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"Cube houses (Dutch: Kubuswoningen) 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.
The houses in Rotterdam were designed in 1977 in a plan of 55, of which 39 were built.
The houses in Rotterdam are located on Overblaak Street, right above the Blaak Subway Station. There are 38 small cubes and two so called 'super-cubes', all attached to each other.
As residents are disturbed so often by curious passers-by, one owner decided to open a "show cube", which is furnished as a normal house, and is making a living out of offering tours to visitors.
The walls and windows are angled at 54.7 degrees. The total area of the apartment is around 100 square meters, but around a quarter of the space is unusable because of the walls that are under the angled ceilings.
In 2006, a museum of chess pieces was opened under the houses.
In 2009, the larger cubes were converted by Personal Architecture into a hostel run by Dutch hostel chain Stayokay."
Source: wikipedia.org
Groovik's Cube is an electronic Rubik's Cube controlled by three station 30 meters apart located 120° around the cube. One of these stations is visible here. Each station controls only three out of the nine possible planes of rotation. Although the cube works like a regular Rubik's Cube, it was very challenging to solve because solving it required careful coordination of three faraway people in a noisy environment, and each person could see only half of the cube. It was solved about six times during the week. [079926]
This is the cube before modification. Everyone in the building has the same exactly furniture and layout, expect me (now).
The Cube Project - A Collaborative LEA Project
Bryh Oh, board member for the LEA project, and famous SL artist, has recently begun collaborating a huge project with some simple rules. “Twenty Sims. Black and White Cubes. Five Days. Over 25 Artists. Shake Vigorously.” (Zachh Cale) So here it is, a cubist / minimalist art sim on a massive scale, with art from some of the most talented people on the grid.
For your ride and review visit www.ragelog.org/2012/08/the-cube-project-collaborative-le...
Paper: 7.5 cm
Modules: 3
Model: Tomoko Fuse
Book: Unit Origami Essence p.38
... the other vertex.
Edit: Photo replaced by a better one.
As I was looking to my calendar photo, I noticed that the 4 little lower photos give the impression of being cubes instead of rhombic dodecahedrons. That rreminded me the Cube Illusion of Nick Robinson, so I folded it. Do you see the 3D-cube-shape in the middle of the hexagon?
It is made from 3 rectangles A4/4 of copy paper.
Paper: 5 cm
Modules: 12 edge modules
Model: Tomoko Fuse
Book: Unit Origami Essence p. 64
One more variant of cube with stripes. Fuse changed the face to edge modules by adding a diagonal fold.
Edit: Replaced photo by a better one.
"Cube houses (Dutch: Kubuswoningen) 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.
The houses in Rotterdam were designed in 1977 in a plan of 55, of which 39 were built.
The houses in Rotterdam are located on Overblaak Street, right above the Blaak Subway Station. There are 38 small cubes and two so called 'super-cubes', all attached to each other.
As residents are disturbed so often by curious passers-by, one owner decided to open a "show cube", which is furnished as a normal house, and is making a living out of offering tours to visitors.
The walls and windows are angled at 54.7 degrees. The total area of the apartment is around 100 square meters, but around a quarter of the space is unusable because of the walls that are under the angled ceilings.
In 2006, a museum of chess pieces was opened under the houses.
In 2009, the larger cubes were converted by Personal Architecture into a hostel run by Dutch hostel chain Stayokay."
Source: wikipedia.org
here's my unsolvable Rubix cube that I've been working for weeks now. I can solve one color but can't get the rest of it right. this has been light by YN 560 in a 24" softbox above right triggered by onboard flash Nissin Di 622 (old) bounced thru the wall left. post process in Lr and CS5.
*update: took two months for me to figure it out how to solve it - very happy! lol
YN 560 @ 1/128
Nissin Di 622 @ 1/64
Canon 50mm 1.8
f/2.8
1/50s
ISO 100
A Rubik's cube with a continuous longline pattern on the outside. A real challenge for jaded cube solvers, impossible to solve for normal humans, I'm afraid.
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Paper: 7.5 cm (Harmony)
Modules: 6
Model: Tomoko Fuse
Book: Unit Origami Essence p.70-71
I wanted to try Fuses Cubes with strips with harmony paper. There are some of them in Unit Origami Essence and this time I went for one with a diagonal strip. It is variant 3 with the widest strip. Although I do like the effect of the paper, I'm not too satisfied--- assembly was more difficult due to tiny differences in width of the modules. So I ended up not as tidy as I hoped. Needs no glue.
Edit: Replace photo by a better one.
Pequeño Cube Droid recortable: www.devilishgames.com/temporal/cube_droid_recortable.gif
Del juego:
Business success is like a puzzle… Once it’s all in place it seems obvious! (Item: Custom Design Rubix Cube)
Bård Breivik's sculture Cube, formed with four faces showing different wave patterns, with onlookers in the setting evening sun.
This cube reminds me of a restaurant we used to have here on Beaverton-Hillsdale Hi-Way called Mr. Steak. It had big high backed booths oozing with 70's disco music and guys with mustaches!!!
For the architecture theme in the Rotterdam group.
More info on the cube houses here, and here are some pictures in colour.
Paper: 7.5 cm, squares from DC
Modules: 6 squares and 12 joints
Model: Tomoko Fuse
Book: Origami Hana Kusudama p. 46
I don't know what my phone's cam did to that - it's not blue but violet in reality.
The small squares in the middle look a bit white at the edges - that's because during folding one has to rotate them, which is great fun.
Again a very unique design and assembly by Tomoko Fuse.