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The Cube Houses, or "Kubuswoningen" in Dutch, are one of Rotterdam's most iconic and unique architectural marvels. Designed by Dutch architect Piet Blom in the late 1970s, these innovative houses were conceived as part of an urban development project aimed at creating a "village within a city." Each house is literally a cube tilted at a 45-degree angle, resting on a hexagonal pylon, which gives the illusion that they are balancing on one corner. This striking and unconventional design immediately captures attention and has become a symbol of Rotterdam's progressive and bold approach to urban planning.
Blom's vision was to represent a forest, with each individual cube symbolizing an abstract tree, and the entire complex forming a cohesive "urban forest." The structures are built on a pedestrian bridge above a busy street near the Blaak metro station and the historic Oude Haven, cleverly optimizing public space. The complex consists of 38 small cubes and two larger "super-cubes," all interconnected to form a visually stunning and playful residential area. Their bright yellow color further enhances their distinctive presence against the city's skyline.
Stepping inside a Cube House offers a truly unique living experience. Due to the 45-degree tilt, all the walls and windows are slanted, creating unconventional and dynamic interior spaces. While this might seem challenging, the design cleverly maximizes the usable area within the geometric constraints. Typically, a Cube House has three floors: the ground floor serves as the entrance and storage area within the hexagonal pylon, the first floor houses the living room and an open kitchen, and the second floor contains two bedrooms and a bathroom. The top floor, often a small loft, can be used as a study, guest room, or even a rooftop garden, offering panoramic views of the surroundings.
While most Cube Houses are private residences, one "Show Cube" (Kijk-Kubus) has been opened to the public as a museum, allowing visitors to experience firsthand what it's like to live in such a distinctive home. This offers a fascinating insight into the creative solutions employed for furniture placement and maximizing space in an angled environment. Additionally, one of the larger cubes has been converted into a Stayokay Hostel, providing the unique opportunity for visitors to actually spend a night in these architectural wonders, further cementing their status as a must-see attraction in Rotterdam.
Nissan car with its enthusiastic, "inspired by a bulldog wearing sunglasses" face and asymmetrical rear, at first glance the cube looks more like a punchline than a car. Saw this very different looking car in Putnam County, Carmel,NY.
This is how I designed www.flickr.com/photos/vitroids/2682120523 .
Try a dissection of icosahedron into large and small tetrahedra in the same way!!
(An answer is here: www2.chem.nagoya-u.ac.jp/theochem/wiki/wiki.cgi/matto?pag... )
These oversized Rubiks Cubes were created by New Jersey Event Planner, Kelly Heyn of SociaLife for 94.3 The Point ’s Totally Awesome 80’s Party held at the legendary Jenks Club in Point Pleasant New Jersey.
Spielerei mit Eiswürfeln und meinem Samsung Galaxy S6.
Mit ein Grund war sicher, dass es heute fast 36 Grad bei mir hatte. Draußen.
The Cube has 6 different colourful mosaics on its sides and combines a lot of the things that I love: Lego (obviously), geometric shapes, colours, mosaics and patterns and finally some logic and maths.
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It was a very fun and satisfying build and it makes me so happy just looking at it.
Cube Challenge:
Fold this cube with as few extra creases as possible – using the crease pattern on the right.
If you measure and score the paper you need zero extra creases. If you fold from scratch without a ruler, you may need just a few extra pinches as guides.
The folds are a bit tricky but go ahead - you can do it !
The cubes are shown with the top and bottom up for each color.
There is also a two color version but this requires a few additional folds.
Folded from one square.
The sphere in the centre of the cube is an apple pierced by an arrow.
This piece of art placed next to the highway close to my home.
Three Cubes (1969) by Sol LeWitt.
One of the most-visited museums in the world, and included in the book 1,000 Things to See Before You Die, the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art has a wonderful collection as well as stunning views of the Øresund Sound. Denmark's best art museum was established in 1958, and lies 20 miles north of Copenhagen.
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. Humlebæk, Denmark.
The Cube Lattice pattern was published as early as 1901 by the Ladies Art Company (source: Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns by Barbara Brackman)
No date on the quilt
Red/Cyan 3D glasses required for viewing. Each side of the 3D cube contains an anaglyph image. The images are from the annual "Flower Mart" held in Mount Vernon, Baltimore MD.
The Cube Dude Pirate is my entry for the "Pirate Part Plunder 2 Week 3" contest on ForbiddenCove.com. The seed part is the Crowbar (#4599453) two are used, one in the peg leg and one for the hook in the hand.
"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
Nissan Cube, On display at Birmingham's Bullring.
The updated Nissan Cube features more rounded and curved styling cues than its predecessors. This evolution is most striking in the rear bumper area, in the asymmetrical rear window, which wraps around to the passenger side, and in the oval-shaped driver and front passenger windows. The rear hatch is hinged to open along its vertical axis, towards the curb. This helps loading and unloading when street parking in a crowded urban environment.