CUBE-SHAPED HOUSES
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Rotterdam’s famous cube-shaped houses are situated just outside Blaak
railway station. Most of these houses are occupied. However, one of the houses
is open to visitors. It allows you to experience what it is like to live in
such an unusual house.
TREE
Piet Blom designed the cube-shaped
houses. His design represents a tree and all houses together make up a wood.
Blom’s concept was to design a kind of village within a main city, a safe
haven in which anything could happen.
INTERIOR
Upon entering
the cube you first have to ascend a staircase. This brings you to a space with
slanting windows. Mind your head, as some sections of this area are only 1.5
meters high. The interior is quite extraordinary, as there are no straight walls.
The bedroom and bathroom are located on the second floor. The top part of the
cube houses an additional bedroom. Scale models, photo panels and screens supply
additional information.
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