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Kubuswoningen, or cube houses, are a set of innovative houses built in Rotterdam in The Netherlands, designed by architect Piet Blom in 1984. The houses are located on Overblaak Street, and beside the Blaak Subway Station. Blom tilted the cube of a conventional house 45 degrees, and rested it upon a hexagon-shaped pylon. There are 38 small cubes and two so called 'super-cubes', all attached to each other.
As residents are disturbed so often by curious passers-by, one owner decided to open a "show cube", which is furnished as a normal house, and is making a living out of offering tours to visitors.
The houses contain three floors:
- ground floor entrance
- first floor with living room and open kitchen
- second floor with two bedrooms and bathroom
- top floor which is sometimes used as a small garden
The walls and windows are angled at 54.7 degrees. The total area of the apartment is around 100 square meters, but around a quarter of the space is unusable because of the walls that are under the angled ceilings. [Wikipedia]
Official website: Cube Houses

Een kubuswoning is een woning in de vorm van een gekantelde kubus op een paal, ook wel paalwoning of boomwoning genoemd. In de jaren zeventig zijn er kubuswoningen gebouwd door de Nederlandse architect Piet Blom in Helmond en Rotterdam. Zijn basisidee, dat er gebouwd wordt op kolommen, zodat de ruimte onder de bebouwing openbaar kan blijven, was geïnspireerd door Le Corbusier.
In de kubuswoning van Blom zitten drie woonlagen: onderin het zogenoemde straathuis met de keuken en de woonkamer, tussenin het hemelhuis met ruimte voor studeer- en slaapkamers, en bovenin de loofhut, een driezijdige piramide met plaats voor een serre, een balkon of een bescheiden tuintje. In de zeshoekige kolom waarop de woning rust, bevinden zich de entree en het trappenhuis. [Wikipedia]

Taken in: Nederland / Zuid-Holland / Rotterdam / Water-stad (show map)

Taken on: April 13, 2010

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