Rotterdam Cube Houses

The houses in Rotterdam are located on Overblaak Street, and beside the Blaak Subway Station. There are 38 small cubes and two so called 'super-cubes', all attached to each other.

I like the tall building behind the cube houses.


This building is unique too.


The cube houses are simply awesome..






Kubuswoningen, or cube houses, are a set of innovative houses built in Rotterdam and Helmond in The Netherlands, designed by architect Piet Blom and based on the concept of "living as an urban roof": high density housing with sufficient space on the ground level. Blom tilted the cube of a conventional house 45 degrees, and rested it upon a hexagon-shaped pylon. His design represents a village within a city, where each house represents a tree, and all the houses together, a forest.



Comments

  1. Isaac TanAugust 16, 2011 at 12:28 AM

    such unique structures!

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  2. Alice LawAugust 16, 2011 at 2:04 AM

    Very interesting design, these are certainly man made marvels!

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  3. rainfield61August 16, 2011 at 7:14 AM

    The building is really very unique.

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  4. suituapuiAugust 16, 2011 at 8:11 AM

    This is interesting, so cute! LOL!!!

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  5. EnsuraiAugust 16, 2011 at 8:43 AM

    Really quite different from what we have!!

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  6. ReanaclaireAugust 16, 2011 at 9:29 AM

    Last time I received emails on funny looking houses.. now I see them here, so the email pictures are real then..

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  7. ladyviralAugust 16, 2011 at 11:21 AM

    Wow! I am truly amaed by the structure... sure is eye catching :)

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  8. இ Baŋäŋaz இAugust 16, 2011 at 12:09 PM

    Wow something different fantastic ideas.

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  9. cre8toneAugust 16, 2011 at 5:21 PM

    Unique!~

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  10. [SK]August 16, 2011 at 6:11 PM

    i've seen this introduced in some architecture books, really unique and cool looking.. did you go inside??

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  11. PeteAugust 16, 2011 at 11:05 PM

    Mmm, my eyes playing trick on me liao.....

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  12. MerrynAugust 17, 2011 at 12:15 AM

    very unique eh this building?

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  13. wennAugust 17, 2011 at 12:46 AM

    SK, I did go up to use the rest room. Very narrow..

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  14. wennAugust 17, 2011 at 12:47 AM

    Merryn, it is indeed unique. Didn't u see it during your Europe tour?

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  15. MODERN ROBINSON CRUSOEAugust 17, 2011 at 5:00 PM

    Yeap it's unique :-)

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  16. slavemomAugust 18, 2011 at 1:56 AM

    The cube houses look so artificial. Simply amazing!

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  17. JamesAugust 19, 2011 at 7:14 AM

    Very cool!

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  18. KiddothingsAugust 19, 2011 at 8:28 PM

    Hi, popping in by way of STP's blog. :) These cube houses are so uniquely designed - really one of a kind. Have a great weekend!

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  19. Twilight ManAugust 22, 2011 at 3:54 PM

    I thought they looked nice and very unique but someone told me they are bad feng shui! LOL

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