Skin graft

Source: Luuk Kramer

On the edge of The Hague, on reclaimed land, is the new suburb of Ypenburg. At the back of the site, behind rows of humdrum family homes, is a village of pitched-roof boxes, each clad in a single material. Welcome to MVRDV's unsettling vision for domestic design.

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