architecture project

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The Cube Houses in Rotterdam(Netherlands), are a set of oddly constructed houses built by architect Piet Blom in 1984. This strange row of all connected houses is on Overblaak Street beside the Blaak Subway Station. The idea behind the construction of the cube houses was to have the cubes sitting on the hexagonal pillars to seem like trees. The tree like design was meant to bring a forest like feel to a very urban area. The Houses sit at a 45 degree angle on top of hexagonal pillars. The entire building consists of 38 small cubes. Each house has a ground floor entrance, first floor living room, and an open kitchen. The second floor has two bedrooms and a bathroom. The last floor, or top floor, is another living area. All of the walls and windows are angled at 54.7 degrees and the total area is about 100 meters; however, about a quarter of this space is unusable because of the walls located under the angles ceilings.