Cube Houses, Structuralist municipal monument in Helmond, Netherlands.
Cube Houses in Helmond comprise 18 tilted cubic structures mounted on hexagonal pillars at Piet Blomplein square. Each cube contains three floors with an entry level, living areas and kitchen on the middle level, and bedrooms plus additional spaces above.
Architect Piet Blom designed these experimental houses in 1974 as a pilot project, with official opening in October 1977. The project represented a bold vision for innovative housing that challenged conventional ideas about residential architecture at the time.
The complex brings together homes and Theater 't Speelhuis, serving as a gathering place for performing arts in the community. Residents and visitors experience this space as a working neighborhood where daily life and cultural events naturally overlap.
The houses can be viewed from outside, revealing different perspectives on their geometric form from various angles around the square. Spend time walking around the plaza to observe the structural details and how the cubes interact with their pillars from multiple positions.
Each cube rotates 54.7 degrees relative to its supporting pillars, creating an irregular geometric pattern throughout. This rotation is calculated so precisely that it remains subtle, yet it fundamentally shifts how the entire place appears when you walk through it.
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