Cube Houses, Building complex in Oude Haven, Netherlands
Cube Houses is a residential complex in Rotterdam with 38 tilted cube-shaped homes and two larger buildings, all set at a 55-degree angle on hexagonal pillars. The yellow cubes line the street and form a continuous row above a busy pedestrian zone.
Architect Piet Blom designed the complex in 1984 to connect residential zones on both sides of Blaak Street. The construction aimed to rethink living together in a small space while creating a bridge between two neighborhoods.
Residents often commission custom furniture because the tilted walls leave little room for standard cabinets. The unusual form attracts visitors who can walk through a public museum cube and see how people actually live inside these slanted rooms.
Visitors can enter the show cube to experience the spatial layout and the challenge of tilted walls. Those who want to photograph the complex find good vantage points from the square below the cubes or from the nearby harbor basin.
The cubes together form an elevated forest structure above the street, with each cube representing a tree in what locals call Blaakse Bos. The nickname refers to the concept of an artificial tree canopy hovering above the urban ground.
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