Ypenburg

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The town plan of Rode Eiland in Ypenburg has a clear rhythm with rows of terraced housing with a double orientation. The houses face both public (informal, municipal green zones) and private (garden side with parking lots) areas. The chosen materials disturb the demarcation between facade, roof and ground plane and the conventional transitions between these surfaces, such as base boards, gutters, and roof-ridges are not designed in the customary manner. This produces new combinations of material that appear to ‘climb up and slide down’ from the facade and roof. The appearance of the ground floor is dictated by a rhythm of frames. This, together with the distinctive gable ends of the blocks, allowed diederendirrix to create a variety of frontage views when seen from the various streets and green zones.