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In the north of ‘s-Hertogenbosch (The Netherlands) in the Maaspoort district, you will find fifty sphere houses with their striking architecture. The spherical house was designed by the sculptor, designer and architect Dries Kreijkamp born in 1937 in Tegelen. After following various courses and gaining work experience, architect Dries Kreijkamp has found his passion, the sphere, the most organic and natural form.
After the foundation of private company Bolbouw, the houses were realized in 1984 with the aid of a subsidy for experimental living. With the aim of connecting the residents with nature, partly due to the various round windows that are present in the houses. The houses are also environmentally friendly, because of the spherical shape the wind has almost no control over them and they are also designed in such a way that they are energy efficient and cheap.
The white sphere has a diameter of five and a half meters and consists of cement reinforced with glass fiber. The sphere is, as it were, part of a kind of stilt house. It rests on a precast concrete cylinder with a diameter of three meters. The houses are divided as follows: the living room is located at the top of the sphere, toilet and bathroom in the middle and at the bottom are the bedrooms and a storage room made of polyester.
The sphere dwellings are designed for 1 to 2 people. The diameter of the sphere is 5.5 meters. The round base has a diameter of 3 meters. Here is the entrance and storage room. The volume of the sphere is 124m³ with a floor area of ​​55m². Through the entrance you walk up the stairs where the bedroom is. The toilet and bathroom are located in the center of the sphere. The living room with open kitchen is located at the top of the sphere. The living room has beautiful round windows that give it a futuristic look.
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Flevopolder area, The Netherlands.
The Dutch Flevopolder is the world's largest artificial island formed by reclaiming land from the sea. A big part of this 970 km2 large island is used for agriculture, including the cultivation of tulips.
Where once was an inland sea, now there are seas of flowers :)
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Dutch landscapes -
The regions have an excellent climate for bulb cultivation. Quite a lot of rain falls in the (due to the proximity of the sea) relatively mild autumn and winter, while the relatively cool but sunny spring and usually also the summer are dry. There is therefore agricultural activity in the region for three quarters of the year (not in winter).
After flowering, the flowers are headed and whether or not processed into flower wreaths. In the summer, when the plant has dried up, the bulbs are lifted, the plant remains on the land burned and the bulbs are peeled by hand - a nice extra income for the youth and seasonal workers from home and abroad - or (with the hyacinths) ).
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Tulip fields seen from above with a drone.
These flowers are often grown primarily for the bulb, not the flower. After they have bloomed, the flowers are decapitated. The flower may be used in floral wreaths. In the summer the bulbs are dug out and the plant remains are burned in the fields.
This is a second version of the same shot. I filled some empty spaces on this one and did a small cut to straight it out.
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