.
The addition can be seen as a prototype for the further densification of the existing city. It adds a roof life to the city. It explores the costs for the beams, infrastructure, and extra finishes, and it ultimately aims to be lower in cost than the equivalent ground price for building.